Bedroom Sanctuary Secrets...

There are many things in life that make me happy ... my gorgeous sisters who are and will always be my absolute love and weakness, Daddy Robbo AKA Big Mouse who is my rock and has the ability to make me laugh more than anyone else in life, my many beautiful friends, my guilty pleasure holidays and Champagne bubbles morning, noon and night... But the one I'm going to focus on for today's post is my top safe place and dreamy haven - my bedroom!  

After a manic day juggling multiple PR projects and being pulled in 100 different directions, I reach home and finally cross the finish line - andddddd relax! It's then a case of cooking up a tasty dinner with my partner in crime, Mini Mouse, watch a bit of catch-up - at the moment it's Orange is the New Black, and I'm done. Spent. Ready to hit the hay! 

I actually spend very little time in my bedroom as it's kind of on the shoebox size! When Mini and I first bought our flat and moved in, one of the first things we did was flip a coin for the biggest room - can you guess who came up trumps? Not me, that's who! Over the years I've accepted it (sometimes not gracefully) and now I love my little sanctuary. 

With our summer now in full swing here in London, the nights have become extremely uncomfortable and warm changing my bedroom from a shoebox to a hotbox! This got Mini and I thinking... why suffer every night with our big, thick, cosy duvet? You would never sleep like that when away on holiday so why at home? On that note, we decided it was high time to dump the duvets and introduce nice light and airy sheets, just like holiday! So off we trotted to M&S and snapped up some flat bed linen sheets - nothing special, just cheap and cheerful crisp sheets which were £12 each. I opted for an aubergine hue to add a pop of colour to my room which is otherwise quite white...

Another bedroom favourite I swear by are luxury pillow sprays. A quick spritz on your pillow before jumping in and you'll be well on your way to dreamland I promise. We have two we love...

L'Occitane Relaxing Pillow Mist, £14 - super fresh and subtle with smells of lavender, bergamot, mandarin, sweet orange and geranium. 

this works deep sleep pillow spray, £16 - soothing lavender that makes you instantly relax and unwind.

While we're on the subject of sweet smells, another product I adore are the Jo Malone room diffusers. In my room at the moment I have Red Roses but I've also tried and tested the Pomegranate one before which is also beautiful. You might think £54 is pricey but they honestly last a long, long while. My red roses one is sadly coming to the end of its life but has lasted for nearly a year now which works out at a mere £4.50 a month - worth every penny in my opinion!

Another bedroom love of mine sits on my bedside table - a Rob Ryan tile coaster, £26, and is where my tall glass of water perches every night!

Lastly, if you're sleeping in a sanctuary, you need to dress like a goddess! I recently discovered these gorgeous Victoria's Secret silk nighties, £42 and now no other sleeping attire will do! 

And that's a wrap on your insight into my snoozy happy place. And all that blogging has made me pretty yawny so I'm off to my sanctuary of dreams - nighty night!

This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

Before we delve into what us Micebag's have been up to this week, I just want to share a statement that will hopefully get you in the right frame of mind to get through the last and final day of the week...

Apart from being completely in love with the fact that it's Friday, this week the Mice have mostly been... 

 

Sunning it up in beautiful Cadiz, Spain. You may remember a while back we brought you this travel review which went into great detail about our out of this world amazing stay at boutique Casa La Siesta and another quaint little hotel, Escondrijo Well a few years back I entered a photography competition via Casa La Siesta's facebook page and WON! In return I was gifted a weekend's stay at the little slice of heaven and this was that stay...

 

I jetted off over the bank holiday to make the most of the extra day off! We only stayed for 4 nights but because of how instantly relaxed you feel as soon as you set foot within the hotel it felt more like a week! Let me set the scene - whispering is really the only way to communicate and at times even that's a little too loud. It's literally the quietest place on earth - you are tucked up in rolling Spanish countryside without sight of another house, road or being for miles. Complete uninterrupted bliss! 

 

 

The food is also a huge pull. Beakfast would quite happily keep me going all week - toasted granola, yogurt and the sweet honey, homemade warm bread with jams & butter, fruits, eggs with avocado on the side, freshly sqeezed orange - the list goes on... Lunch and dinner are as mindblowing - everyday the hotel staff write up the 3-course menu on a blackboard which they prop up in the courtyard. There is no choice - you have what you're given but I challenge you not to die and go to heaven after every spoon or forkful! 

 

In summary (because I could go on forever) I pretty much spent my time sunbathing and snoozing poolside (waking myself up between snores), fitting as much scrumptious food and free booze in as humanly possible, nicknaming and gossiping about the couples also staying (we all do it) and just generally having a fabulously beautiful time ... I want to do it all over again! this weekend! 

 

Drooling over Rosie Huntington-Whiteley new lingerie styles within the Rosie for Autograph range. She recently marked her one year anniversary milestone with the highstreet retailer and celebrated suitably with cake! An insider secret squirrel gave word that each team at M&S head office also received the same cake supposedly from Rosie herself - reckon she baked each and every one herself in just her silk underwear...!?!

 

 

Her new pieces are going from strength to strength boasting luxe fabrics, cutesy floral designs, elaborate lace trims and we can vouch for the perfect fit. Mini mouse is the proud owner of the French teddy and has been strutting her Rosie-esque stuff around the flat every night this week...

 

We're also tempted by these little beauties...

 

After seeing Rosie bare all, I think we all need another pick me up - what better way to do that than think of the fun and frolics we have to come this weekend whilst knowing Rosie will be sweating away in the gym to maintain her waif-like waist! I feel better now AND on that note...