Eight years ago today, we said goodbye to my mam for the very last time. I find it hard to comprehend that it’s been eight years, yet at the same time it feels like a lifetime ago that I last saw her. As the years have passed, there’s a lot…
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It sounds a bit odd to phrase it like this, but I’m on a daily mission to change my life for the better. Rather than doing one or two big things once a year in the hopes that they’ll transform my life, I think it’s doing little things every day…
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Oh hello there, remember me? I feel like I’m always starting blog posts these days with an explanation about why it’s been quiet around here, but the truth is life just got in the way over the past few weeks/months. I started a new job in November, then planning for…
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If you follow me on Instagram (please do if you don’t!), you’ll probably have seen that I shared my spending on my Insta stories for a week. I shared every single penny I spent, from food to coffee to totally unnecessary clothes. As I mentioned at the start, tracking one…
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Being comfortable in what I’m wearing is one of the most important things to me on a daily basis. It might sound silly, but it’s true. Comfortable doesn’t always mean leggings, oversized jumpers and slippers (although sometimes it does). Most of the time it means wearing something I feel confident…
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Oh, how I tried to resist becoming part of the Black Friday mania. It’s coming up to Christmas, I’m trying to save and sure don’t I have plenty of clothes? Then I got an email from Topshop saying there’s up to 50% off everything on the site. 50%!!!! I’m almost certain that…
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Following on from my first bloopers post during the summer, I felt it was about time that a second one was due. If you missed the first post, this is basically just a roundup of the photos that I wasn’t happy enough with for Instagram. Quite a few of these…
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*This post contains a collaboration with Chill Insurance* I often say that learning how to drive at a young age is one of the best things I’ve ever done. As soon as I turned 16, my dad brought me to the theory test centre so I could get my learner…
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*apart from my house coat (or dressing gown, as most people call it), pyjamas, slippers and Glossier jumper As much as I’d love to be the kind of gal who can wear skirts and dresses on the daily during autumn/winter, that just ain’t me. The two most important factors in…
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A happy life is ultimately the one thing we all want, isn’t it? The definition of ‘happy’ differs for everyone and can consist of different things but for me, in basic terms, a happy life is a life where you look forward to tomorrow, rather than dreading it. A life…
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