In case you missed it, the UK has been melting in a horrendous heatwave. I figured it was about time I sat at my desk with a freezing cold coke and a fan blowing on me, and thought back to happier and colder times in Iceland last year… I know, I know. It was December…
Samsung Galaxy S8 – Launch Event & Initial Thoughts
Sometimes, this little blog of mine really gives me some “pinch me I’m dreaming, are you for real?!” moments. When an invite landed in my inbox from Carphone Warehouse for the new Samsung Galaxy S8 launch event, I was gobsmacked. For a little bit of history, I’ve always been an Android girl – NEVER an iPhone…
Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017…
Goodbye 2016, and good riddance… it was a bit of a dogshit year, wasn’t it? I’ll admit, during the bits where I wasn’t locked away trying to get my thesis finished, I was mainly shaking my head and despairing at the news. On a global scale, absolutely horrendous year. On an individual level, not too…
Sparkles and Cocktails at bonprix On The Rocks
In all the chaos of the last few months, I feel like my blog has really suffered from a bad case of neglect, and I’ve suffered from a bad case of no down time. You can probably imagine then, that I was pleasantly surprised when an email landed in my inbox inviting me to bonprix‘s…
Life Update
Hello! *sweeps dust off of the blog* It’s erm… it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I can’t believe it’s November, and the last time I wrote was JUNE. I mean, almost July but still. Summer tends to be hectic enough as it is, what with conference season, travelling around, birthdays, weddings, all that jazz… Summer 2016…
Rush Hair York Review
Alright, confession time… I think the last time I had my hair cut was in December last year. Yeah. The death throes of the PhD write up will do that to you. I even went through a brief phase where I convinced myself that I was “growing my black out” so I could bleach and do the…
Cabana Brasil Leeds – #RoadToRio Event
A couple of weeks ago I was invited along to the #RoadToRio event at Cabana Brasil in Leeds, to get a taste of their latest lunch menu offerings. Although I had never been to Cabana before, I’d seen some really good things online and was excited to give them a try – as was Dan, my…
