autumn morning routine: a cosy rainy fall morning 🍂🕯️

I woke up in the middle of the night And I wondered how you're always right against me I couldn't see what you saw in me But you showed me how to believe Still against me When I look back I can see you're hiding Waiting for a moment to step in And I'll never understand how you saw it coming Oh, but I will love you for it all Yeah, I will love you for it all It's just gone half past seven Roo and I have done our usual morning routine which consists of having to play with the kangaroo and also me making the bed being the best game that Roo has ever played Every single morning looks like that, honestly But yeah, it's nice and early and I've got the luxury today of a really relaxed morning So I thought I'd bring you along to show you what I do on the mornings where I have a little bit extra time to do all of the cosy autumn things This is kind of like a Sunday morning routine Just me and you Recommendation for you I bought this dry shampoo a couple of videos ago I used to use the other Living Proof dry shampoo which I also absolutely love That's really good too But this one I feel like it's just a whole new level It's the Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean and it's in the silver bottle It is very pricey for a dry shampoo Honestly, if you're looking for a really, really good dry shampoo even if it's just one that you use for special occasions it really does the trick So I actually take most of my vitamins at night but there are two things that I take every single morning The first one is vitamin D especially now that we're moving into the colder, darker months It's so important to make sure that you're getting enough vitamin D My sister actually told me that taking vitamin D at night time can potentially disrupt your circadian rhythm so I think it's better to take it in the morning The other thing that I take every morning is some kind of probiotic and recently I've been using the Ritual Symbiotic who have kindly sponsored this part of the video So this is actually so much more than just a probiotic It's a symbiotic which is basically a three-in-one It's a prebiotic, a probiotic and a postbiotic which basically supports your gut, digestive and immune health all in one little capsule The prebiotic supports the growth of good bacteria in your gut The probiotics are basically live microorganisms that help to relieve things like bloating and then the postbiotic helps to support your gut barrier function The daily capsule is also designed with delayed release technology which basically means it can make it through your stomach acid and to the part of your digestive system where it will be most effective As with everything I consume it's super important to me that the ingredients are clean, vegan-friendly and without GMOs, which these are and you can also get a monthly subscription straight to your door with free shipping So if you're thinking about trying Ritual now is a really great time because they're actually offering 30% off If you scan the little QR code on screen or use the link that I will also leave in the description Hello, can I please get a tall pumpkin spice latte? I definitely don't get a Starbucks every morning I probably get one honestly once a month or something but I thought because we have a lovely relaxed morning and we're celebrating all things autumn today I would treat myself to my first warm pumpkin spice latte this year I don't drink coffee so I always get decaf but I got a decaf pumpkin spice latte with almond milk and the vegan whipped cream topping and then the pumpkin spice topping on top as well and it's really good There's just something so distinctly festive about like a seasonal coffee I absolutely love a gingerbread latte as well when it's kind of more Christmas time Anyway, I just thought this would be a real treat to take on the dog walk this morning especially given that it's just started pouring Today's one of those days where the weather really can't make its mind up It's been raining, then sunny Now it's raining again, so fingers crossed the rain lets up a little bit for the walk but either way, come rain, come shine I always go on our morning walk I remember reading that the first hour of your day is when you're most vulnerable to kind of changes in your mood so it's so important what you do with your first hour of your day in terms of kind of setting you up for the rest of the day Since I heard that, I really try not to go on my phone or do anything that kind of takes me out of the present moment which is why I love my morning walks so much because I feel like they kind of are the total opposite to sitting at home scrolling on your phone I always feel really calm, really peaceful present, grateful and I feel like getting out on a walk just really gives me kind of perspective There's nothing like being outside to make you realise that there's a whole big wide world out there and whatever you've got coming up that day whatever things you might be worrying about maybe in comparison to this whole big world that we have access to they're not that big of a deal It really helps me anyway It really helps me just feel more grounded more present and have kind of a better more positive perspective for the day Anyway, I'm about to head home but I'm just going to swing by Waitrose because it's on the way and I need to pick up a few bits for breakfast and then just a few bits that we need for restocking the fridge and the cupboards so let's go The trouble is with how little Ru is is where most dogs would just get muddy paws the whole of Ru's tummy gets really filthy because it's so close to the ground so especially in autumn winter we have to have lots of baths don't we darling? But she's very good about it This one's wet Change the towel Honey? I think we should go get the heating on don't you? Come on then Get ourselves all warm and dry We made it home just in time It's just started to absolutely pour