That Friday feeling

My #thisweekshappiness hasn't really happened today as I've hardly taken any photos this past week, it's all been a bit uneventful as I've just been at work! Anyway, it's officially Friday and I can excitedly say that for once in my life I actually have 'that Friday feeling' like a normal person and I'm looking forward to a long bank holiday weekend! Even better, this is my last day at work for a while - once today has finished I've got two weeks holiday, yippeee!! I've been counting down the days for this moment for what feels like weeks now so I'm excited that my annual leave has finally arrived. I have felt so exhausted recently and we've had so much going on so there's nothing I need more than a total break.

A night at The Gallivant, Camber Sands

Carrying on from yesterday's post on our recent trip to Rye & Camber Sands, I wanted to write about our stay at The Gallivant, but being such a gorgeous hotel I felt that The Gallivant deserved a blog post of it's own. 

We'd had a hectic few weeks at work and with our house move on the horizon I had the irresistable urge to just escape the stress of everything for a couple of days and be somewhere tranquil. When looking at last-minute, one-night seaside getaways, I immediately fell in love with The Gallivant, a boutique Mr & Mrs Smith hotel on the East Sussex coast. It was exactly what I was looking for - somewhere beside the seaside but not with the hustle and bustle of a town, rural but not in the middle of absolutely nowhere and classy but not ridiculously overpriced. I'd seen a few photos on Instagram {all hail social media} and had heard nothing but good things. To my delight I managed to get us a last minute double 'cosy' room for the night, on the hottest day of the year! And so it was official: we were off to the seaside!

An afternoon in Rye and Camber Sands

Do you ever have the urge to just drop everything and escape for a few days? I often feel like this and I think it can be the most refreshing, rejuvenating thing you can do sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, that's exactly what we did! After a busy few weeks at work, a university assignment handed in and with just a week until we were due to move out of our flat I was feeling rather exhausted and there was nothing I was craving more than a couple of relaxing days away, somewhere different and more peaceful than London. On my lunch break at work on the Tuesday I texted Rob "pleeeeeease can we drive to the beach tomorrow?" fully expecting him to reply with a no, but to my delight he agreed! The weather was forecast to be twenty four degrees on the Wednesday {in April, can you believe it?!?} so I booked us a last minute stay at The Gallivant at Camber Sands {a hotel I had been wanting to stay at for a while - blog post to follow}. 

This week's happiness

Firstly, apologies that there was no #thisweekshappiness last Friday. I've no other excuse other than I'm a rubbish blogger and didn't have the time due to work and a load of other things that seemed to absorb my time... But here I am, back on a roll with the blogging!

Things that have made me happy this week...

Sunny weather, happy feet

Hasn't the weather been glorious this past week?! It's been hard to believe we are in April, it has felt like Summer has arrived prematurely with bright blue skies, warm afternoons, mild sunny evenings and everyone in true British BBQ mode. I dusted off my sandals and have been enjoying summer dresses with bare legs, which equals happy toes!