Category: Lifestyle
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Celebrating the not-so-small stuff | Rosie Abigail
This is going to be a different post. I won’t be chatting about chronic illness, or culture, or lifestyle today. Overall, I only really have one thing to say today – thank you. I know a lot of people post big ‘thank you’ messages when they are about to take a break or announce the…
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How the ‘Sunday Reset’ trend changed my life (+ routine)
Is Sunday now the best day of the week thanks to the Sunday Reset? It might very well be. I am not exaggerating when I say that introducing a Sunday Reset to my week has changed my life.
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How to Start Second-Hand Clothes Shopping | Sustainable Style | Rosie Abigail
The planet is burning and climate change is threatening everything that we know and love. It might not be a bright sentiment to start a fun and joyous post about second-hand shopping but hey, it’s the truth. There is one industry in particular that seems to be holding the flame to our planet – the…
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March Favourites 2023 | Lucy & Yak, Sustainable Skincare, Spring Holiday in Cornwall | Rosie Abigail
Spring has sprung here in the UK! Although we know what the weather can be like here; it may suddenly switch back to snow at any moment. Still, we can’t deny that we are entering a new season and a new month – hello there April, you are looking good. It might be because I…
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DIY Hallway Renovation in a Victorian Terrace?! | Rosie Abigail
Buying a Victorian project house in the middle of a pandemic with limited savings to do the renovations? It’s more likely that you think… Back in May 2021, my fiancé and I bought a house! Because the housing market is atrocious, the only way we could afford to buy was by getting a fixer upper.…
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January Favourites 2023 | Books, Skincare, Second-hand Shopping | Rosie Abigail
I suppose I could say ‘wow, I can’t believe it’s the end of January already!’ But I feel like that every single month. I’m just not very good with the concept of time, I guess… Still, January 2023 has come to an end and you know what that means. With the end of a month…
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2023 *No* Year’s Resolutions | Setting Goals for the New Year | Rosie Abigail
We are back baby! Back with a New Year, and back with some more No Year’s Resolutions. Personally, I hate the framing of ~resolutions~ – something that you only resolve to do once the new year starts, and these tend to be tasks with a short lifespan. I’m talking crash diets, immense workout schedules, unreachable…
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Year in Review 2022! | Rosie Abigail
Well, 2022 is swirling to an end – can you believe it?! I felt like I blinked in March and suddenly woke up on 28th December being asked ‘what are you doing for New Year’s?’ As a person, I tend to look to the future, to the year ahead. It’s far too easy to get…
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Our Folky, DIY-Heavy, Scottish-Welsh Wedding | Rosie Abigail
Blimey, it’s been over three months since I got married and I’ve shared barely anything about it over here! Life gets in the way as it often does and it has in this case. But now, with wedding photos ready and nostalgia for the best day of my life spilling over, it’s time. Let’s delve…
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September Favourites 2022 | Second-hand Clothes, Sustainable Skincare and More…
Ooof September has been a wild month and not just in terms of British history and politics. I’ve been in and out of doctor’s surgeries and hospitals, working on the start of a new academic year at my IRL job, and dealing with a leaking roof, a hole in the ceiling, and an out-of-bounds DIY…