- Thursday, December 31, 2015
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Hi guys! Happy 24th of December and a Merry Christmas to all those of you who, like me, celebrate Christmas tonight :) If you're looking for an easy peasy last minute Christmas cookie recipe then look no further! I made these delicious gingerbread spiced owl cookies yesterday and not only do they look great they also taste delicious and took no time at all to make! Perfect eh?! So here's how to make them...
- Thursday, December 24, 2015
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I have been craving a good ole' bowl of ramen ever since autumn came around and the temperatures dropped. Simply because there's nothing more comforting than a warming soup with ALL the flavours on a cold and rainy London day. So naturally we made our way to Bone Daddies, just off Wardour Street in London's lovely Soho! The first thing I really liked about the place was that they don't take any reservations, you simply turn up, sit down and slurp your ramen! ;-)
- Friday, December 18, 2015
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Happy third Sunday of advent everybody! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and therefore it's high time to get started with the Christmas baking. Last year I shared my Gingerbread Men recipe with you guys, which you can check out here, so this year I thought I would share with you something traditionally christmassy from Germany: Vanillekipferl. These delicious vanilla biscuits can be found at every bakery and Christmas market at this time of year in Germany and are a firm favourite of mine. Living far away from home meant I couldn't just eat my grandma's or mum's biscuits but had to actually make them myself.. and I'm quite pleased with the result! I had to improvise a little bit as I couldn't get my hands on vanilla sugar here in the UK (does it exist? does anybody know?) but it worked so well! So here's how I made my delicious Vanillekipferl:
- Sunday, December 13, 2015
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So recently I seem to be in a continuous state of hurry.. I either need to be somewhere, do something, get some work done, think of Christmas presents... the list goes on. But now that I have ALL my Christmas presents - on the 6th of December! YAY for being super organised this year haha - I've finally got the time to tell you guys about my favourite super quick body moisturisers! I love using these two after a quick shower with not much time to spare.
- Monday, December 07, 2015
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Woooooow... long time no see! I know I've been pretty absent from this blog for almost a month now and there will be a little blog post explaining a little more about what's been going on and why I haven't been on top of everything blog but seriously where has the past month gone?!?! It's like I blinked and October turned into December! I have however still managed to take heaps and heaps of photographs these past couple of months here in London so I thought - as a picture is worth a thousand words - I'll just show you what's been going on in a couple of snaps from my autumn in London.
- Thursday, December 03, 2015
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Hi guys! Today I wanted to share my thoughts on some of the products from H&M's new beauty range that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I've thoroughly tested the few products I chose, which are a nail polish, a single eye shadow and a lip stain (well and nail polish remover as you can see from the photo above but nothing much is to say about that except that it does it's job, is cheap and acetone free ;) ) I also desperately wanted to try one of their matte lipsticks simply because I'm a sucker for matte lipsticks and am still on the hunt for a berry/deep purple winter shade in a matte formula that preferably comes without the MAC price tag.. but however often I had a look into the beauty section there weren't any around, which is a bit disappointing.. but I haven't given up hope on it yet! But enough of that.. here's what I thought about the products I did get :)
- Wednesday, November 04, 2015
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I'm coming at you with another photo diary! Yes I'm beginning to think I've missed my true calling as a nature and cityscape photographer haha! But last week me and my equally as photo-taking-mad friend Helen met up in Richmond to explore the wilderness that is Richmond Park. I guess by now you guys can sense a theme in my preferred London locations.. they're all rather less city more nature.. well I guess you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl. However much I love this city and generally living in any city there's just nothing quite as calming as being out in nature. Breathing some fresh air, pondering the important questions in life with a friend (not ever coming to a conclusion though obviously haha!) and just generally getting a new and clearer perspective on things. But I stop going on about all of this now and just let you enjoy the beauty of Richmond Park for yourself in this little Photo Diary :)
- Friday, October 23, 2015
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So last Saturday me and my friend Helen started our day with a healthy power lunch at Tanya's in Chelsea. If you don't know Tanya's, it's little café that serves raw food only. There's cold pressed juices, smoothies and even an entire page of cocktails on the menu - all uncooked! Helen had been there before so I got some good tips on juices worth trying and after studying the menu for 'only' about 30 minutes we both decided on meals we were quite happy with!
