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September 5, 2018

Beautiful Flowers From Bloom Magic (Plus Discount Code!) {AD-GIFTED}

I was very kindly gifted with these beautiful flowers. All opinions are, of course, 100% honest and my own. I don’t know if it’s just me, but there’s something about having fresh flowers in the house that makes me feel like I’ve got my life together. Sure I might be behind on the housework because I spent my evening binge watching the latest must-see Netflix Original, but if I've got a full vase on the windowsill I feel like I'm winning at life. An illusion of organisation and running a home like clockwork! read more[...]

Lifestyle

September 3, 2018

Dear Diary… (03.09.2018)

It’s been almost 2 months since I last wrote a Dear Diary post… I’m nothing if not sporadic! But I’m here now and that’s all that matters, right? Since my last post of this type life has been full and busy. I’ve been away a few times (Stratford-upon-Avon, Crete, Shropshire and Cambridge), got engaged, had my 33rd birthday, celebrated my Mum's birthday, went to an Elvis tribute night, got another tattoo, been without a car for a month as the engine died in a giant cloud of smoke, and had the odd few nights out with friends. read more[...]

Food & Drink, Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle

August 18, 2018

6 Months As A Vegetarian – Update

This title is a little mis-leading... I've actually been vegetarian for around 8-months now, but it’s taken me a little while to actually knuckle down and write this (quelle surprise!), so forgive my shoddiness and allow me a little leeway this time... read more

Lifestyle

August 15, 2018

Birthday Goals: 34 Before 34

It’s my birthday today and I’m turning the grand old age of 33. THIRTY THREE YEARS OLD. That’s a proper grown-ups age and yet, in my mind, I feel a good decade or so younger (not in my knees though, my knees are ruined). read more

Essex, Lifestyle

August 9, 2018

Visiting Hopefield Animal Sanctuary (Brentwood, Essex)

A few weeks ago we popped down to Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood (Essex) to take a look at the amazing work they do and the animals they’ve given a second chance to. Despite it being fairly local to us, it’s not somewhere I had ever visited before and now I’ve been there I can’t help but wonder, what took us so long?? read more[...]

Crete, Lifestyle, Travel

August 5, 2018

The Best Holiday I Ever Had? 2 Weeks, 2 Countries, 1 Happy Penny

We recently got back from what will go down in history as one of the best holidays of my life. No, the best holiday of my life (to date). Granted, I have a whole lifetime of holidays still to come, but this one was truly special and for so many different reasons. read more

Lifestyle

July 29, 2018

We’re Engaged!

I can't quite believe I'm writing this! I'm engaged! Even as a little girl, being Miss Fiercely Independent, I always told everybody that I wasn't going to get married. I didn't see it being part of my story and I didn't even consider it happening to me until I got together with Ben, yet here I am, typing this with the most perfect, beautiful ring glistening on my left hand and I can't quite believe it! Here's our engagement story... read more[...]

Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle

June 21, 2018

How I Learnt To Love Myself

If you’ve been on social media today, you may well have seen various references to the fact that today is National Selfie Day. (Yes, there is a day for seemingly everything!) Brands are using it to promote their wares, influencers are sharing perfectly poised images of themselves, and the rest of us regular Joe’s and Josephine’s are warily uploading photos of our faces and hoping people don’t think we’re being narcissistic (or, alternatively, not uploading a picture for that exact reason). But, is embracing your own image and uploa[...]

Lifestyle

June 11, 2018

Dear Diary… (11 June 2018)

(Prepare yourself, it's a long one today as I need to catch up on 3 weeks of happenings!) Can you believe it? We’re into the sixth month of the year already! It seems like only yesterday I was listening to the gentle tones of Auld Lang Syne and kicking 2017 out the back door to let 2018 in the front, and yet here we are, just a few short weeks from being officially halfway through the year. read more[...]

Lifestyle

May 22, 2018

Dear Diary… (22 May 2018)

What’s this? A new regular (hopefully) style post? Why yes, yes it is. Y’girl decided that as this here blog is meant to be a record of my life, capturing my memories, it made sense to write more regularly about what I’m doing, how I’m feeling and what’s been whizzing around inside my head. Writing monthly updates as I have been is all well and good but I wanted to get back to my roots a little, back to the days when I used to write daily (LOLS, that’s never gonna happen now) and made this website much more personal. read more[...]