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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…
Continue reading ➞ January Favourites 2023 | Books, Skincare, Second-hand Shopping | Rosie Abigail
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…
Continue reading ➞ September Favourites 2022 | Second-hand Clothes, Sustainable Skincare and More…
Does anyone else struggle to read in everyday life? For months now, I’ve been struggling to pick up a book, despite having a TBR list the length of the UK. However, as soon as I had a week off for my mini-moon, I found myself raiding my bookshelves like it was nobody’s business. During the…
Continue reading ➞ The Books That Made Me | National Book Lover’s Day 2022 | Rosie Abigail
Well, this post is a little late. I guess that’s what happens when you get COVID... I’m on the road to recovery now, but at the very end of May, COVID hit me for the second time. And this time was bad. We had the paramedics out for my asthma, oxygen monitoring for a week,…
Continue reading ➞ May Favourites 2022 | Books, Style, and … COVID?
"What are the books that have changed my life?" This is the question that has been on my lips all week - as I'm making my avocado on toast, drifting off in a mid-day daydream, and even when I'm watching the ultimate TV show, Criminal Minds. And it’s all thanks to the book Atomic Habits.…
Continue reading ➞ Six Life-Changing Books You Need to Read | Books & Literature | Rosie Abigail
How is it now 2022 when my brain is still in March of 2020? To answer that, time is strange and living through a pandemic is simultaneously the quickest and longest experience of my life. If I am acknowledging that we have reached the end of 2021 (and the dawning of a new year), then…
Continue reading ➞ End of Year Favourites 2021! | Skincare, Style, Books and More…
Another day, another blog post to rip up the classics (metaphorically of course, I’m not a monster). Whilst I love reading, classic novels are not really my thing. When I say ‘classic novels’, I’m sure you can already conjure them up in your mind. Books by Dickens, Hardy, Tolstoy, Austen, Dostoevsky etc. You know, the…
Continue reading ➞ Top 10 Classic Novels to Read If You *Hate* Reading the Classics
So much for posting this at the end of July! It seems I’m just about getting into the swing of blogging again after my time away. However, it is still the first half of August so I think that’s an acceptable time to drop a July favourites! Let’s go! Style I left my old job…
Continue reading ➞ July 2021 Favourites | Mid-size Style, Books, Home, and More…
Is it over? The random spate of 30 degree heat that brought the country to a standstill? Oh I hope so. I am not built for the heat; I am built for cosy jumpers and rainy evenings and days where there’s limited under-boob sweat. Still, there is one plus side that comes with a British…
Continue reading ➞ Literary Girl Summer | Top Five Books on My Summer Reading List 2021
Big yikes - I have not written a favourite’s post since November 2020! All I’ll say is that my blogging routine is fully up in the air, thanks to working full-time in a pandemic. I do always enjoy writing these favourite posts as it’s a joy to look back on what made me happy this…
Continue reading ➞ March 2021 Favourites | Skincare, Animal Crossing, Mid-Size Style
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