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Life Lately || Bank Holiday and My Birthday

Life has been so crazy and busy lately, that I only had one desire for my birthday weekend: to finally have a chance to relax and decompress. And since it’s the last weekend that I had off with no work before our wedding, Sam and I knew that we wanted to spend some quality time together just chilling out. For the first time in ages, I felt like I was able to properly switch off / unplug and it felt wonderful. 

I got everything I wished for and more. Sam found this amazing little cabin on the Thames, and its whole back door slid open, revealing a gorgeous porch and a waterside view. The cabin itself was idyllic and it was like I had decorated it in my dreams. We left London early Saturday morning and swung by Sainsbury’s to stock up on delicious food for the long weekend before sequestering ourselves away in our self-imposed isolation. 

There was no TV so our time was filled with board games, reading, cooking together and long country walks. We even stumbled across a massive marina and had a gentle and innocent look around all the boats. (Leading Sam to proclaim, “Why don’t I have a boat?!”) The only thing that disappointed me was that Sam finished the weekend with a higher win rate than I had at Trivial Pursuit. We facetimed family on Sunday (my actual birthday) and had an all around wonderful time. We also were exceptionally lucky with the weather, especially seeing how rainy it is now! Saturday and Sunday were both lovely, with Monday being slightly cold and grey but dry at least!

Stumbling across this type of property is exactly what Airbnb excels at! 

signs
thames cabin
teapot
open door
sitting on the porch
by the golf course
feet
The water was absolutely freezing! 
backyard
wine and pistachios
in the kitchen
Rocking a true 90s look with mom jeans AND one of Sam’s shirts. 
salad
dinner
porch in sunset
sam in mirror
reading
sunset
playing mastermind
Directing the course of game playing. 
playing cranium
making mimosas
Making Sunday mimosas
mimosas
sitting in the sun
birthday girl
fowl by the thames
sam jumping
double denim
boats in the marina
in the marina
birthday cake
early mornings on the thames

Thank you everyone for leaving me wonderful birthday messages. I greatly appreciated reading them!

What did you get up to on the weekend?

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