Well, hello there, hi, howdy! I'm back! I'll be honest, when I wrote my last post saying I was going to be taking a break from blogging to focus on my offline life for a little while, I wasn't 100% sure if I would be back. In fact, I was definitely leaning more towards the never-coming-back side of things. But, the time away has done me the world of good and I'm so excited to pi[...]
It's been a couple of months since my last "Dear Diary..." life update post and, somehow, things have been simultaneously quite quiet and really eventful at the same time. I think, realistically, I'm not going to be able to blog much in the next month or so as my free time is going to spent focussing on things that need to be done offline. Namely, we have to pack up our entire house and mo[...]
This post contains gifted items Happy Shakespeare Day everyone! Without a doubt one of the most important figures in both British history and in worldwide literary history, on the 23rd April every year he's celebrated, and today I'm working with Viking to celebrate him in my very own way. I have some really strong memories attached to Shakespeare, all in very differ[...]
This is a sponsored post. Contains gifted items. There has been a lot going on in my life recently. Actually, there's been a lot going on in my life for the past 2 years or so - I feel like I need my very own cliff-hanger score, like the duff-duff-duffs at the end of Eastenders. Sometimes it has felt like I've been stumbling from one stress to the next, with barely a moment to b[...]
This post includes affiliate links As I’ve mentioned in a few of my posts recently, at the beginning of the year I decided that I wanted to take more time out for reading. It’s such a good way of switching off and clearing the mind, and I wanted to stop wasting so much time online scrolling social media endlessly. So, I set myself a Goodreads challenge - albeit a slightly ambitious one[...]
Happy March everyone! Spring doesn’t arrive for another few weeks but with the way the weather has been recently you would think it was already here! (Not that I’ve any idea what the weather is like as I’m still stuck indoors). That said, as lovely as it is to have clear blue skies, a gentle breeze and the temperature in the high-teens and early-twenties, I can’t help but be slight[...]
Jacamo very kindly sent us these items free of charge in return for our thoughts. All opinions are, as always, 100% honest and our own. Isn’t it strange how you can sometimes find yourself with a preconception of what a brand, place or event is and then find out that you had it wrong all along? Well, that’s exactly what’s happened to me, having had the opportunity to colla[...]
I’m a little bit excited about this today because I’m here to tell you all about something I’ve wanted to do for ages and - finally - I’ve got it kicked off. My online book club! In a busy, busy world it’s so important to slow down and take some time out for your own peace of mind, and - for me - reading is one of the best ways I’ve found to do that. Whether it’s[...]
Note: This post includes a discount code. I don't earn anything from this, I'm just sharing so you can save some pennies! What a month it has been! I started this year with all the grand plans to blog more and I have a list of things I want to share with you, but that all fell by the wayside when I was booked in last minute for knee surgery. I had just a few days to get everything sorted f[...]
I was invited to try the menu at The George and Dragon free of charge in exchange of a review. All opinions remain 100% honest and my own. Last year I was lucky enough to be invited to visit The George & Dragon in Mountnessing in Essex to sample what they had to offer and I absolutely loved it – so much so, in fact, that I’ve been back a few times since for dinner with f[...]
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