What is making me happy this week?

So this week that glimpse of sun we had has seemed to have disappeared, leaving us in the West Midlands with torrential downpours and hail. Yuck. The winter coat and layers are back out and the heating is back on - bring back the sunshine! Here are five things that have been making me smile this week.

1) My boyfriend talking/singing to the Squishy. He has taken to chatting to singing radio jingles to the baby trying to feel movement - although the more we try to make baby move, the less it wants to! Monkey! Although I read somewhere that if you sing to the baby before it is born, then singing the same songs when they are struggling to sleep will help relax them so now I'm concerned I'll be singing radio jingles at 2am at some point in the future!

2) Corned beef hash. I haven't made corned beef hash in years and I have been really craving it lately. So I made that with some homemade yorkshire puddings on the side (first time making making yorkshire puds from scratch and they were amazing!).

3) Blankets. When it is cold in the evenings and I've had a long day at work I just cannot beat curling up with my fleecy red blanket in front of the latest episode of Criminal Minds or CSI with a nice cup of tea or some homemade cake (or both!).

4) Being creative in the kitchen. I'm not a good cook. I'm not even remotely close to being one either. But this week I have been enjoying thinking up creative ways to use up the food we have in the house right now without buying too much extra. I made a tasty Sunday roast with all the trimmings using stuff like batter mix that's been in the cupboard for months and frozen broccoli that never gets eaten, and then used the leftovers to make amazing chicken and veg pasties for Monday tea. Even the corned beef hash I made was using up a random tin of corned beef from the cupboard and frozen veg that's lingered in the freezer.

5) Sorting and organising. With our entire upstairs needing a rejig before baby comes (our room desperately needed decorating, little one is moving into big bedroom and freeing up her room for the nursery) it felt good to have one room done. We papered our walls with teal, chocolate and cream stripy wallpaper and had a new carpet fitted too. The room looks so fresh now. I can't wait til it's all done! Plus this has given us a kickstart into getting the clutter sorted (we're selling a box worth of stuff to this company for about £50!).