- Saturday, December 24, 2016
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Is there anything better than a bowl of steaming soup on a cold winter's day? I don't think so! This one is particularly easy to make and absolutely delicious if I say so myself. Only a few ingredients are needed to make this and surprise, surprise: butternut squash is one of them (I'm just a squash and pumpkin kinda girl haha). Here's how to make my creamy butternut squash soup.
- Sunday, December 11, 2016
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! Not least because you can watch all those movies you've seen a hundred times before all over again without feeling guilty for it. I'm an absolute creature of habit when it comes to my favourite Christmas movies. I have a set list of things to watch in the lead up to Christmas /in the holidays and I never miss a single one! Here's my faves:
- Saturday, December 10, 2016
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I came across this TAG on a few blogs before and thought it was the perfect addition to my Blogmas posts this year! I really liked all the questions and as you know I'm a big Christmas fan so I feel this tag might have been made for me haha! Feel free to do this too, if you find yourself answering the questions below, consider yourselves tagged :)
- Friday, December 09, 2016
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I'm coming at you with another festive recipe today! I'm really so into my Christmas baking and wintery cooking at the moment that I spend every weekend trying new recipes. This is one of them and boy it's gone straight to the top of my favourites list! I love a good apple crumble but this recipe is taking it to a whole new level. Here's my mulled wine apple crumble!
- Thursday, December 08, 2016
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"You know Hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right."
- Wednesday, December 07, 2016
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I love Christmas! I said it before and I'll say it again, it's my favourite time of the year. The advent season, gift shopping, scarf weather, everything about this time of year is just perfect. I love decorating the house with lots of gold and whacking out all the Christmas candles and just generally creating a cosy atmosphere for this most tranquil time of the year.
- Tuesday, December 06, 2016
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I love the cosiness that comes with dark winter days. Staying in, treating yourself to fancy homemade porridge (after a long lazy lie in of course) and a hot cuppa. Starting the day with reading in bed with the lights dimmed and candles lit and just generally taking the stress out of everyday life. I'm trying to have a completely free-of-plans, all-to-myself Sunday ever so often. I find it really important to spend some time simply doing nothing much and recharging my batteries. Only fun things are allowed on these days. Good food, good books, good films, a bubble bath and a cup of steaming mulled wine (optional but highly commended). I love doing the whole at home beauty programme I don't always find the time for during the week like painting my nails properly and curling my hair while wearing face masks and all that jazz.
- Monday, December 05, 2016
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Christmas time and winter in general is baking time for me. I love trying out different new recipes, making traditional Christmas biscuits and just generally have the flat smell of delicious baked goods. And what better smell could there be than that of cinnamon?! Right, there's nothing more Christmas appropriate, well scented and delicious! That paired with my growing obsession with everything Swedish, it comes as no surprise that I chose to make some Swedish cinnamon buns. OH EM GEE they are good! And there's nothing complicated about them either! So here's what I did.
- Sunday, December 04, 2016
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No Blogmas would be complete without a Christmas Playlist right? So for Day 3 I thought I'd share with you my ultimate list of songs that get me in the festive spirit. I listen to these songs over and over again throughout December and don't even get tired of them. It's a good mix of classics and more modern songs, as well as one special Christmas song all German children grow up with and hold dear. I personally have a love/hate relationship with Wham's Last Christmas but I feel I can't do a Christmas Playlist and not include it, so rest asured you'll find this absolute 80's classic on here as well. I'm gonna leave you to have a listen yourself now and go bake christmas biscuits with this on full volume. Laters! :)
- Saturday, December 03, 2016
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Gosh another two months have passed by without me finding the time to even recap them on here! I don't know how life got so crazy busy all of a sudden?! I feel like I'm just rushing from one big milestone/ exciting moment to another without so much as a blink of the eye! Is this adulting? Then boy it's exhausting!
- Friday, December 02, 2016
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As you will have gathered by the title of this post, I am doing Blogmas this year! I've been meaning to do this for the past two years but never got round to it before as I was always busy studying or moving or whatnot. But this year I thought eff it, I'm gonna make this happen!
- Thursday, December 01, 2016
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There
hasn’t been a Favourites post on here in a while due to all the chaos with the
move and the (still non-existent) internet in my new place but there’s so many
things I’ve been loving that I just had to put a post together! I feel like a
proper grown-up with this list of favourites! It’s so full of adult-y stuff! Let’s get into it shall we?
