This blog is mostly full of baby firsts, but this weekend we experienced a Mummy First!
I went along to my very first Blog Meet!
This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a while…infact myself & Louise from
Confessions Of A Secret Shopper arranged one last year but we both ended up unexpectedly pregnant and suffering with terrible morning sickness, so it never happened!
I have my tickets for BritMums Live 2014 all ready & waiting, and so I knew I’d be meeting some fellow bloggers there and I am very much looking forward to it – three of my blog friends are already confirmed as going, and I am so excited to meet them – especially Alex from
Bump To Baby as I have been friends with her online for a while and it will be lovely to meet face to face! I’m really hoping that some other very good friends from the blogosphere will be attending too!!!!
Nonetheless, not being a particularly confident person the idea of meets always scares me.
When I heard that there was a meet happening right on my doorstep in Exeter, I was excited but terrified!
But I knew I wanted to get past my anxiety and just make sure I went.
So the day arrived, and of course – nothing went my way!
Tyne was poorly, I couldn’t find any clean leggings to go with the dress I wanted to wear and everything was a big disaster – I had a strop and insisted I wasn’t going.
Luckily Jon stepped in and put his foot down! He ran out to New Look to get me some new leggings, and looked after Tyne while I got ready!
Finally, I was ready to go – I decided it was a good occasion to try wearing a wig out for the first time, mingling with glamorous beauty bloggers and all!!! I did feel slightly self conscious, but it certainly helped me to get ready in a hurry without needing to faff around with my hair! I’ll definitely be investing in more wigs in the future, I’ve just been browsing a fab range of
glamorous long wigs from Pauls Hair World
We headed off on our way and – of course hit loads of traffic on the way in to Exeter!
We eventually arrived – albeit TWO hours late!!! *cringe*
I felt a bit self conscious arriving so late as by that time everybody had already got themselves into little groups, and everyone seemed to know each other….I wish I had been earlier as I think arriving with everybody else makes it easier so that you’re all in the same boat and starting to mingle and do introductions at the same time!
In the end, I was so glad that I went along!
They held a charity raffle, and I managed to bag myself the fab prize of some Nanshy Make Up Brushes! (I actually won 2 more times but I didn’t want to take prizes when other people hadn’t won, so I just stuck to my one!! My good deed for the day – amazed at my luck though!!! 3 wins?!!!)
I picked up some blogger’s cards to have a read of their blogs, and we were then given a goody bag each.
OMG the goody bags were AMAZING!!!! Just look at all of this stuff!!!
In the bag there is:
*Schwarzkopf Osis+ Hairspray
*Heaven body wash
* Vita Liberata Self Tan Lotion for the face
*Cocoa Brown Self tanning mousse and applicator mitt
*Washi! Skin polishing kit
*2 Nourish Golden Glow Facial Shimmer’s
*Heaven Bee Venom Mask
*Skinetica toner
*Elemis Skin Glow Exfoliating face wash
*Nail tattoos
*Braw oat bars
*A £5 gift voucher for Rule1Store.com
And lots of little sachets like Dr Organic Hand & Nail cream, Neal & Wolf shampoo & conditioner samples,Clynol shimmer treatment and Deborah Milano BB cream
I can’t wait to try it all out!!!
I particularly enjoyed getting to meet and chat to lovely Kerry and Liza – they couldn’t have been any nicer, and I’m so pleased for them that their first event was such a success!!
They did so well in organising it, and I hope there will be more in the future!
It might not have been a total triumph over anxiety as I didn’t do nearly as much mingling as I would have liked to, but at least I’ve been a meet now and I know what to expect – so next time I will make sure I arrive on time!
Group shot!!! (i’m right at the back, second from the left – pulling a very odd face!) Pic courtesy of Kerry www.livedwithlove.com
If you fancy a look, Liza put together a fab vid of the day!
Have you ever been to a blog meet? As always, I’d love to hear from you!
