Happy Easter!

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To all those who celebrate it, I hope you’re having a lovely weekend! x

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Lent

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Throughout my life I’ve had something of an odd relationship with Lent. Brought up a Catholic, giving something up for the 40 days before Easter was something encouraged, but my parents’ weren’t the types to force it on me, believing that it was something I had to do for myself [...]

Merry Xmas!

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Those of you who celebrate it, I hope you are having a wonderful Xmas day! xx

12 Things To Do Before Xmas!

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Happy 1st December! Advent begins today, the season of bad music, mulled wine and excessive food consumption is almost upon us! Here’s some suggestions from me as to what to do before it arrives!

1. If you haven’t already done so, buy / make an advent calendar, preferably with chocolate in [...]

The Sparkle Guide to The Beginning of Spring!

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A little premature perhaps, but Spring is definitely on the way here in the UK! After all the snow, wind and rain of the past few months, the days are getting longer, brighter and warmer finally! It couldn’t come a moment too soon for me! Obviously the weather is [...]

Happy New Year!

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Sorry it’s been a little quiet around here for the last few days, after Christmas with my family we stopped at a hotel on the way back to Loughborough, and then I had to go straight back to work the next day! Today has been mostly [...]

“Let’s wait and see, it may just be the perfect year”

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2008 has been a very mixed year. It started off difficult, but with great potential – I had fallen behind a little with my degree but was determined to do better this year and pull up my grades. I did, but at the expense of [...]

Things I Love Christmas!

With Christmas Day falling on a Thursday this year, what better day to celebrate the things we love in life! Merry Christmas to all of you, here’s what has made the holiday wonderful for me!

*  Champagne – I adore it, if I could afford to, I’d drink [...]

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

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Not a very original title I know, and I’m sure there are probably a million posts out there headed with exactly the same words, but I can’t really think of anything more fitting to the post. It’s that time of year again [...]

Christmas Songs

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Between calls and comments about customers, the sound of hummed Christmas music is currently drifting through the office as people are getting into the seasonal spirit. Most of the larger shops have had the same five or six songs on a loop since the 1st and the lights make the [...]