January definitely felt like such a long slog of a month. Having something to look forward to each week has really helped with my mental health this past month. I'm definitely looking forward to when the days start to be more lighter and the weather warms up. It's definitely been a rather dark and cold month.
Days out
Land of lights Milton Keynes
As we were visiting Stuart's mum for a few days we booked in advance to go to the Land of Lights in Milton Keynes. It was incredible and definitely worthwhile going to! Its similar to the Winter Illuminations we went to at Yorkshire Wildlife Park a few years ago. So a walking trail where you see a stunning collection of beautiful lanterns and light displays.
The Arcade Warehouse
A new arcade place has opened up in Gainsborough so we headed there on opening day. For £5 per person you get to spend 2 hours playing free play arcade games. We will definitely be back and can see it being popular, especially during the school holidays.
Things I've watched and read in January
Watched
I've been to the cinema twice in January. The first was with Stuart at the start of the month. We made use of our Amazon Prime benefit of 2 tickets for £10 with Odeon. We saw Sonic the Hedgehog 3 which was brilliant! I feel that each of the Sonic movies have just got better and better.
Then I went on a solo trip to our local cinema that does tickets for £4.99 per person and saw Wicked. I'm so glad I got out of my comfort zone by going on my own and the movie was amazing! I can't wait for the second one to come out later this year.
I finally got around to watching It ends with us based on the book by Colleen Hoover. Although I liked it i feel the book was better.
Family movie wise we watched Inside Out 2 which we had got Blake on DVD for his Birthday.
Last of all I binged watched Missing You over on Netflix which is based on the book of the same name by Harlan Coben. I've surprisingly not actually watched anything else on Netflix in January.
Books
I've managed to read 7 books in January which is a surprise. Saying that two of them were pretty short reads compared to what I usually read.
- The boy, the Fox and the Mole by Charlie Mackesy
- One by one by Freida McFadden
- Why has nobody told me this before by Julie Smith
- The boyfriend by Freida McFadden
- Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Charity shop bargains
I've managed to get some great second hand finds in January including:
- A floral Fiorelli handbag for under a tenner
- A book stand for £1
- A compact mirror for £3.99 which is by the brand Alice Wheeler London.
- A leopard print scarf for £1.50
Other things
I've been getting into colouring recently which has been helping me to relax but also to be creative and I've been trying out new techniques.
- I've enjoyed helping Blake with his lego Minecraft kits. I got a botanicals set as a gift for Christmas which I enjoyed doing and Stuart has got me another set as an anniversary gift.
- We tried a new recipe, salmon and leek orzotto which is in the Pinch of nom One Pot book.
- Stuart and I had a meal out at Prezzo as we got a voucher as a Christmas gift.
