Being Back At Work

Last week was extremely hard leaving my little guy then I had five days off for Easter after starting back (that would be nice if that was every week), but it was filled with illness as my little man hasn't been well and I was just exhausted.
Ollie is normally very active, he doesn't stay still for a second but over those few days he wanted lots of cuddles and loved just sitting on the sofa curled up in my arms which was actually rather nice and he slept more, but it's always so worrying when they do things out of character especially not wanting to eat (he loves food) but spat everything out.

Now on my second week I'm starting to feel a little better as I don't feel as stupid as I did as I was completely lost last week I had forgotten so much but it didn't help being so tired and missing my little man.
He is also much better as the terror is back to his normal mischief which is great and just in time for his 1st Birthday on Monday.

Back to Work Wear

Second day at work done and these are the outfits I chose to wear on my first two days.

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Day One
Dotty Dress from Dorothy Perkins and heels from Tesco Clothing which has been one of my Outfits under £20.
 I added black tights as it hasn't been that warm out there this week. The bag is from Next which I mentioned in my post Next Sale Purchases. 
It may have been a little over the top but never mind I needed to feel my best as it was a difficult day leaving my little man behind with daddy for the first time and all day.


I felt pretty good in this even though I had to wipe the tears away for most of the day.

Day Two:  

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Red dress from Tesco Clothing in the sale of course for £7 it was originally £22 which has been mentioned in my previous post What to wear.

I teamed this up with black tights and my birthday boots from Dorothy Perkins also in the sale for £28 which were £60.

I felt nice in this but I'm not sure the picture shows it as a very flattering dress but I think it looks better in the flesh maybe another time I will add a belt or a long funky necklace. 


It's actually quite nice to dress up a little for work than wearing my usual leggings which are great by the way and a godsend while I was pregnant but dresses do make you feel more womanly. 

Back To Work Tomorrow

Me & Ollie today

Well here we are, I'm at that point 
where my work days are back and I have to say goodbye to pyjama mornings, mummy lunches and morning coffees :-(

My early mornings will now turn into getting to work on time and not deciding on what breakfast Ollie should have while we watch baby cartoons then quickly changing to interesting mummy programmes....oh goodbye This Morning and Loose Women hello sitting in an office dreaming I was at home thinking of the things I was doing this time last week.

It's a weird feeling as it feels like it's the end but I still have my little boy which is forever. I'm sure when I get home the hubby will pass Ollie over so I do my responsible duties even though I didn't do that to him when he was working all day. Deep down though I think I will want to as for almost a year it has been pretty much me looking after Ollie 24/7. Making sure he is changed, fed, has clean clothes, bathed and getting up in the night so it will be so hard not to carry on, I don't want to feel I'm not needed anymore he's my little boy. 

Starting this year Grandma has had Ollie over night once a month which has been very strange but a godsend as well as we needed the sleep, but being without him by my side for nearly 10 hours a day 5 days a week will be incredibly hard I just know I will be thinking about him all the time and worrying if he has been fed and changed but I guess that is normal until I get into my new routine.

Hopefully I will get to be at home again some day as who will take all the pictures.

One Friday Left

Sleeping...yay!

Oh my I only have one Friday left being at home with my little terror. Only a couple of months ago I had tears at the thought of it, I couldn't bare it but the last few weeks have been very testing and it's made me wonder if going back to work will be a god send after all.

It will be nice to get dressed up and not get messed up by grubby hands for once and have a little freedom to be me again. I also need a break from saying no Ollie, don't do that, leave it alone...no...no...no Ollie.

Kidsworld

In an ideal world I would prefer part time so I have the best of both worlds as I do like to be able to go out when I like and take the little man to see and do things especially now he's heading for one he is interested in the world around him.

Yesterday we went to kidsworld which he loved. It was quite an eye opener for me as most of the kids there seemed to be with childminders but they were chatting and drinking coffee while the kids got on with it. No wonder they pestered me which was alittle annoying when I wanted to be with my child with "whats your name", "can you push me", "can you...." , uh leave me alone. It just made me think do we really pay silly amounts on childcare for the carers to just sit there nattering. I really do think Mummy and daddy really are best, so whatever the future holds for us I would like to avoid childcare as much as possible and work it between myself and my husband. 


As I start back at work my hubby leaves his work (redundancy) so he will be looking after Ollie the explorer until he finds himself another job which I reckon by the first or second day at home he will be longing to escape because I have a feeling he may just pull the rest of his hair out.

What To Wear

I have about 5 weeks until I go back to work after being off on maternity for a year, I have lost some baby weight but I have also put some back on in the last few weeks which I feel pretty rubbish about but i'm on a diet (kind of) and on the look out for a new outfit for my first day back. I need to feel confident, stylish and just fabulous to make me feel better about going back and leaving my baby with someone else to look after :-( 

I have been browsing on Tesco Clothing and I have found two great dresses that maybe contenders.

Blue box pleat button detail dress which will look great with black tights and heels or flat pumps to dress down a little. It's stylish and bright and looks flattering.

Or 

We have the red A-line dropped waist dress which again would look great with tights and heels as shown or pumps but I think some funky boots would look particulary great.

What do you think, would either be a good going back to work dress? 

These are both half price at the moment so only £7 each so I may just get them both....oh naughty me. I do have a wedding to go to in May and it's my birthday very soon, oh enough with the excuses i'm getting them BOTH hehe!