- Saturday, October 17, 2015
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So last week when I went into a MAC store and came out with another two new lip product purchases I just really felt like sharing my growing collection of MAC lippies with you guys. I'm finding it harder and harder to resist buying ALL the matte lipsticks in there! My collection is also mainly made up of their matte formula lipsticks as (for me anyway) a 15£ rouge Ă lèvres is a bit of a splurgey item and therefore has to be better than anything I can get at the drugstore. And the MAC matte formula really is the best! I find even their bold colours to be so incredibly long lasting and smudge proof that I'm willing to invest haha! ;) That being said I also own a Lustre and a Cremesheen finish lipstick and a lipliner that'll make a quick appearance in this post as well.
- Wednesday, October 14, 2015
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So it's been a month since I moved to London and by now I've met a few new people, made friends and just realised how beautiful this city is all over again! I can't get enough of getting out and exploring different areas of this gorgeous place, so last week I got on a train to Kew Gardens and spend a sunny day wandering the massive grounds with the lovely Helen. The weather was just perfect for a day out in nature, we had clear blue skies all day and the sun warmed our faces and made everything look at least three times prettier than it already is. So after we spent a few hours in the Royal Botanical Gardens we grabbed some lunch for even more energy and set off walking the Thames Path all the way down to Richmond. Words cannot describe the beauty of that place! If you get the chance, you should definitely take a walk there yourself, but for now let me show you some photos of our day. :)
- Saturday, October 10, 2015
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It's October and my favourite time of the year has finally arrived - it's autumn! :) The leaves are starting to turn all colourful in the parks of London, everything gets cosy and the knitwear's back out too! What's not to love eh? Also autumn equals pumpkins and I absolutely ADORE them. I love making pumpkin soups and if you read this post here last year you might also have seen my pumpkin muffins - they're a big hit with everyone who ever tried them! :) But I like to experiment and try new things every once in a while so this year I decided to bake my own pumpkin bread - it's easy to make, you don't need a lot of ingredients for it and it's so so good! So here's how I made mine:
- Sunday, October 04, 2015
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I've been on the hunt for the perfect mattifying foundation for basically my entire teen+adult life. I said this before on this blog but my skin is rather oily and after spending an entire day running around the city my face tends to look a lot like freshly fried bacon (yes I am exaggerating.. but you get my point). So when I went into Boots a couple weeks back I just had to pick up the L'oréal Infallible 24H-Matte foundation! I've heard a few bloggers talk about it before either really really praising it or absolutely hating it so here I am telling you my thoughts on it :)
- Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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Hello lovelies! I'm still adjusting to all the new: living in a new city, a foreign country and not really knowing anybody and all that so I struggled a little to find inspiration to blog recently. I can easily get a little discouraged to do the things I love when I'm not feeling on top of things and not at my best. But nevertheless I'm good and I like being in London and walking the streets and parks of my favourite city again! So last weekend I decided to get out of my Netflix rut and grabbed my DSLR and headed west. Notting Hill is such a pretty area of London and I enjoy being there a lot! I've also had a little wander through Kensington gardens and finally ended up in the West End for Wagamamas at Covent Garden and to finally see the Charles PĂ©tillon installation in the market hall in all its light pulsing glory. It's seriously stunning! Here are some snaps from my weekend, and what a sunny one it was!
- Friday, September 25, 2015
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The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins tells the story of 30 something Rachel Watson who
takes the same train into London
every single day, passing the same rows of houses along the tracks time and
time again. Rachel herself somewhat struggles with her life. She's an alcoholic
and let's just say her career and family plans didn't quite work out as she had envisioned
them once. So while she is on that train she keeps seeing that seemingly
perfect couple in their seemingly happy family home and she starts calling them
Jess and Jason and in her head Rachel imagines them to have the perfect loving
relationship and basically everything Rachel herself always aspired to have.
