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MY first month back home

Thursday, 22 August 2019

I've been home a couple of times over the past few years of non-stop travel but this, is the first time in a while I've come home with no immediate plans to leave again. When I initially booked my flight, I was worried that I was going to miss the daily adventures, exploring, discovering and learning something new every single day and come back to the boring world I left in 2017 but that doesn't seem to have been the case.

Turns out, coming home wasn't the end of my adventure, it was the start of a whole new, different one! This week marks my first month back and I have jammed a whole lot into it! Here's what Ive been up to:

Brighton

My mum and I both missed our annual trips to Brighton whilst I was away so it was the first thing we wanted to do when I got back. As usual, we got up early and drove down there for breakfast, spent the day shopping and wandering around the lanes before pitching up at a seaside cafe, sharing a seafood platter and drinking frozen cocktails on the beach. We spent hours sitting in the sunshine discussing life and looking at Walt Disney world tickets hopefully that'll be one of my next destinations! 

Cambridge

I'd never been to Cambridge before so when we had another couple of free days and some awesome weather, mum and I decided to venture down there. I've always wanted to go punting in Cambridge so we did that and it was great! Very pleased that I'm still ticking things off the bucket list, even at home!

Birmingham

I've had two weddings this month and they couldn't have been more different from one another. The first was a sunny afternoon at a cute country manor with all of my high school friends..
and the second involved Georgia buying me a ticket to Birmingham and not giving me much more information on the matter! Turned out, we were going an Indian wedding and it was one of the craziest events I've ever been to.


#JetMe2TheGreek With Jet2

Jet2 invited me to join them for a Greek cooking class to celebrate the launch of their new summer 2020 destinations; Lefkas and Parga.

It was awesome to have a blogging event in London to go to after being away for so long because it meant I got to catch up with all my London travel blogger friends and have some fun together!

Colchester

 Another little day trip with mum, although we weren't very impressed with this one since there didn't seem to be much going on in the town center.
We did find the cutest little tearoom for lunch and I picked up a few bits in Primark so it wasn't a wasted trip, we still had a good time! Plus I got to wear my brand new Converse. My collection of coloured high tops seems to be growing pretty quick and I loved these! I picked them up via, lovethesales.com trainer section with a £10 discount.

London

I seem to have seen quite a lot of new parts of London since I got home too! We drove to Peckham one afternoon to find a specialist shop, got the train to Greenwich to see what all the fuss was about (didn't like it), had my first Groupon afternoon tea at a Hilton and a birthday meal on the river by Canary wharf!

On top of that, I've joined up to my local gym, been to the zoo and even started thinking about giving my room a little spruce up with some cute decor ideas from furniture.com. I realise that my blogging has taken a little bit of a hit as of lately and I've worked out that it's because I actually dont have a proper desk to work at! But fear not, the desk hunt has begun, I've found a couple that I really like on Lionshome so watch this space. Hopefully I'll be back to my weekly posting in no time.
Cute new mesh top from Femme Luxe

It's been a busy old month but I'm definitely not complaining, if every month at home looked like this, I won't be in a rush to go anywhere else, any time soon! 

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LIFESTYLE: Homeware Wishlist

Monday, 5 October 2015

The guys at Homify asked me to put together a homewear wishlist so thats what I'm doing today. I'm totally into rose gold and copper tones at the moment - they just make everything looks so warm but classy at the same times.
Candle - Kate Spade
I love the bold stripes of this and of course the gold details and the words across the front
 
Light Up G - Urban Outfitters
Seriously guys, who doesnt want one of these. I would actually really love a mini one that I could keep on my desk or soemthing
 
So shiny! If only it was just a little bit more rose tinted.

Rose Water Bowl - Kate Spade
More Kate Spade I know but after my little shopping stint on holiday - I am obcessed with everything Kate Spade. I'm pretty sure it will be my actual first point of call when it really does come down to buying stuff for a home. How cute.

Glass Box - H&M
This comes in a few colours but I just thought it was so pretty! It'd be perfect on a dressing table full of jewellery or make up or just all the little bits and pieces that dont have a home.

Terranium - JoY
These things are just so pretty and have a relaxing zen garden feel. Also, I love succulents and picked up 5 from the wedding last month so this would be the perfect little home for them!

and of course I want white walls through the house and light carpets upstairs. As for downstairs, I would keep it all to natural looking wood flooring because I grew up with white wood bedroom floorboards and I never want to do that again, it was cold in the mornings and I hated it. Now, I love having carpet upstairs, it makes going to be more warm and cosy whereas downstairs is you come in through the front door in your shoes and where Molly comes through the back door covered in mud so no carpet downstairs! Although that could means it gets a bit colder downstairs so of course I would need to get a little heater to keep it warm so I can spend my evenings snuggled up with a blanket in from of the TV.

LIFESTYLE: Kitchen Wishlist

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Since I've started work, I have come in to contact with alot of people my age, who no longer live at home with their parents. I feel like the little kid around them while they are talking about bills and getting their heating fixed and I'm not even making me bed in the morning. 

I am in no rush to move out although I am looking forward to being able to decorate a house how I want it to look. I always come across things in shops and think "I'd love something like that when I have my own house" so today is a bit of an imaginary homewear wishlist! It started out as a homeware wishlist but ended up being totally kitchen focused! When it comes to the house itself aka the walls, I want white everything. White walls are a must to keep everything feeling fresh, light and airy.
I would love to get pretty white appliances for the kitchen too, you know, white toasters, white microwaves and a big white fruit bowl. And what am I going to do with all that fruit you ask? I would also have a nutribullet to make lots of yummy smoothies - duh.

Pretty jars to keep whatever I fancy in them. Maybe colourful, individually wrapped sweets or nuts or something like that. I also love this pineapple shaped jar to put boring looking things like tea bags in.

Taking of tea - I love this simple G mug and of course an A one for Andrew too!

Whats On Your Kitchen Wishlist?

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