Nobody Likes You When You’re 23

Remember many many many months ago I wrote about buying our first home? Well nothing happened for quite a while. Initially everything happened really quickly, our solicitor did the survey checks, we had our mortgage offer approved, were told we’d be moving in April, and then nothing. For a good two months we didn’t hear anything else about our…
Who loves giving presents? Me! I think Christmas is my favourite time of the year just to be able to give presents. I love nothing more than working out who I’m going to buy for, what to get them, and then finding fun creative ways to wrap them. But with Christmas still a good 8…
It’s been over 7 years now since I’ve had my driving license, and during that time I’ve had two cars. Both of which have been wonderfully awful, rubbish cars, but despite all their flaws I’ve loved them all the same. I first started learning to drive on my 17th birthday, mostly because I couldn’t wait…
While I’m still waiting for a moving date I’ve started picking up a few bits for the flat. We’re saving buying the big furniture bits like sofas and wardrobes until we have a date, but I’ve started picking up small bits, and my favourite things to pick up are for the kitchen. I’ve got a…
Last year I wrote this post about my New Years Resolutions for 2013. Now we’re a year on I thought I’d look back at my resolutions to see how well I kept to them. Graduate with a good degree. Did I do it? Yes! In July I graduated with a 2:1 in Media and Communications. I spent…
It’s been 6 months now since I picked up the keys to my little flat. Hurrah to six months of homeowning! When I first bought my flat I was so excited to start decorating, and even created a whole Pinterest board of inspiration and ideas. I booked a week off work with plans to pick up…