- Tuesday, November 08, 2016
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Happy Halloween guys! :) I personally LOVE Halloween - always have, always will! There's just something about a day of dressing up in scary costumes, eating gross looking (yet delicious) food and just generally enjoying the mysterious air of the day. When I was kid, I used to have Halloween parties at my house where my mum would serve us meals like 'blood soup' aka tomato soup and 'severed fingers' aka frankfurters with ketchup - pretty great huh? So inspired by the olden days and my mums gory food ideas I went on Pinterest and had a little look around for what I could easily copy for my own Halloween party tonight. There's sooooo many great treat ideas on there! I had a really hard time deciding what I wanted to do but finally decided on these cute little Brownie Bites.
- Monday, October 31, 2016
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Wow, I’ve
really been absent from this blog for all of September AND most of October haven’t
I?! But what with starting a new job and moving to a new city and the
consequent lack of internet in my flat ever since (I’m trying reeeaaally hard
not to complain about certain internet providers here.. I’m looking at you
especially Telecom!) I just didn’t have a chance to post. I missed it though,
as there’s so much to tell you guys about! So let's recap September:
- Thursday, October 20, 2016
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I recently visited Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a beautifully medieval town nestled between Nuremberg and Würzburg, right on the old Romantic Road and it's like stepping into a past century. So, so pretty! Rothenburg is also home of the world famous Christmas Village, a shop full of Christmas decorations, ornaments and bake ware, open all year round - the Grinch's worst nightmare :). I'll be back in December for sure! If you're ever in the area, stop and have a wander through this gorgeous town! You can walk all the way around the old town on the still intact city wall and take in the beauty of all the colourful half-timbered houses from above. There's such a variety of pretty little shops to stop and marvel at and more than one deliciously Italian ice cream parlour! The whole city is filled with al fresco dining spots which gives it the flair of Rome in summer! I told you, you should visit!
- Sunday, September 04, 2016
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August was one hell of a month! We had full on summer temperatures for most of August, so sunbathing, ice cream dates and little country get-aways were dominating my to do lists for the past couple of weeks. There were also job interviews to get through and (believe it or not!) I found a job!! So yeah I guess you can see that for me August was one of the better ones, but let's get into it from the start:
- Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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With the Sahara heat hanging over major parts of Germany this week it's more important than ever to stay hydrated. But sometimes, a simple glass of water won't cut it for me. For these occasions I love to make this refreshing little drink made of only four ingredients: lime, mint, water and agave syrup. It doesn't get much easier than that does it? So if you're suffering from the heat as well, or simply want a little refreshing beverage to hand, here's what you'll need to do:
- Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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So last week I went on a little family vacay to the very south of Germany, where Bavaria meets Austria and spent two amazingly relaxing and beautiful days in the Bavarian Alps. The landscape there is simply breathtaking, as was the view from our cosy little apartment in Bad Reichenhall. This little get-away was exactly what I needed to switch off and just enjoy nature. I love being out in nature, going for little hikes or bike rides and doing all of that in this stunning environment was absolutely worth the nerve-racking drive there - we're talking absolute stand-still traffic for hoooouuuurs! The air smells of fresh grass and herbs and flowers and all sorts of greenery and sitting out on the balcony reading my book in the mornings before starting another active day was pure perfection! The weather gods were clearly on our side as well as we had the most gorgeous sunny summer weather throughout our stay.
- Friday, August 19, 2016
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Off the shoulder dresses are really hyped at the moment and THE trend piece of the summer it seems. For quite a while I wasn't sure whether I would like it on me or, truth be told, if I could stand wearing it because I'm all for comfort and practicability when it comes to my clothes. But I decided to order it anyway and give it a go. I tried it on and immediately fell in love! It's black, it's simple, it's flowy, in short: it's perfect for summer!
- Sunday, August 14, 2016
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Is there anything better than a toasted wholegrain bagel with guacamole on for breakfast? I doubt it! But what if you're craving said bagel on a Sunday when all the shops are closed and you don't have any at home? You simply make them yourself! :) That's what I did last week when I came across this super easy recipe for seedy bagels that is 100 percent vegan and 100 % delicious!
- Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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So July eh? Like most months this year it has practically passed in the blink of an eye! I feel like in summer time passes even quicker, as there's always things going on, festivals to attend, BBQs to have, sun baths to take.. and well it's like they say: time flies when you're having fun!
