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Hello, happy new year, happy new decade and all that jazz.
I’ve been trying to sit down since Christmas and write about the last year. But 2019 was without a doubt the craziest year of my life. I started the year thinking things were going to go one way, then discovered I was pregnant, became very ill, packed up the flat I’d barely lived in and moved to Milton Keynes to live with Chris, became a landlord, squeezed in a holiday to Marrakech, oh and had a baby. It was very intense.
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I’ve always been a huge fan of Christmas, but this year I’m even more excited than usual. This year I have a daughter, who although won’t have a clue about what’s going on, will be having her first Christmas!
Christmas in my house has always been a small affair, I have a pretty small family so we usually spend the day just me, my parents and my brother. But this year my partner and I will be spending it at my parents house with Ivy, and my step son will be joining us later, and on Boxing day we’ll be spending the day with Chris’s family, which is significantly larger than mine, and Ivy can be with her 9 cousins!
Once upon a time I set up this blog in my university bedroom solely as a beauty blog. At the time I had a lot of disposable income and would spend it on makeup, and skincare, and would spend hours on the internet talking to other people about products. As the years went on, my interests changed and I started talking more about other things and I gained an interest in food, and more lifestyle topics, and I slowly stopped buying beauty products. The last few years my income hasn’t been as disposable as I bought a flat, and recently had a baby, and I’ve hardly had an interest in beauty, in fact the last beauty blog post I wrote was back in 2016…
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About 6 months ago I moved to Milton Keynes, and while I’ve spent years and years visiting here, I’m not massively familiar with the area. Growing up I always thought of Milton Keynes as just the shopping centre or the cinema, it’s only over the last few years I’ve discovered more than just shopping, and since I’ve moved I’m enjoying finding more independent restaurants and cafes than the chain restaurants I’ve been to for years.
Recently I saw another Milton Keynes blogger, Amanda Alston, talk about a visit to Fourth & Fifth on her Instagram, and after she recommended the pancakes to me I just had to go along and try these out.
As you will be aware from all of the social media posts, Tv Specials, shop decorations and the fact that some people are walking around dressed as Zombies, it is Halloween. Now many of us see Halloween as a bit of fun – we get to dress up, tell spooky stories and watch scary films. We may even attend a party or two. It’s safe to say that for many of us, Halloween is the best time of the year.
