Hannah Elizabeth

You know the book. You know the film. You maybe know the television show. Do you know the musical? I have one word to describe it and that is breath-taking. Based on Audrey Niffenegger’s internationally best-selling novel, this new musical is thrillingly brought to life with original songs from Grammy Award winners Joss Stone and Dave Stewart, and adapted by multi award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson.  The Time Traveller's Wife shares the story of Clare and Henry. Two lovers brought together over and over again, yet ripped apart in the same breath. Their journey explores an exceptional disorder of love, heartbreak and fight.  Walking into the theatre, I was immediately in awe of the beautiful white birds scattered around the building. They were dainty, yet powerful and when they were integrated into the show itself, everyone was silent for a second with the magic. The staging itself is quite simple. There is very little and that which is used is integrated into songs...

For a Christmas present, my mum treated my sister and I to a spa weekend stay at one of their favourite hotels, The Coniston Hotel Country Estate and Spa. I hadn't been before, but they have raved about it over and over again, so I was quite excited to go myself.  When we arrived, we went on a lovely long walk around the grounds. It was 1C so pretty cold, but enjoyable nevertheless. There are lots of routes and different paths to go down, so defintely a walk you could do over and over again. There was a beautiful lake set in the middle, alongside a stately country home and a boat house, set in the middle of the countryside.  I can't say I wasn't a little disappointed with the room itself. The outside of the building is incredible and the rest of the property is beautiful, so when I walked into the bedroom, it just felt dated. The bathroom and bedroom were nice enough, but just not the luxury feel I had expected. To top it off, the walls were very thin and we could hear ne...

Last week I shared that my first and only car, my grandma's car, had officially been written off .  I am still hurt by it, but much more accepting that I was before Christmas when I was well and truly devastated. I've been having to get the bus to and from work, between begging colleagues for lifts on bank holidays and having a very kind cousin who has also given me a couple of lifts too.  I was originally looking at getting a lease car. After spending quite a bit of money on obviously buying a house, but also the renovations over the last couple of years. When I looked at lease cars, it was a brand new car. The initial fee was roughly the cost of what I got as a car payout and the monthly fee - including insurance, breakdown cover, services etc - was roughly one extra bank shift at work so it would pretty much be unnoticeable and I thought it was a great idea.  I found a lease company I was interested in and reached out. I specifically said I was doing 4 night shift...

This vlog is a little all over the place, just like my life at the moment. Here's the first 3 weeks of the new year!  Click here to watch the vlog or see below.  My new year's eve was celebrated at work with an awful, stressful and tiring shift, after being pulled to work in triage. We watched the New Year fireworks on a little phone and then I came home and cried myself to sleep. I can't decide which year was better: working through New Year's or sleeping through it.  After 4 night shifts, I well and truly deserved some time off. I woke up around 5pm and headed to the first of two pantomimes to see Peter Pan and then the next day, saw Dick Whittington with my mum. I'll share the full review of both performances, if they're not live already.  When my mum came down the following day, we headed to Zizzi's first for an early dinner and the mains was delicious, but the dessert was terrible. It was so burnt and tasted terrible. I ended up complaining and the ma...