- Sunday, August 07, 2016
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And here we go again: Favourites Time!! I'm not gonna annoy you again with my 'Where did this month go' panic (but I mean really.. where?) but just so you know.. it's only 149 days til Christmas! Anyways, with July came the heat wave and with it a few favourites that nobody can do without in this humid weather. I might have also found my holy grail skin care product, fell in love with a book, was obsessed with a TV show and other things. So here's what I've been lovin' this month:
- Saturday, July 30, 2016
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I picked up The Versions of Us at Waterstones on Tottenham Court Road on my last trip to London as I ran out of reading material shortly before my flight back home. And ain't nothing more boring than an airport commute + waiting around at the airport + a 1 and 1 /2 hour flight if you haven't got a book on you! I really liked the concept of this book, as it basically explores all the What Ifs of our lives.
- Wednesday, July 27, 2016
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I'm back with yet another recipe guys! But guess what! It's by no means a healthy one this time round! I don't eat healthily all the time and I have a massive sweet tooth so cakes and chocolates and all these things are right up my street (unfortunately maybe.. ). And so today I thought I'd make a Pavlova full of red currents to enjoy on this gorgeous summer day. Cause there's only one thing better than cake in the afternoon and that's cake on a sunny summer's afternoon haha!
- Sunday, July 24, 2016
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I love a good chick flick! Any rom-com or tear jerking love story will do. And the absolute best thing is watching a good old girly movie with your girlfriends - box of tissues to hand. So I thought I'd compile a list of my favourite romantic movies/ chick flicks to watch with your besties, in case you're planning a movie night in soon and need some recommendations :)
- Sunday, July 10, 2016
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The temperatures are rising here in Europe and I'm lovin' it! I don't know about you guys but when it's hot outside I don't really feel like having a big meal and I most definitely don't feel like spending ages in the kitchen when I could be sitting outside enjoying life haha :) For those days there's nothing better than a cold soup! And no one does them better than the Spanish! I adore this gazpacho recipe and it's a big hit with my family and friends as well. You can whip it up in absolutely no time, you don't need any fancy ingredients (so your wallet will love it just as much as you will) and it's refreshing and filling at the same time! So here's what you'll need:
- Thursday, July 07, 2016
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Today I wanted to share some of the highlights of my recent trip to London with you! I had a blast even though the weather wasn't really on our side (it was cloudy and grey with the occasional apocalyptic rainfall thrown in for good measure, throughout our time there). I've stayed for five days in mid June, did some shopping, some picnic-ing, some cinema-ing and obviously theatre-ing and it was so exactly what I needed to get out of my writing-an-application-while-being-sure-I'll-never-hear-back-from-them-anyway-funk!
- Tuesday, July 05, 2016
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How is it July already?!? Like really?! Half of the year is already gone and I still feel like it was Christmas only yesterday! It's literally crazy! I've been looking forward to June for the entire year, actually even since about October 2015, eagerly anticipating Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, my visit to London and meeting old friends. Now it's practically passed in the blink of an eye! Nevertheless it was an amazing month for many reasons...
- Sunday, July 03, 2016
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I've been a bit quiet on here as well as on social media this past month simply because I got a little overwhelmed by life. There was so much going on and by no means bad stuff, just lots of it and I feel like I've been on my feet, running around and doing things this entire month and I haven't had a chance to sit down and relax. But I'm back now and happy to share my favourites with you guys! And there are quite a few things I've been loving the past couple of weeks. So let's get into it..
- Thursday, June 30, 2016
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As you may well know if you've been following my blog for a while now, is that I am a massive Harry Potter fan! Always have been, always will be. I grew up with the adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione, read and reread all of the books countless times and have seen the films more often than any other film I think. My own Hogwarts letter sadly must have gotten lost in the post somehow but that wasn't gonna stop me from visiting the world of Harry Potter anyway! So on my last (of many rather frequent) visits to London I finally booked a ticket to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Leavesden, where they shot vast parts of the eight films. I was SO EXCITED! So a couple of days ago me and my friend Conny got on the Hogwarts Express ahem the London Overground and made our way to the studios. We've spent almost four hours there and truth be told we could have easily stayed much longer as there was soooo much to see and learn. So in case you haven't been there yet I thought I'd share some impressions and what I loved most about the tour with you today - mind you it was hard to decide on just a few things I loved best so it's quiiiite a few photos and videos coming your way right now :)
- Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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Today I wanted to share with you three easy to make snacks that I love to have to hand in the summer months especially. Two of them are as easy as 1, 2, 3 so really you can get started preparing them right away if you fancy. And here's what I'm talking about:
- Friday, June 10, 2016
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May was a weird month for me. Time has been creeping up on me and while my head is still somewhere in March it's actually gotten hot and summery. I don't know what's wrong but recently I haven't been in the best of places, job wise, life wise. But there were a few things that I like to look back on this past month because they actually made me feel a lot better about myself.