But one day Rachel sees something that doesn't fit in the picture, something
that becomes increasingly important when Jess suddenly goes missing.
- Friday, September 18, 2015
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I've seen this lovely little tag on Beth's blog Alphabeth and knew straight away that even though I wasn't tagged I still really wanted to write up a happy list. 50 things however seemed like quite a lot at first but there's so many little things that can turn your frown upside down that should be mentioned as well. So read on to see what makes me happy.
- Wednesday, September 02, 2015
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I've been wanting to do a post on my skincare routine for so long now but then always switched things around a bit and never really stuck to a set routine with set products so it never seemed like I could write a proper post on it. But things changed! I'm so happy with all the products I'm currently using and have been using for months now that I decided it was finally time to share. My skin in case you wondered is combination on good days and oily on most days - it's a constant battle. I'm prone to breakouts so my skincare is mainly targeted at keeping those at bay.
- Friday, August 28, 2015
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I love to sit in silence
Beneath the shady trees
And listen to the song of birds
And to the buzz of bees
- Sunday, August 23, 2015
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I've been putting off writing this post for weeks now and I don't even know why. I think I was scared that in no way I could ever possibly express the excitement I feel about this in any written form. If you were here with me right now of course you'd see that massive grin plastered on my face, unerasable for weeks now, but you're not and so I'm just gonna tell you again: I'm moving to London and I am beyond excited, I am giddy with excitement, I am thrilled and I am ready to go! :)
- Tuesday, August 18, 2015
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Hi guys! Today I'm coming at you with a photo diary of my recent trip to the Bavarian Forest National Park. I spent a wonderful day hiking this pretty part of the country with my family breathing loads of fresh air and taking in the beautiful nature and breathtaking views. Seeing that we had temperatures above the 30 degree mark for the last couple of weeks here in Bavaria it was definitely testing our strength.. and I haven't slept as well as the night after this hike in weeks (!) but it was so so worth it to go! We went to a particular part of the National Park where you can visit a wooden boardwalk through the forest 20 metres above ground ending at a massive egg shaped tower structure that takes you all the way up in the skies with amazing views over Germany and even the Czech Republic. On the very top of the tower you are 44 metres above the forest ground which is just super stunning! After that we went on a 7k hike through the Forest where you can see lots of wild animals if you're lucky enough ;-) But I'm rambling on.. see for yourselves:
- Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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So as you will know if you're a regular reader of this blog, I am currently working on my thesis so that I can finally call myself a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies come August. Well let me tell you.. thesis writing is stressful and not at all fun! I grew to dread waking up in the morning as it just meant another day slaving away in front of the computer! Now that I can finally see a (rather dim) light at the end of the tunnel I thought I'd share 10 little facts about thesis writing that all of you who already went through this can probably relate to:
- Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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I haven't published a new post on here in a while as I'm being super busy with loads and loads of uni work, tiring thesis writing and not to forget the never ending think-about-your-future-write-job-applications-and-what-do-you-even-wanna-do-with-your-life worrying.. So when I've taken time off of all this I wanted to stay as far away from a computer screen as humanly possible and just hang out with friends, enjoy the sunshine, go for runs and drink wine in the garden. If you follow me on Instagram you will know this but in case you don't yet, I thought I'll give you a little overview/ catch up in Instagram snaps (it seems however stressful life gets I'll always find time for instagram haha!) because as they say: "A picture is worth a thousand words" ;)
- Friday, June 05, 2015
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I know, I know, two Fragrance Fridays in a row! Crazy! But what with my birthday last month I had some cash to splash and finally ventured out to repurchase one of my all time favourite fragrances: Clarins' Eau de Jardin.
- Friday, May 22, 2015
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Yay! I'm back with yet another instalment of 'The Healthy Life'! Might this be the first series I actually stick with on this blog? Exciting times haha! Anyways, I really wanted to share some of my favourite smoothie recipes with you today as I get asked about them a lot in real life. I picked out three rather colourful ones I really like so there's hopefully something for everyone!
