You know when you wake up in the middle of the night and you are totally disorientated and you just need to be soothed back into the land of nod? Yep that, I get that quite a bit despite living alone in my flat for just over 2 months now.
Anyway, I have a stash of things right beside me so when this happens in the middle of the night, I remember where I am and can put my Lumie on for a few minutes while I slip back to sleep.
So working clockwise, first we come to my Lumie, this is hands down one of my favourite Christmas gifts of all time, ever. I think I received it around 4 Christmases ago, maybe? It's definitely made a difference to how easy it is to wake up on a morning through the winter months. I used to be so grumpy and struggle to wake up (my boyfriend would say that i'm still like this, but he never knew me back then! hah) whereas now, I wake up a lot easier and have a spring in my step on my way to the kitchen to put the kettle on.
Next I have a bottle of water, just for when I wake up with a surprise headache, no trips to the kitchen for me! Paracetamol in my drawer and water there ready, It's also handy for if you have a tickly throat, or wake up with a dying thirst, enough said.
Then there's my phone holder, my dear little phone holder which all of my friends hate as it's "ugly" and "looks like a spider" WELL, if you can find me a pretty one to hold my blackberry then be my guest otherwise this is as good as it's gonna get honey!
I keep a packet of Boots Cucumber cleansing face wipes by my side in case I have a suuuuper sleepy night where I need to take off makeup but being so tired that I need to do it with my eyes closed. Minimum effort and fuss required. Check!
On my bedpost I have my "Glossy dreams" eyemask from back when I had enough money to be subscribed to a monthly GlossyBox! This comes in handy for when I wake up with a migraine or for the lighter nights when it's too light to sleep and I want to be in total darkness.
The current book on my bedside table is "It's not me it's you" By Mhairi McFarlane, I cannot stress enough to you how much I adore this lady's writing style! Actually I can, I despise hardback books, but I would rather have bought this in hardback than wait an extra 4 months to get a paperback copy. It's a nightmare to carry around and even when reading in bed I have to flip myself over to read each page. But I promise you, the storylines are worth this hassle. Extra points for this story being partially based in Newcastle!
Finally, I keep my Origins Drink Up Intensive face mask beside me incase after I have facewiped the day off I feel I need an extra source of moisture where I can still continue to have my eyes closed. No thought goes into this I literally squeeze some onto my fingertips and massage it all over my face, it smells like a peach dream too, summery nostalgia.
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