- Thursday, June 02, 2016
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So that's a wrap on May then. I found quite a few new (and rediscovered some old) things I love this month and it's time to share them with you once more. Many of these are more kind of lifestyle-y favourites but there's the odd bit of beauty thrown in for good measure (if you spend that much money on makeup and skin care every month you're bound to find some favourites there eh?) So let's get into it.
- Sunday, May 29, 2016
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Oh my! I haven't done a Life Lately post in months!! No photo diaries, nothing! I know I keep you guys updated with everything that's going on in my life in my 'Monthly Retrospect' posts but I love a good picture heavy photo diary where I just take you along on a trip I took or simply just a day I spent with friends. So high time I did another one of these right? Last weekend we were treated with the nicest weather. It was 30 degrees, the sun was shining, the birds were tweeting and life was just good - except that I had to make a very important decision. Being a rather indecisive person, the struggle was real. In my head I knew what the right thing to do was but was I willing to take the consequences? At times like these, when important choices have to be made, I like to get out into nature and have a good old think about literally EVERYTHING. That way it all comes into perspective and I feel like I can see a lot clearer. The best place for me to do this is Wolfstein, an old castle ruin close to where I grew up. It's quite a hike up there and in the heat me and my friend got a little sweaty I admit, but the view from up there made it all worth it. We had a good old chinwag, looked at the pros and cons and pondered life in general and quarter life crises in particular. Safe to say I made my decision and we spent the rest of the day walking around the ruins, blowing on dandelions and eating ice creams in the sun. I descended back down with a much lighter heart than I went up with.
- Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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I've seen plenty of Buddha Bowls - or Happy Bowls as some call it - on Instagram and Pinterest this year and I was like 'Yeah that's the kind of food trend I've been waiting for!". Buddha Bowls are not only super easy to make, highly customisable to your own taste and incredibly nice to look at, no they're also really healthy! And a tasty, quick-to-make, healthy meal is just what I want in life. Ain't nobody got time and/or money for fancy superfood-y recipes eh? There's lots of ways to make these and you can sure find loads of inspiration on Pinterest but I thought I'd share with you the vegan version I've been cooking up and the dressing that brings the whole thing together perfectly if you ask me. So here it comes:
- Sunday, May 22, 2016
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With the weather getting warmer comes the time for bare legs and more skin on show. I love being able to finally wear skirts and shorts out and about without freezing my butt off even though there's still some room for improvement temperature wise. The thing is though, after the long dark winter my skin is far from ready to be shown, I'm as white as white can be, a ghost if you like. There's no lovely tan, no healthy glow, just dull, pale, dry skin that accentuates every little imperfection I have going on. Now I'm not one for fake tan so that's that option out of the window but what really helped me confidence wise when it comes to getting my legs out is this gorgeous BB Body Milk by Biotherm.
- Thursday, May 19, 2016
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Last Friday me and a couple of friends had a private little makeup workshop at Lombagine, to learn more about what colours suit each of us and what the best techniques are when it comes to applying the products. As I'm a bit of a makeup geek anyway there wasn't much I hadn't heard before but it was still a nice experience. And who would have thought I'd suit green eyeshadow? GREEN! Not me that's for sure, but it worked so well I'm tempted to raid the shops for my perfect green!
- Tuesday, May 17, 2016
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A few weeks ago I entered a little international giveaway on Lose the Road to win some bath products from Canadian brand live clean. And I was lucky enough to win these beauties! Thank you so much once more Renee for hosting this giveaway and for sending this lovely little parcel all the way over here to Germany. I was so excited to give them a go and practically jumped in the shower as soon as I had the photos taken.
If you, like me and most Europeans didn't hear about live clean before, they're a Canadian brand focusing on natural products only. That means their products are environmentally friendly while still being effective and a joy to use. I was quite impressed reading up on them actually! I think buying products like these and therefore making a healthier choice not only for yourself but for nature as well is so so important to do. It sends the right message to all companies using nasties in their products just for the sake of raising their own profits. I know this has been said lots and you may be tired of hearing it already, but we only do have this one world and we better start looking after it wherever we can, it's not too late yet to make small changes for the better. And if we all do it will make a BIG impact in the end. The live clean products are 96 - 98% plant derived, they don't contain phthalate or parabens which can be the cause of allergies and rashes amongst other things.
