It goes without saying that autumn is my absolute favourite season. The perfect blend of unexpected warm days and the crisp mornings; lots of opportunities to cosy up means lots of opportunities for reading and I think that was certainly reflected in how much I…
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Exploring The Lakes – Buttermere Valley and Lamplugh
AD – we were gifted our cottage stay by Sally’s Cottages. All thoughts and opinions remain our own. You can’t beat a weekend escaping to The Lakes and our trip to Buttermere and Lamplugh was the exact break we needed. Despite the random mixed weather…
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6 Things to Do at Home for Yourself
I have written before about being an introverted parent, and how that can sometimes be a struggle; particularly when you have younger children who require more attention. But the truth is that self care is important for every single one of us. No matter how…
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Books I Read in July: Mini Book Reviews
Talk about sounding like a broken record but I am astounded to be writing my mini book reviews for July. 2020 is just vanishing in the blink of an eye! It was definitely a mixed bag for me this month; some books I enjoyed and…
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Books I Read in June: Mini Book Reviews
I think it’s fair to say that June was my best month for reading yet. I liked, if not loved, every single book that I picked up and I just could not get enough of reading in general. As always the end of the month…
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Lockdown Loungewear – Femme Luxe Review
Disclaimer: AD – I was provided with the items in this review free of charge. All thoughts and opinions remain my own. I saw two memes recently which made me smile. One said ‘people who are wearing jeans in lockdown…what are you trying to prove?’…
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Just One More Page: Book Club Announcement!
I am so excited to write this post, I’ve had to restart it a couple of times to get my words out coherently 🙂 I have been an avid reader my whole life and love getting to share and chat about all things bookish across…
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Books I Read in May: Mini Book Reviews
Would it be cliche to say that I simply cannot believe we are in June already?! This year is absolutely flying by! But the end of the month means time for some more mini book reviews on what I read in May. For more in-depth…
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Let’s Talk About: Taboo Health Topics
*This is a sponsored post. However all thoughts and opinions are my own. Before I even knew it was Mental Health Awareness week I had been planning to sit down and write a post about anxiety. More specifically my personal journey with health anxiety (let…
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Books I Read in April: Mini Book Reviews
March may have been a pretty poor month for me, but in April I managed to whizz through seven whole books! It was a mixed bag, with an utterly rubbish one alongside some I loved so on the whole I’d say it was a fairly…
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Life in Lockdown: A Little Update
I’ve been more than a little absent from this space recently. It has absolutely nothing (well, perhaps a little something) to do with the fact that I have been unwell with what we suspect was COVID-19, started a new frontline social care job at the…