* Please note: I proudly named them all myself.. haha
- Monday, May 18, 2015
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The older I get, the more I realise how much I love the place I grew up in. Back in the days it was all about getting out of that suffocatingly small town and see the world and move away and find a better and cooler place to live in. I guess it's just a teenage thing eh? Anyway nowadays when I take some time to wander around my hometown and take little walks down memory lane, to places where I used to play as a child, places I once loved to spend my afternoons with friends at and things like that it gets clear to me that I truly love my hometown! Yes it's small and no there is not much going on there but it still is so full of amazing memories. I still wouldn't go as far as to say that I could imagine myself living here for the rest of my life, I mean you guys probably all know about my moving-to-London "plans" (is it a plan yet if it's only in your head..?) by now, but I most certainly know that I will always come back here.
- Tuesday, May 12, 2015
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Today I'm talking about the newest addition to my fragrance stash. I got YSL's Black Opium for my birthday back in April and I am soooo in love with it! As I am the worst when it comes to describing fragrances I'm just gonna tell you what's in the bottle:
- Friday, May 08, 2015
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I've recently been nominated for the Creative Blogger Award, a tag that encourages us to share some not so well known facts about ourselves and thus get to know each other a bit better. I was nominated by the lovely Renee over at Lose The Road, an awesome little blog about all things lifestyle, beauty, books and more. Make sure you check out her blog and subscribe to her so you never miss a thing ;-)
- Wednesday, May 06, 2015
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I had my eye the Monica Vinader ring collection for quite a while now umming and ahhing whether to get one or not. As you can see, I have made my decision now ;-) I wanted one of the Siren stacking rings but was torn between getting the Labradorite one or the Moonstone one or even maybe the Aquamarine one.. it was a real struggle. I went for the Labradorite in the end because I thought it's the most 'me'.
- Friday, April 24, 2015
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Hello you gorgeous lot! It's another photo diary today! I celebrated my 25th birthday on the 14th of April and had such a nice, sun filled and warm week with family and friends. Turning 25 was somewhat scary I'll admit that much.. I mean it's literally a quarter of a century.. where did the time go?! Wasn't it only yesterday that I had an amazing birthday bash for my 20th? Or that BIG party I had when I turned 18? But oh well.. I'm having a good time so what's to complain about really eh?
- Sunday, April 19, 2015
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Hello my lovelies, this is the second installment of my healthy life series and I hope you love it as much as I do. This salad in a jar is super easy to prep and stays fresh in the fridge for about 3 days. So if you invest a bit of time on a Sunday you can make a couple of these for your working lunch the following week so there's no hazzle during the week and you're not tempted to go and get some (not so healthy) take away. This is more of an inspiration to you as an actual recipe because you can obviously put in your salad whatever ingredients you like.. make it a Cesar salad if you have some leftover chicken or add some prawns if you're a seafood lover, just be creative ;-)
- Sunday, April 12, 2015
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I am aware that this post is rather late but I still really wanted to share it with you. I found a couple of new things I love this past month and rediscovered some old favourites. There's a little bit of everything in this month's favourites - or in fact in any of my favourites. So here comes:
- Thursday, April 09, 2015
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Hi guys! I hope you all had an amazingly relaxing Easter weekend with family and friends, chocolate and netflix & bed and pyjamas ;-) I loved having this long weekend to take some time out to breathe and sort out life stuff. There's just so much going on right now, massive amounts of dissertation work plus a lot of presentations and stuff for this semester's lectures and adding to that the stress of having to finally figure out what I wanna do with my life once uni is done in the summer (a.k.a. get writing your job applications already Jessica!!) So yeah I guess you could say this long weekend was much needed, I got out into nature as much as I could, had yummy food and took a lot of pictures and everything just got that little bit clearer to me. But I am rambling.. let's just have a look at what I've been up to last weekend instead :)
- Tuesday, April 07, 2015
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Easter clearly is a reason to cheat a little on the healthy eating front. There's just too many yummy chocolatey recipes out there! So for our Easter weekend treat I decided to make some chocolate Easter nests. Usually I would use cornflakes to make them but this year I thought why not switch things up a little and use shredded wheat instead? It was a good decision let me tell you ;-)
- Saturday, April 04, 2015
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I haven't done many hauls on this blog but lately I have felt veeeery spendy so I thought why not share my purchases of the last couple of weeks. Like I said, this has been accumulated over a few weeks and I didn't just buy all of this in one trip into town (see how I'm trying to justify already?). So enough talking here's what I got:
- Wednesday, April 01, 2015
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I'd like to start this new series called 'The Healthy Life' to share my journey to a healthier lifestyle with you guys may that be recipes or fitness inspiration or whatever else I find fitting for this category. I'm starting this whole thing off with one of my favourite healthy meals - quick and easy to make, delicious and filling and completely carb-free (Yay!). Perfect for times when you're craving pasta while at the same time trying to lose some weight.
