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Veganuary: My first Vegan shop of 2019
I am not a stranger to Veganuary, I first did it in January 2016 after being pescatarian for most of 2015 and it was actually easier than I thought it would be, apart from discovering there was pretty much milk hidden in everything! I continued flirting with veganism until I…
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Hopes & Goals For 2019
Looking back on my list for 2018, I didn’t get much done that I wanted to. But 2018 was quite frankly, a whole pile of crap. It was easily the worst year I have had in a long time. I battled with a quite severe bout of depression, which in…
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Boxing Day Sales
I am ashamed to admit it, but I am a total Boxing Day Sales reduction vulture. Although personally I think shops should remain closed on Boxing Day, the lure of amazing smelling bath bombs and half price children’s clothes leaves me a sailor to a siren. I first discovered how…
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Christmas Eve Checklist
It’s almost here! I usually make a Christmas Eve checklist to make sure I haven’t missed anything. If I have, it’s not too late to rectify it. Here is my last minute list…. 1. Do My Meal Prep – no one wants to be slaving over a hot stove on…
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Mother’s Ruin: My Favourite Festive Drinks
Christmas comes but once a year and with it a whole heap of beverages that only tend to feature during the holiday season. Here are some of my favourite festive drinks… 1. Bucks Fizz Is it even Christmas Morning if your breakfast doesn’t involve a glass of Buck’s Fizz, or…
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The Christmas Tag
The Lovely Emma Reed tagged me in her Christmas post! Blogger tags are designed to get to know a blogger a little more and I haven’t actually taken part in one yet. Seeing as I love all things Christmas – this one seemed like a good one to start with!…
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How To Give Back This Christmas….
Despite having a pretty shit year – losing my Grandma, losing my job, some health scares and family also having a crap time, I love Christmas and Christmas always puts me in the best of moods. However, Christmas isn’t great for everyone. There is pressure on families to spend money…
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Meeting Santa in The Midlands
As mentioned before, the holiday season is my most favourite season of all. I have been making Alexa blast out Christmas songs since November 1st and I have not one, but two Christmas trees! I like to pack my December full of Christmassy activities. Since I have had children, those…
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Bonfire Night
Remember, remember, the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot I remember trying to explain to some American friends what Bonfire Night was. It went very much like this: “So you set off fireworks…to celebrate an act of terrorism?” “Failed terrorism. There is a difference!” Basically, who doesn’t love wrapping…
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Pumpkin Picking at Cattows Farm
Last weekend we decided to head out to Cattows Farm in Leicester and go pumpkin picking! Despite loving Halloween, I have never been pumpkin picking before. I did accidently almost grow my own last year though, when I left an old one outside from the year before which obviously had…
