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Disney Parks Essentials – Our Favourite Small Shops*
Getting ready for any Disney holiday is stressful, be you visiting for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. It’s not cheap and you want to have the most magical time possible and part of that magic is in the preperation. As a parent, for me the prep is in the outfit planning and the little things that will really make Little Miss feel like she’s in the Disney bubble and I’ve found if you shop small rather than shopping while at a Disney Parks it doesn’t need to cost the earth. Over the last two years I’ve come across so many different shops through places like Etsy,…
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Tips for Getting That Perfect Instagram Picture This Christmas*
Whenever I’m asked what my favourite app is my answer is ALWAYS Instagram. I’ve been on Instagram since I got my very first iPhone back in 2010. In the beginning Instagram just worked as social media to share photos, being a very visual person I love snapping, adding filters and posting mundane moments of my life. I was also going through my “self confidence” phase so I loved a selfie. It wasn’t important to take your photos from amazing angles and since everyone love the filters (and back then there was no other way to edit your photos) it wasn’t important to have amazing photography skills. After 3 years I…
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5 Favourite Christmas Songs*
At the moment all Little Miss wants to sing are the Christmas songs from her nativity. It’s so cute and it’s really helping lift my Christmas spirits. This singing is what has inspired today’s Blogmas post. I’m going to share my 5 favourite Christmas songs. Lets face it, there really is only a few good Christmas songs it’s mainly about whos version you like better! So these are my 5 favourite Christmas songs; Driving Home for Christmas – Chris Rea This song will always remind me of my Dad and thats probably why it’s special. My dad works away from home and growing up he usually didn’t get finished until…
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An Essay on Why I Don’t Like Gilmore Girls (sorry)
So this past week the internet has been a buzz with the Netflix exclusive Gilmore Girls; A Year in the Life. A four episode revival after a 9 year break. Before I start I just want to say I have watched the show and the revival, I’m not hating on a show I haven’t seen. So for that reason, here is a little back story; I didn’t watch the show in it’s hay day, I chalked it up there with things like the OC, One Tree Hill and at that time in my life I wasn’t into American teen drama because I couldn’t really relate. I was a gawky geeky…
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5 Things to Remember About Living in Rented Accommodation*
This year sees 10 years since I moved out of my parent’s house and although in that time I have lived in university accommodation, for the most part I’ve lived in rented properties. I don’t come from a background where my parents were able to help me pulled together the money for the deposit to own a place of my own, and I’ve only ever had a job where I can basically afford the rent and utilities with nothing spare to save so for the foreseeable future, I will continue to live in places that are rented. Here are 5 things I’ve learnt about living in rented accommodation over the…
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5 Things I Enjoy About Winter*
Technically we know that Winter doesn’t officially start until December, and the winter months in the UK are actually December, January and February. However with the current climate that doesn’t fly as I’ve seen snow as late as May up here and right now with the fact we had hail stones last week and it’s absolute freezing when the sun is down, I often feel like Winter has started as early as October. Making right now, mid November, feel like it’s in full swing. So today I thought I’d share 5 things I love about Winter. Because lets face it, on the whole it’s a pretty grim month. I’m going…
