I’ve pretty much always loved reading. When I was a kid, I used to plough through a couple of books a week, sometimes even one a day. I loved going to the library and WH Smith with my mam, and leaving with a big stack of books to read through.…
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If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a pretty sensitive person. I cry at ads on tv, I feel physically moved if I see someone struggling when I’m out and about, and sometimes it can take me days to get over an emotional movie (Wonder, I’m talking about you).…
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If I could only shop online from two websites for the rest of my life, I’d choose ASOS and Amazon. ASOS for clothes, shoes and accessories, and Amazon for absolutely everything else. I preach about Amazon to anyone who will listen to me, and have placed more orders in the…
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Seven years. Even to write that feels like an out of body experience. Tomorrow, January 23rd, will mark seven years since my mam passed away. I’m not going to speak too much about her passing (I don’t like the word ‘death’) as, to be honest, it’s still something I’m coming…
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With all of the scandal surrounding bloggers and influencers buying followers and likes (have a scroll through here if you need to get up to scratch), it really got me thinking about my presence online and where my blog is today. I’ve been blogging for four years now, and it’s…
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Failure. Out of all of the ‘f’ words, I think it might just be the worst one. It invokes fear, self doubt and squashes dreams daily. Failure is scary. It’s something we’ve been told to avoid ever since we started school, and is consequently ingrained in us for the rest…
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Before I say anything else, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that everyone had a brilliant Christmas and New Year’s celebrations – and I hope that they included a lot of chocolate, gin and good times. January is a funny month for me. I love the fresh start, the hopefulness of…
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The fact that I genuinely asked my friends over the weekend what year it is shows just how clued in I am to the fact that as of today, there are 12 days left of 2017. Even writing that feels weird. I say this every year, but I truly can’t…
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First of all, I’d like to apologise for the lack of festive imagery in this post. I somehow completely forgot that I’d need a feature image to go alongside this gift guide, and I literally have no Christmassy photos on my camera roll that are bright enough or nice enough…
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It might be late November (nearly December!), but it’s never too late to reset your goals and create a few new resolutions for the end of the year. I feel like I’ve learned so much this past year and so much has happened behind the scenes that I really…
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