again so it's pretty perfect timing now that we're back for a cosy autumnal morning I thought I would just quickly show you what I picked up at Waitrose to a little haul it's not much Also, look how beautiful my flowers are from Land Rover when I picked up my car the other day I thought that was a really lovely touch Right, so Waitrose haul let's have a look So I got a few of the usual bits I got myself some rye bread I got the usual green veggies so we've got some spinach some tender sand broccoli some avocado then I picked up some bits for breakfast this morning which is a big clue as to what I'm having I got some self-raising flour and then I got some of the Waitrose Canadian maple syrup and then as always when I go to Waitrose I picked up a few bits from the Deliciously Ella range so I got some more of this tortelloni which I picked up a couple of videos ago because it's really, really good I've been meaning to tell you that actually it's so, so yummy This one is the creamy butternut squash and sage tortelloni very autumnal and very delicious and then there was another new version of the chocolate today the chocolate always seems to change so this looks to be the new roasted hazelnut chocolate so I thought I would give that a try but I do have to say that I noticed today a lot of the products in the Deliciously Ella range have seed oils in like almost all of them have some kind of seed oil sunflower, rapeseed or something and I feel like that's not very authentic to her brands like I've always bought into the Deliciously Ella products because I really believe in her kind of values around food she eats a very kind of whole foods, plant-based diet which is obviously exactly what I eat so I just feel like that's not very authentic to who she is and what she would actually eat so yeah just something I noticed today but that is pretty much everything I picked up I do have to admit that I did pick up a bit of rotisserie chicken just for Ru because I want her to have a lovely morning too but otherwise that is everything I'm going to go and get changed into something a little bit more cosy and then we can make some breakfast I have been looking forward to this breakfast all week because we're going to make apple, cinnamon, maple pancakes pancakes are like my ultimate indulgent breakfast if I'm going to do a sweet breakfast it has to be pancakes and I thought there's nothing more autumnal than apple, cinnamon, maple pancakes they're really, really simple to make so I will leave the recipe in the description I honestly couldn't even wait to sit down to try these they are so delicious and they're so easy to make it's only a handful of ingredients so I'm going to go and get changed into something a little bit more cosy and then we can make some breakfast I have been looking forward to this breakfast all week because we're going to make apple, cinnamon, maple pancakes pancakes are like my ultimate indulgent breakfast if I'm going to do a sweet breakfast it has to be pancakes and I thought there's nothing more autumnal than apple, cinnamon, maple pancakes they're really, really simple to make so I will leave the recipe in the description I honestly couldn't even wait to sit down to try these they're only a handful of ingredients so you have to try them I'm going to go and be a bit more civilised now and sit down and enjoy the rest of my breakfast I've got changed into something a little bit cosier I've got my new favourite socks on I mean I think they're technically Christmas socks but they just make me really happy they're so cute they're Ralph Lauren like the teddy socks but I'm sat upstairs in my favourite cosy little spot I've got my cup of tea and it may only be 11 o'clock but I also have a digestive whisker so if you're in a family of strong believers in something called elevenses I don't know whether that's like a word that other people use or whether my family just uses that but basically it's the tradition of having a little snack around 11 normally for my parents it's an excuse to take a cake cut it in half and have half a cake each every day pretty much at 11 o'clock but this is my little version today I've just been reading a few pages of my book The Foundling which I've shown you a few times I'm about halfway through now and to me it is a perfect autumn read there's just something about it that's kind of like dark and mysterious and it's set in when is it set? 1754 and the author describes really kind of cosy scenes like looking into candlelit windows from the outside and that's one of my favourite things about winter you know when you go for a walk in the evening and it's dark and everyone's windows are just glowing orange and it's just every house looks so inviting and so cosy that's one of the things that I've always always loved about the darker evenings I remember when I was really young I used to go for dark dark walks with my dad which was basically just going for a walk when it was dark outside which is obviously very exciting when you're really little the thing I remember loving about that was exactly what we've just spoken about which was kind of like being able to have like a little snapshot into people's homes and it just looking so cosy and everything anyway so far unless it changes or the ending's really disappointing or something I would definitely recommend this book so to be honest I think that's pretty much what my morning's I just sit here have my cup of tea read a few more chapters and just chill this is honestly how I will always spend my morning if I have the morning off I really enjoy just like a slow simple morning all I really need is a really nice autumnal walk a good book to read a tidy clean house and some yummy breakfast and that's like my dream morning I've been tending to do kind of pilates and stuff more in the evening recently so I'll take you along to a class when we do an evening routine in a couple of weeks time and that's pretty much my dream cosy autumn morning