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Everyday Anxiety: My Blog Just Isn’t Good Enough



January 5, 2016

Everyday Anxiety

This is one of those posts where I’m just going to type out what I’m feeling and then hopefully just press Publish rather than sit here and angst about whether or not to do it.  So here goes nothing…  I feel like I’ve been feeling a lot more anxious recently.  In general, my anxiety tends to come in fits and starts – sometimes I notice it, but 99% of the time it just flickers around in the background rather than impacting my life.  Since Christmas, though, I’ve not  been able to sleep because I can’t turn my brain off and I feel myself being a little bit more on edge than usual.  As we go into 2016 I have quite a lot to think about, but I just don’t know how to stop my brain from whirring over all the things I’ve got to do and I keep feeling that I’m just not good enough to tackle them.

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CATEGORIES | LIFE

2016: Setting Myself Some Blogging Goals



January 1, 2016

2016_Blog_Goals

I only started blogging in August this year – and only transferred to a self-hosted platform in September, so it’s fair to say that I’m new to this game!  I’ve absolutely loved writing, taking photographs and creating my own website from scratch.  I take great pride in how my blog comes across and appreciate every single page view I get.  So if you’re reading this, thank you!

2016 is going to be a busy year – I am going to New York to pick up my wedding dress, I’m getting married, I’m going on my honeymoon and I’m turning 30 – so it’s going to be a good idea to set myself some blogging goals to stay motivated whilst there is so much else going on in my life.

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Lady Writes Bloggers Secret Santa: What Did Santa Bring Me?



December 19, 2015

Christmas Presents

I took the plunge this year and decided to take part in Lady Writes‘ Secret Santa (check it out on Twitter to see what other people have got #ladywritessecretsanta) and wrote a post about what I got my person here.  It was really fun picking out gifts for someone I’d never met, but it was of course equally exciting to be receiving presents myself!  So what did Santa bring me?

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CATEGORIES | LIFE

Health: Starting 2016 With a Personal Trainer



December 15, 2015

Health

Ooooohhh a personal trainer.  Now doesn’t that sound fancy!!

Well yes, it may seem a little bit extravagant, but if there is one thing my impending wedding day is helping me realise, it’s that my body needs quite a bit of looking after.  As I am speeding towards the grand old age of 30, my metabolism is not quite the same as it was when I was 16 and doing exercise five times a week.

After I left school I chomped my way through enough packets of Doritos and drank enough bottles of wine to put on the weight of a thousand men.  Luckily I kept up most of the exercise and only went up to a size 12.  University finished, I got a full time job and broke up with a long term boyfriend.  Cue dropping down to a lithe size 10.  Four years and a happy relationship later and I’m a 12-14.  The weight is creeping back on as I kid myself that I can still eat whatever I want and see no waist expansion.  HAHA.

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Friday Five: Five Things I Love About Christmas



December 11, 2015

Friday Five

I absolutely love Christmas – I always have.  And I think that’s because I’ve always had wonderfully relaxing, cosy winter days curled up in my Mum and Dad’s house with my close family around me just spending some time together.  Sure, there has been the odd scrap and argument, but Christmas is just such a magical time it takes a lot to overshadow it.

With it now being two weeks today until the big day, I thought I’d share the top five things I love the most about Christmas to help get you in the festive spirit!

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CATEGORIES | LIFE

Christmas Time! Lady Writes Bloggers Secret Santa



December 8, 2015

Christmas Presents

For Christmas this year, I decided to share the kindness and got involved with Lady Writes Bloggers Secret Santa.  The concept is simple – you have a budget of £20, you get sent the details of another blogger, check out their pages to see what they’re into and send them a lush box of gifts to start December off with a bang!

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A Decade in the Toon: 10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years



December 6, 2015

View from the Baltic

Wow, ten years in Newcastle upon Tyne.  Who would have thought I’d still be here ten years after rocking up at the University in tears because I was leaving my friends and rubbish ex-boyfriend behind?  I must admit, it hasn’t all been plain sailing and I’ve considered leaving more than once, but somehow Newcastle just keeps me in its grasp.

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CATEGORIES | LIFE, Newcastle upon Tyne

Travel: 4 Hours in Budapest – A Flying Visit!



December 4, 2015

Shoes on the Danube Bank

Last week I was lucky to have a totally flying visit to Budapest, Hungary.  In between various work commitments, I worked out that I had a total of four hours to get as much sight seeing done as I could in that time.  Having never been to Budapest before, and never even looked at a map of it before last week, I decided to get on the Google and look up the top sights to see.  Also shout out to Queen B for posting about Budapest *just* as I looked it up.  Good timing!

So what did I get up to in four hours?

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CATEGORIES | TRAVEL

Beauty: The Magic of Lipstick Queen’s Frog Prince



November 30, 2015

Lipstick Queen

I got a surprise, late birthday gift this week that turned out to be surprising in more ways than one!  Have you ever heard of Lipstick Queen’s Frog Prince lipstick?!  I hadn’t but was certainly surprised when I opened the pack…

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CATEGORIES | BEAUTY

Moving to University with Maximo Park’s A Certain Trigger



November 27, 2015

Maximo Park

As part of my birthday pressies, my wonderful fiancé Andrew bought me tickets to see Maximo Park play Newcastle City Hall on 19 November.  They are one of my favourite bands and I had completely missed out (forgotten) to book tickets when they came out so I was thinking I would be missing out big time.  Andrew saved the day!  The tour is in honour of the tenth anniversary since the release of their debut album, A Certain Trigger.  Was it any good?

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CATEGORIES | LIFE

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