I recently had a brilliant weekend visiting the sights of Manchester!

My wonderful husband Martin and his colleague, Tiggs, came joint 18th out of all the Peugeot customer advisors in the UK. The Top 50 got a special invite to the party of the year, a masquerade ball at The Palace Hotel in Manchester.

The hunt for a spectacular mask therefore began just after Christmas!

We had the most beautiful room at the hotel & the food and wine was to die for. The entertainment and band made the night and it was wonderful to see all the different dresses & masks!

Thank you to Peugeot for holding such an enjoyable & fabulous masquerade ball and congratulations to Martin and Tiggs for doing so well.

We also had a sneaky look at the Manchester United stadium and a quick nosy in the shop.

Thought I would include a pic for you all to see our great masks, I was so proud of us all.

Today’s Team Blog comes from Livvy -

I picked up my wedding dress from the seamstress recently and it is even more beautiful than I remembered it to be… albeit a little snug!

It is all beginning to feel very real now, only 4 months to go and still SO much to do.

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So far this year I have broken pretty much every New Year’s Resolution!

“No alcohol for the whole of January” – broken after 6 days.

“Start running as from January 1st” – don’t even know where my trainers are…

“Lose Christmas pounds” – gained at least a couple more!
I don’t know why I even bothered making them in the first place… But seriously now, as from February I will be attempting all of the above…. and failing!

Hope everyone has had a great start to 2012.  I’ve heard faint rumours of a long, hot summer this year…here’s hoping!

Today’s blog is by Pure Dental Receptionist, Lucy -

‘Having mentioned that 2012 is the year of ‘DIY’ in our house, my brother – who has his own landscape gardening business in Bristol – has kindly offered to come down in March and build us a new fence and gate in our garden!

I can’t wait to get out and clear all the winter leaves from the garden and get our little veg patch ready for this year’s crops!

Last year we grew carrots, shallots, peas, lettuce, garlic and strawberries and potatoes. The runner beans were a failure!

I think we will do something similar this year and grow tomatoes as well to make into chutney in a few months’ time.

There is definitely something satisfying about seeing your veg patch out of your kitchen window and picking and eating your own produce.’

Today’s blog comes from Pure Dental Nurse Laura -

‘Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas.

I had a wonderful, but quiet day with my in-laws. This year I began Christmas morning with a cooked breakfast from my husband, which included bacon, scallops and poached eggs with a glass of champagne!!!

I’m hoping this will become a regular Christmas day occurrence!

We saw in 2012 with a geat black-tie do at The Greenbank Hotel with two of our friends, Richard and Clare. There were fireworks, chinese lanterns and lots of food and dancing.

My New Year’s Resolution is to pass my sedation examination in September, so watch this space for updates…’

Today’s Team Blog is a double act – from Jeremy and Lucy!

‘Short term orthodontic treatment using Six Month Smiles is proving to be effective and very popular for people of all ages!

It also appears to be more feasible and predictable than other systems.

The system itself is very well thought out, with professionally supplied individual treatment kits and a superb support and advice scheme.

I can’t recommend this treatment highly enough – it brings a lot of fun back to dentistry!’

‘I have recently had the Six Month Smile brace fitted by Jeremy on my upper and lower teeth to help straighten them, and I have to say I am already very used to them!

They are tooth coloured wires and brackets that are fixed on to the front six teeth and gradually orientate the teeth into the desired position over the course of  between four-eight months.

I have already noticed slight movements to my teeth and gradually Jeremy will add a thicker wire to bring the teeth back more.

The beauty of Six Month Smiles is that no-one notices I have them until they are standing right next to me! I can’t wait to see the final result in a few months time.’

Today’s blog comes from Pure Dental Nurse Tania -

‘I had a very relaxed weekend last week watching my partner, Sam, play rugby for Roseland RFC.

The match was against Helston at Helston RFC, unfortunately Roseland lost but it was a really exciting and close game.

Sam has also decided to teach me how to play squash. I couldn’t even hit the ball for the first 10 minutes! But after an hour or so I was able to play a whole game and even won a few sets – Sam called it beginners luck, typical!

I’m a bit sore today, but hope to start playing once or twice a week on top of my football. My fitness regime for the New Year!’