Girls night, Xbox games, big breakfasts - my weekend!

Happy Sunday everybody! Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. 

Woke up this morning to sunny/cloudy weather. We have had a lot of snow here for the past few days but today there's no white in sight! Patrik and I live in the center of a small town so it's never an issue when it snows here - the roads are always cleared pretty fast. But still, I'm glad the snow's gone... feels a lot closer to summer this way.
Me and P have had our morning coffee and watched some tele. And now, I'm going to try to get some studying done. I like to do all my work in good time, so I don't get so easily stressed. I usually do a couple hours every day. I find that way I really take in all the information. ( A little study tip to anyone who has a hard time concentrating like me! )

Anyway, my weekend..

FRIDAY

Friday night I drove into the city and had dinner with one of my best friends, Mollie. We ate at a Sports Bar & restaurant called O'Learys. The food there is delicious and there's always a lovely atmosphere. They have big TV screens all of the place with ice-hockey or football matches playing, huge sofas and even a bowling area. Because I'm pregnant (and was driving) I obviously didn't have anything to drink, but a girl's night was just what I needed. 

I ate a cheeseburger with chips and a side of onion rings.

Mollie had ribs and chips.

The dessert was probably the best part of the meal. Mollie and I shared a banana split. This was the best banana split I have ever tasted! Three different ice cream flavours, whipped cream and lots of fruit...

Delicious!

My beautiful bestie, Mollie.

After dinner, Mollie and I went to a really young and cool cafe, Cafe Nosh. It is always open until early hours of the morning. So we took a little walk and ended it with a hot chocolate there. They had great music playing and the place was full of other young people.

I got home a little after 11pm. P had his friend over and they were playing on the Xbox. I made us all some coffee and homemade mini pizza rolls (hoping to soak up some of the beers they drank!) Then I played some TV games with them...and was surprisingly good at it if I do say so myself. P and I didn't roll into bed until 5am!! Which is NOT like me - since I've been pregnant, I've been in bed by 10pm.

SATURDAY

Saturday morning, Patrik and I ate brunch at my parent's house. Eggs, bacon, sausages, freshly baked bread, baked beans, muffins, coffee and juice. We were there for a few hours .. shattered from Friday's activites! So my mum lit a fire, put on some TV and we all just had a chill out day. Then P and I came home and continued the chilling out! We went to the shops and bought some alcohol-free champagne, strawberries, sweets, ice cream & carrots and cucumbers to dip, we put on a film (a brilliant film actually called Backtrack. If you enjoy scary films with a twist then you would love it!) and had a lovely, cosy evenin on the sofa.

SUNDAY

And what's on the agenda for today - studying and cleaning! Getting ready for the new week tomorrow and going into pregnancy week 19! Almost half way there now. 

What did you do this weekend?

IMOGEN GRACE 
x 

Update - & I'm pregnant!

Long time no blogging! I took a break from a lot of social media for a year - cleaned out my Instagram of followers who I didn't know (or some of which I just didn't like!), deleted my Facebook account and didn't blog. I just really wanted a break from the world to be honest.

What's new with me? Still living in southern Sweden. I am together with a really wonderful guy, Patrik. He's eight years older than me, but honestly, I've never felt closer to anybody before my whole life. I am studying to become a nurse, and am focusing on pysichiatry and want to eventually get a job in the hospital in our town. What else?
And, oh! I'm 18 weeks pregnant with a beautiful little girl!  Bit of a shock, right? Patrik and I got to see her for the first time at the scan on Monday. Honestly, she was amazing. She has long legs just like her mama and was kicking them the whole time! She opened her eyes and even put her hand by her face and wiggled her fingers to make it look like she was waving. Needless to say, Patrik and I are in love... in a way which both of us thought was impossible. I never understood the "maternal" feelings women would get. I always loved children and worked with them a lot in schools, but I have never experienced this feeling before. She is in my tummy and yet, since seeing her on the ultrasound, I MISS her! I miss looking at her and seeing what she's up to in there! Well, in 2 weeks we are half way there, I suppose. She's due in the middle of July - a little summer baby!

I have been trying so hard not to buy her anthing just yet! In April, P and I are going to England to visit my family and we are saving some money and will buy her clothes and extra bits there. If you're wondering why, it's because baby clothes (and lots of other items) are quite pricey here in Sweden, so we found that we would get a lot more for our money if we bought some bits from Asda or Marks and Spencers for example.
But I bought a little dress for her the day after the ultrasound - I just couldn't help myself! And also a babynest! I found this lady on Instagram who makes the babynests by hand. They are beautiful and look really comfortable! A lot of babynests I see are so thin, and I just wanted something a bit more "cushiony" for our baby girl.

This adorable little dress is from a Swedish store - Kappahl. They have a clothing line there for babies called "newbie" and sell the most adorable baby clothes! I payed about £8 for this little dress in the sale.

This is the babynest I bought for £60. The lady who makes them can make them by order and has lots of different patterns. her name on Instragram is: "babynests"

Antiques in Sweden

Mine and my mum's favourite shop here in Sweden is an antique shop called "Squares & Stripes". They sell the most amazing and beautiful things. Anything from old suitcases, vintage beer cans, lamps, wedding dresses, jewellery.. You really feel an atmosphere of memories as soon as you walk through the door. Old photographs, clothes, china, books and toys - all these lovely things that people have just left, waiting for a new owner to appreciate them. I could spend hours looking through all the things. Some of the clothes dated back to the 1940's, including a beautiful, silk wedding dress I saw. Other customers look at me so funny when I am walking around, in amazement, really taking in everything that's around me. I don't know, I just love antiquing!

I asked the owner if I could snap a few shots with my camera - she was lovely, and said it was fine. The shop is huge. There's an outdoor area, a loft and 3 large rooms filled with things so I obviously couldn't take pictures of everything. Maybe it all looks like junk, but personally, I love looking in vintage stores so I really hope you enjoy these photos that I did take!

I M O G E N G R A C E x