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As with every year, I took some time off work and dragged my birthday celebrations out for a whole week. It meant I ended up having a lovely time doing all sorts of nice things with my friends and family. I started off with a mother daughter trip to Manchester for the weekend. We stayed … Continue reading What I Did For My Birthday
10 months after moving in to our first home I'm really pleased with how far we've come and our house really feels like our own and I quite often love to sit down and admire my favourite parts. However, I've realised that while we got lots done in the first few weeks, life then started … Continue reading My Home Goals
We love to get dressed up for a date night and recently we headed into Durham for some delicious food and drinks. There are so many new bars and restaurants popping up in Durham that we're spoilt for choice but we chose to try the new Cosy Club.After a beautiful walk along the river we … Continue reading Date Night at Cosy Club Durham
It's just over a month since Andrew and I got engaged in London, which you can read about here, and I'm really excited to be writing the first pre-wedding post. I'm finding that reading the wedding posts of other bloggers is really helpful and its my favourite type of content at the moment so I … Continue reading Wedding Planning Update 1: Early Days
How did the end of September come around so fast? Although a part of me is sad to see summer go, I am always ready for the cosiness of Autumn and this year I’ll be making a few small changes to welcome the new season into my home. Candles Changing the scent in your home … Continue reading Getting Your Home Ready for Autumn
Andrew and I recently spent a few days visiting London and had the most amazing time. Excitingly, we got engaged while we were there which you can read about here, but as well as that we got to see all the sights and really enjoyed ourselves. I've been to London a couple times before so … Continue reading Our Trip to London
Andrew and I are now engaged after he proposed last week and I, of course, said yes. It's just over a year since we bought our house and we decided together we wanted to take the next step and get married. We had already chosen my ring together, a sapphire surrounded by a halo of … Continue reading We’re Engaged!
So it's been a while but I'm back with a new blog post reviewing one of the most exciting foundation launches this year. Waterproof, transfer-proof, longwearing, and vegan, Urban Decay's Stay Naked claims to have it all. But, I'm not sure if it really fulfilled all my expectations. First up: packaging. It may not be … Continue reading Urban Decay Stay Naked Foundation Review
Shopping for homeware became my favourite hobby when we bought our house, I would even skip right past the beauty counters in any department store and head straight for homeware. Although I lusted after lots of high end furniture and accessories I had a budget to stick to so I quickly found my favourite places, … Continue reading My Favourite Places to Shop for Homeware
A couple of weeks ago my friend and I headed to the Woodmans Arms for a catch up over some food on a Saturday night. Situated just out of Whickham, the site had been a pub owned by a chain for many years until it was taken over and transformed into the Woodmans Arms last … Continue reading The Woodmans Arms, Whickham
