January Favourites

I keep meaning to do this post and then so much keeps cropping up. I have had such a busy month – I had an essay to get in and everything got a bit mad at work. Our bedroom ceiling also collapsed in earlier this month so I have been trying to get that sorted, as well as contributing to Miss Mint which I am having to work into my timetable.

So sitting down and writing a favourites post kept being put off! But it is the last day of January so when is a better time to do this :)

FOOD AND DRINK

I have been loving a lot of food and drink this month, which isn’t good because I am meant to have joined the masses in the ‘January Diet’ and instead I can’t get out of Christmas eating mode.

I have become addicted to this drink, it is coming up a close third to Coke and Cream Soda. If you haven’t tried it you really should. I love bubbles but they also do a non bubbly version if they dont make you happy.

I have also developed a slight love affair with Sweet and Salty popcorn. These little nuggets of goodness make me wiggle my toes with glee. Popcorn goes far too quickly in my opinion.

MAKE-UP

FINALLY after months of waiting I have managed to get my sticky little fingers on a Naked 2 Palette, but now I am faced with a dilemma. It’s so pretty I don’t actually want to use it.

MUSIC

I have discovered a new favourite band and they go by the name of Clean Bandit. I love their mix of classic, electro with a dash of pop thrown in. There new song just hit number one in the charts but I am loving Mozart's House and have been listening on repeat.

Mozart's House - Clean Bandit

Rather be - Clean Bandit

WEBSITES

No Surprises here - I have to champion Miss Mint. If you haven't gone and have a look please do, because it's pretty and full of fun things to read and well I write 2 columns, The London Monologues and Wanderlust,  so you have to go and look! 

FASHION

I have been fully embracing anything with long sleeves and to the knee when it comes to dresses because it is just too cold. I love this dress from Dorothy Perkins as it ticks both those boxes and is full  of gorgeous colours. There are loads of winter floral dresses available at the moment.

And those are my January Favourites! Hopefully next month won't be as crazy and I will be able to spend a little bit more time posting on here. I hope you have all had a good start to your 2014! 

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We are looking for guest bloggers on the Blogazine that I write for ~ Miss Mint. All the details are below on this beautifully put together poster...

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Holidays to come...

It is that exciting time of year when our annual leave gets topped up and we can start thinking about where we can take our holidays.

I was very lucky last year with trips to New York and Menorca, with a week break at Glastonbury thrown in. This year I want to try and do lots of smaller trips so odd weekends here and there. The original plan was to go to Australia in September however we are now planning to do that around March 2015.

Of course if you are a Miss Mint reader you will know that I have a travel column so really it's all just an excuse to go on holiday.

This year we are considering the following:

Amsterdam ~

I’ve already been to Amsterdam, I went a few years ago but Leigh has never been and I also have a friend who lives out there which I think makes all the difference when you are looking for nice places to eat and go out for a few drinks. I feel like when I was there before I didn’t really appreciate it so I am excited to go back. We are looking to do this around April/May perhaps on one of the bank holidays.

Croatia ~

Because we haven’t been able to get tickets to Glastonbury for the first time in 4 years (it’s a bit of a sore point) we are looking at gathering a group of friends and going to inmusic festival in Croatia. The tickets/flights/accomadation are all about the same price as a Glastonbury ticket, plus it is sure to be sunny. It will be nice to go somewhere new and try and new festival as well. This would be at the end of June so a nice early summer break for a week.

Edinburgh ~

It’s hard to believe that I have been to Thailand but have never been to Scotland. This trip is something that I have been trying to plan for a few years now but it just seems so expensive to go that I keep putting it off. But enough is enough! I have friends and family in Edinburgh so I decided if I was ever going to get to the other end of the country I should probably go here. I think we will go in the summer maybe just for a long weekend. We just need to look at the best cheapest way to get there...

Iceland ~

I admit this might seem a bit random but I’ve always wanted to see the Northern Lights and unlike most people I prefer winter to summer to Iceland seems perfect! We are also looking at perhaps Finland instead of Iceland, depending on the price of things but I think this will be a lovely, exciting, different kind of trip. We would perhaps look at going in October, but this all depends on whether we can get a good deal as I know from looking that it can be quite pricey for not a very long trip (around 4-5 days).

Of course this might all change or I might think of other places I want to see but for the minute this is how it’s looking for the year. I might like to try out lastminute.com and just book a holiday with a week to spare and go, that would be exciting. I am very excited to start booking and planning! The world is a big old place. 

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Hello Miss Mint

So some very exciting news - I have been asked to be a contributor/writer for a new website called hellomissmint.com which is coming to a computer screen near you in January 2014.

I have been asked to be the writer of a weekly travel section - which will be called 'Wanderlust' with lots of little travel tips and my reviews of countries. I will also be writing a column called 'The London Monologues' which will discuss life in the big city.

As well as the travel column you must all make sure you tune into the other ladies columns which will be covering all of the below.

It's going to be filled with lots of fun things which will enrich your lives and make you wonder how you ever lived without the sound advice of the Miss Mint team.

I am honoured to be asked to take part of this fresh project and it gives me a chance to write more which is so great because I love any excuse to have a chatter. Also don't worry I will still be posting my usual waffle on here.

Make sure that you all tune in - I will post the link when we are up and running in January. I know you are as excited as I am!

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