- Friday, March 20, 2015
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Hello lovely readers of this blog, today's a tag kinda day I thought. I have recently been nominated by the lovely Puja from BerryBloomXO to do the Bedtime Tag and seeing that I am in a loving relationship with my bed (we spent as much time together as we can..) I thought why the hell not?! :-) So here are my answers to Puja's questions:
- Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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Last weekend was the first proper spring like one in a long time. The sun was shining bright and warm and there was no way anybody could have wanted to stay inside! I decided to get out into the countryside for some fresh air and to take some photos on my new camera. I drove to an area close by that is known to have been a Celtic settlement back in the day and had a little wander.
- Sunday, March 15, 2015
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Last week my new makeup bag finally arrived after its long journey from London to my house. I wanted to order one of the Maggs London bags ever since they first came out as they're all so super gorgeous, but as they don't exactly come cheap (what with postage and all that) it took me a while to take the plunge. I'm so glad I did though!
- Friday, March 13, 2015
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As you might know from (all) of my social media I recently went to see Bear's Den play live at Strom Club in Munich. It was AMAZING! I loved their set! It was quite an intimate show, in a small venue with not too many people crammed in and me and my friend got a spot right in front of the stage (absolutely essential if you're a dwarf like me..!) so it couldn't have been more perfect. The support act - Alex Vargas - who I've never heard of before was incredibly good as well and I spend a lot of time listening to his songs now! Bear's Den however totally rocked the stage. They seem like super nice guys and are funny as well! The band played three of their songs acoustic so the whole venue went all quiet and it was absolutely magical! I for one wanted it to last forever.. or at least to have them play at my place the next day.. and the day after.. and so on.. for all eternity.. but oh well, I'm back to listening to the album over and over and over again haha.
- Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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Wow! I can't belive I've waited almost a year to write my first favourites post! But here it is! For some reason there are quite a lot of things I found in February that I really really like therefore I couldn't just not share them! So let's get into it shall we?
- Sunday, March 01, 2015
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If you clicked on this post because you've read the word 'matcha' in the title and thought you were in for a figure friendly healthy treat.. I'm sorry to disappoint you. If you are however looking for the most AH-MAZING green tea ice cream ever - and I mean EVER - then this is the post for you! I love green tea in all its forms, a nice cuppa infused with lemon, a matcha shot in the morning or the frozen goodness that is green tea ice cream. I love ordering it for dessert when I'm out for sushi but - and you guys probably know the feeling - after countless rolls of sushi (I always tend to go a little overboard when ordering sushi..) there isn't always room for ice cream!! So I recently decided to put my ice cream maker to good use and find out how to make my own green tea ice cream! Don't be put off now that I mentioned an ice cream maker, it totally works without one, if you do have one however it makes it just that little bit easier.
- Friday, February 27, 2015
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A couple of weeks ago I picked up this little gem, the 'Beauty Book' by Neal's Yard Remedies. I knew I had to get it as soon as I saw it as I'm a big fan of 'Healing Foods' by Neal's Yard - my bible when it comes to food! I even did a post on it way back, when this blog was just a couple of weeks old, which you can find here.
- Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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If you follow me on twitter (which you can do here) you might know that I spent Thursday roaming around IKEA and other furniture and homeware shops because after my recent mega spring clean I felt like getting some new bits and bobs for around the house. As always when I go to IKEA I can't leave the place without heading to the Swedish food shop and get a pack of the 'kanelbulle' or cinnamon swirls as they are so darn good and my own attempts of making them never fail to disappoint. So if you're looking for some homeware inspiration or just wanna check out what the homeware world has on offer, read on.
- Sunday, February 22, 2015
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Now I don't know about you but I can get quite lazy about going to the gym and find plenty of excuses why I can't or shouldn't go. That's why I love Youtube workouts, they're there whenever and wherever you need them and if the mood strikes you can just jump in your gym gear and go whereas going to the gym means driving there which again can be a reason for me to put it off. As I recently upped my fitness game a little and started working out more, I thought I'd share my favourite workout videos with you guys today! Now I don't only work with these, I still do go to the gym ever so often and I'm also looking forward to the snow and ice melting away outside so I can start going for regular runs again, I really missed them during the winter time and can't wait for the warmer weather (which unfortunately is still nowhere to be seen around Bavaria..)
- Friday, February 20, 2015
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As I am currently off uni and therefore don't have to rush in the mornings most days, I take a little more time for breakfast and starting my day right. A big part of this is making myself an energy-boosting lemon and ginger tea. Not only does it taste amazing, it's also super healthy! A cup of this gives your immune system the boost it needs in the current cold and flu season so if you can feel a cold comin' get brewin'!
- Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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This Tuesday is pancake day and that means my blog is almost 1 year old!! My first post went up on last year's pancake day in early March and I posted some pictures of our feast and what we got up to. If you fancy taking a look you can check it out here. So one year on and pancake day's upon us yet again and I thought to stick with "tradition" I'll share my new favourite pancake recipe with you guys and some photos that will make your mouth water - promise!
- Sunday, February 15, 2015
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No, you're eyes aren't playing tricks on you! It's true! It's real! I'm alive and posting! I'm so sorry for the long silence on here but I've been super busy with uni this last month and didn't really find much time for blogging let alone find the inspiration for a blog post as I've literally been sat at my desk studying all day everyday surgically attached to scripts and books and all sorts of revision material, leaving the house only for the most necessary of errands. But the semester is almost over, most of my exams are done and dusted and things are (ever so slightly) looking up again. Exam period for me means lots of online shopping to cheer myself up and so today I thought I'd show you my little Origins skincare haul.
- Sunday, February 08, 2015
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Today I thought I'd share with you a little recipe I absolutely love to make because it's quick and easy and basically works with whatever you got in the fridge. And it's healthy and filling at the same time - what's not to like? So let's get started!
- Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Hello there you lovely lot and a very happy new year to you all! I have been thinking about my first post of the new year for quite a while unsure weather to write the almost -it seems - obligatory "My Resolutions For The New Year" post or the just as commonly posted "A Look Back At My 2014" but I decided against both of these. Simply because I don't think 2014 has been a year of particularly amazing and interesting things to look back on (don't get me wrong it wasn't boring or anything but it was just your average year of being a student - nothing new) and also because I didn't make any resolutions for the new year. I didn't want to study more, work out more, eat more healthily, drink more water or anything of the kind simply because - and there you have it - I'm scared of the year ahead and I'm currently thinking in very small steps. There's exams coming up soon (the reason for the shortage of new posts on here) which (as always) I'm terrified of. Also if everything goes to plan I should be finishing uni this year which I couldn't be more happy about but which also scares me shitless. I mean I have no idea what I'll be doing by the end of this year (and I'm a planner I like to know what I'll be doing and when) so making resolutions for a year this unpredictable seemed somewhat crazy. So what I decided to do instead, was share my 2014 reads with you! It's a relatively short list as I haven't gotten round to reading a lot this last year and therefore only features 17 books. Maybe there's a resolution right there and I should sign up for a goodreads challenge or something to get me to read a bit more in 2015? Well anyways, enough rambling, here's my 2014 reads in chronological order ;-) :
- Thursday, January 08, 2015
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