30 Days of Smiles

I'm not the most optimistic of people. I always find things to moan and complain about and will generally see the negative in everything. There are so many things about life that I do love and so many things throughout the day that do make me happy but they are normally overshadowed by the vast amount of things that have irritated me during the day. Since I have become trapped in the daily '9-5' slog of the 'real world' I find it increasingly hard to appreciate the positives of my daily life.
SO...I decided that for one whole month I would keep a daily note of one thing that made me happy or simply made me smile, even if it was for a moment.



We should all learn to appreciate the small things in life. A simple act of kindness can make a bad day more bearable. This is my month of smiles.


Day One: Gareth brought me flowers for no reason 


Day Two: A Sunday snuggles duvet day with rubbish food and a film


Day Three: A day of unexpected sunshine. The onset of spring always makes 
me feel happy


Day Four: A beautiful, loving and supportive text from Gareth that meant a lot to me and to our relationship


Day Five: I received a dress that I have wanted for a little while.


Day Six: Banoffee pie ice cream...it just doesn't get better than that.


Day Seven: Whilst mindlessly browsing the web I found a teacup with a pocket for storing your biscuit...genius!


Day Eight: A lovely evening with friends, all together for the first time in a very long time.


Day Nine: A friend's baby's christening. He looked absolutely adorable and it was lovely to see him and socialise 


Day Ten: A spontaneous shopping trip and a free fresh cream Belgium bun from Greggs because it was a bit damaged (free cake is always worth a smile)


Day Eleven: Finding a bunch of beautiful blogs to follow


Day Twelve: My relationship - things are just generally good


Day Thirteen: The expression 'socks and sandals' from somebody who didn't know the 'in' joke but referring to the same thing...just one of those funny things


Day Fourteen: Today was particularly hard because I attended a funeral but it made me incredibly blessed to have my healthy family and friends


Day Fifteen: The discovery of barkbox - a monthly subscription box for dogs


Day Sixteen: A day in the sunshine - participating in a village yard sale with my parents


Day Seventeen: My first successful day of not eating junk food


Day Eighteen: The first outing of my polka dot shoes


Day Nineteen: The first day in a long time that it hasn't rained. I love the sunshine, it never fails to make me smile


Day Twenty: The promise of date night at the weekend 


Day Twenty-One: A Skittles rainbow


Day Twenty-Two: A shiny new engagement ring..thanks to the incompetence of H.Samuel


Day Twenty-Three: Daddy time. My dad's birthday. Spending time with my dad having coffee etc


Day Twenty-Four: Pay day


Day Twenty-Five: Another hard day..I received some bad news and felt betrayed by a 'friend' but the reassurance from my family made me feel incredibly lucky to know that I will always have support.


Day Twenty-Six: Chicken and Salad with a glass of Mango juice in the blazing sunshine


Day Twenty-Seven: ***I can't read what I wrote down for this day*** and the only thing that I really remember from this day is eating a very nice almond and coconut slice....I might have received some flowers from Gareth....?!?!


Day Twenty-Eight: My first ever Glossybox


Day Twenty-Nine: Booked Thorpe park tickets


Day Thirty: A nice relaxed day in the garden in the sunshine, with a salad, a book and the family


You can probably tell that this wasn't the easiest of tasks for me. Sometimes I really struggled to find things that had made me happy. The daily routine of an office job, cooking and housework isn't one that I am really accustomed to (nor wish to be). Even though on some days I found this really hard and they are mainly food related (whoops) it did really help me to assess the important and not so important parts of my day. It encouraged me to focus on the positive parts of my day and focus on the smiles.


What has made you smile recently?