As weird as it felt during lockdown to write my weeklies about regular life before we locked down, I now feel stronger than ever that it’s important to chronicle different periods in our life. I still have a few weeks from before lockdown to post about, and thereafter I will recap the lockdown time on a per month basis, because, apart from cooking and eating we didn’t do an awful lot. And now as lockdown is easing I will go back to my weeklies to show you what I get up to.

So, lets rewind and go back to a more happy and carefree time pre-lockdown, back in February.

As you know by now, Mondays are not my favourite, and this one was no exception. I was tired, did my work and had a mini deep-dish pizza with bearnaise sauce for supper. No energy to cook.

I had a bad cold and didn’t feel great, so lived out of my bed. Worked in bed, ate in bed, and huddled up in my duvet and a blanket. On Tuesday I made one of my favourite pastas for supper and ate it in bed.

I felt a little bit better come Wednesday and had yoghurt with blood oranges and honey for breakfast…

…and another comfort food favourite for supper; Swedish sausages with mash and crispy onions.

As always when I’ve been feeling poorly I gave my skin some extra attention and did two masks after each other. First The Ordinary AHA + BHA peeling solution to exfoliate and brighten and then the No7 hydration mask afterwards to put lots of moisture back in. Love this combination!

On the Friday I was still tired but well enough to go out for dinner locally near where my boyfriend lives. We went to the cute Italian and it was bliss to eat lasagne and drink red wine in candlelight.

On the Saturday we had friends in town so met them for drinks and dinner in the evening. First drinks at The Blind Spot followed by a lovely dinner at Hawksmoor Seven Dials.

We had the most amazing steak there, it was almost a religious experience it was so good. And it was one of those nights where the conversation just flowed and you forgot about time to suddenly realise it’s late and you’re almost alone in the restaurant.

Sunday was nice and relaxing with a lie-in, cheese toasties for lunch and rugby on the telly.

In the evening I made carbonara and we finished season two of Jack Ryan. As much as we loved the first season we were so disappointed by this second series. Such a shame as John Krasinski was great, but the storyline was just ridiculous. But we also watched Homeland which felt much more down to earth and balanced in comparison. So sad it’s the last season but also nice it’s still going strong until the end.