5 years ago today I set off from Hull, on my way to York to meet a man I’d only previously spoken to on the internet. We’d arranged to meet at Parliament Square in York for a couple of drinks in the afternoon.

Me being most unlike me ended up being an hour late and by the time we eventually met, we located each other outside the Zara store. Yes, you’ve guessed correctly, that is one of the reasons behind Zara’s name :)

That coffee turned into an afternoon and then ended up with an evening meal and me returning back to Hull at gone midnight. Little did I know that this man would end up my husband :)

6 months later in the summer he proposed, the following summer we got married and here we are 5 years later with a beautiful one year old daughter and only a few weeks away from our second arrival :)

So this post is dedicated to my wonderful husband, I love you more than words can say xxx xxx xxx

Our first holiday together in Rhodes (where he proposed!)

Tonight we are off out for a meal at the MalMaison in Newcastle, a prize which I won on twitter and which we’ve finally got round to taking. It’s only our second night out together since Zara arrived, with no family up here it’s been a pretty tough year so we’re hoping to have a lovely relaxing meal tonight to celebrate half a decade since our first date :)