The four products I have here with me are a shampoo, conditioner, body wash and hand soap. The hand soap is enriched with monoi oil, which is used to make your skin feel soft and supple, protected and hydrated. The other three products are from the argan oil range, which has restorative and replenishing powers. All four products smell absolutely divine and are so nice to use. The body wash and soap build a nice lather on the skin, which means you really don't need a lot of product. And can we also just take a moment to admire how nicely designed the bottles are? They look pretty and feel good too, gosh I'm in love! I'm really impressed with these and am glad to have them standing on my shower rack ready for me to use them again for my evening shower tonight.
Have you ever tried live clean products? What did you think? And what are your favourite natural bath and body products? Leave me a comment to let me know.
Lots of Love,
Jess xx
- Sunday, May 15, 2016
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I've been wanting to get a new bike for years now and had my eye on several vintage looking models until I came across this one and my decision was made. I used to cycle loads, to school, to meet my friends, to get to the lido in the summer and even proper little bike trips to lakes and pretty spots in the area. I always really loved doing it until my bike started to break down on the regular and flat tyres were basically a daily occurence. So I stopped using it all together so that by now it's properly unusable and I desperately needed a new one.
- Sunday, May 08, 2016
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I've seen Renee from the blog Lose The Road talk about why she decided to start writing her blog and thought it was such a nice idea not only to let you in on why but also for me to think back to two years ago me and my reasons for starting. I've been writing this little blog for a whole 25 months now and I think I'm now able to look back on what I once hoped this blog to be and do for me as well as whether I still think that way about blogging. What you guys don't know is, that I wanted to start writing a blog for years before I actually started doing it. I've been pondering names and designs and topics, I read books about blogging and got loads of inspiration from other blogs before I ever even signed up for a Blogger account. But that's just my slightly perfectionist me that thought it could possibly be the end of the world if I, say, chose a name that I wouldn't like for the rest of my life. I worked on the design of my blog for an entire month before I set it live with my first ever post on it, which was a foodie post about pancake day two years ago. It makes me cringe to look at it but for the sake of full disclosure and because we all gotta start somewhere I'll link it here for you haha. I think I've definitely come a long way photography wise! But enough of all that, here's why I wanted to start this blogging journey in the first place.
- Thursday, May 05, 2016
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You know when you're trying to be really healthy and all of a sudden there's this MEGA craving for fast food, chocolate and crisps (and basically everything else that isn't all that good for you). You do right? I knew I couldn't be the only one! I recently found a way to satisfy that craving for salty, crunchy things with quinoa crisps (no it's not the same as Walker's ready salted but it does the trick!). But I just found them to be really really pricey so I thought why not make some myself. I googled and worked my way through a few recipes until I found a way to make them that is both easy and yummy. So for any of you who are in the market for a healthy homemade snack, here's my quinoa crisps recipe:
- Tuesday, May 03, 2016
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I've been looking forward to writing this recap more than any other I've done so far if I'm honest. I don't know about you guys but for me April was just an all round good month. More than that, it was a GREAT month! Spring is finally here (with the occasional wintery temper tantrum..) and all that sunshine and the clear blue skies make me feel soooo happy! It also makes my blogging life so much easier that there's actual daylight around for more than 3 hours a day! I can take blog photos at 6pm if I so please and there will be enough light for my photos to look good, I can't even say how happy that makes me - I'm sure you get where I'm coming from if you're a blogger yourself! #thestruggleisreal haha! But I'm rambling again, here's what went down this month :)
- Sunday, May 01, 2016
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How is April almost over already? Wasn't it April fools only a couple of days ago? And my birthday still feels like it was yesterday! Crazy how time flies when you have fun eh? :) April really was a good month. Lots of good things happened in the last 30 days, I spent lots of time with my loved ones and the weather actually began to feel like spring (until it started snowing earlier this week but let's not talk about that shall we?). I've also been loving an uncharacteristically high amount of things this April, which is most likely due to all the lovely presents I got for my birthday. So let's talk favourites :)
- Thursday, April 28, 2016
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Eating healthily and staying fit 24/7 is quite a task for most of us. There's fast food cravings and days that are hard to get through without chocolate. There's busy days where we just cannot face a salad but need all the comfort food in the world. And you know what, that's ok. Because there's a few tiny little things we can all incorporate into our daily routines that make life a little healthier and us feel a lot better about ourselves! It definitely helped me :)
- Tuesday, April 26, 2016
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