Plus my tips for finding those bridal bargains… As a 2024 bride, my social media feeds are full of incredibly extravagant weddings, luxurious hen parties, boujee bridal showers and exotic honeymoon locations. Maybe it’s just the algorithm doing me dirty, but it’s so easy to become disillusioned when you’re a bride on a budget andContinue reading “Why I’m not ashamed to be a budget bride, and neither should you…”
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What a difference a year makes…
They say a lot can happen in a year and, well, I reckon they are pretty bang on! For anyone who follows me on Instagram, or here on the blog, will know that this time last year, I was about to enter the hardest six months I’d had in a very long time. We wereContinue reading “What a difference a year makes…”
A letter to post lockdown me
As lockdown now starts to ease and we are beginning to see glimpses of normality creeping back in, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the last few months and post a little reminder to myself on what it was like before it all becomes just a distant memory. A Letter to PostContinue reading “A letter to post lockdown me”
Oh baby!
If you had asked me 10-15 years ago, where I would see myself at 33, I would have 100% told you, married with at least two children. Those of you who have read some of my other blogs, will know what happened on the marriage side, and it’s not something I am against, but I’mContinue reading “Oh baby!”
Sticks and stones…
…. But words do hurt you. In my previous post about my journey with depression , I mentioned how destructive strangers judging me on Facebook was to my mental health. Social media is such a huge part of our day to day lives it’s easy to forget that we are actually still all human beings,Continue reading “Sticks and stones…”
Flawed chemistry
I’ve always thought I’m a pretty strong minded woman – thick skinned and able to cope with A LOT. So a few years ago when I found myself sobbing in a chair in my GP’s office, it was NEVER something I would have predicted. As a teenager I went through some difficult times, getting myContinue reading “Flawed chemistry”
And we lived happily ever after…. Separately.
Not many of my Instagram followers will know that by the age of 29, I had been married…. and divorced. Now I’m in a totally different place in my life, it’s not something I choose to dwell on, but it’s also something I’m not ashamed to talk about. I had not long turned 22 andContinue reading “And we lived happily ever after…. Separately.”
Dear Dad
Dad is not a title you deserve. It’s not one you’ve earned, but because you are my “biological father”, it’s the name you get given. I have only vague memories of you – not particularly happy, or unhappy. I don’t really remember what you look like, what you sounded like, whether you used to cuddleContinue reading “Dear Dad”
and she said 