The positives of working in the same company as your partner

Hello once again! This is a bit of a random post, but I wanted to chat about it as it is all positive! So early in December Victoria got the opportunity to work in the same company I work for (a University) doing the type of work she was doing previously (video production). It was...

Monday Thoughts: Should we return to independent traders food shopping?

Victoria and I were watching a BBC documentary about plastic waste and at one point they mentioned how butchers, greengrocers and milkmen are making a small resurgence and that got me thinking about how much I use their services and actually how much I want to increase using local traders rather than supermarkets for my...

Monday Thoughts: Moving away from home

Every Monday I try to have a little chat to you about what I have been thinking about (check out the past couple here and here) this week I was thinking about when I moved over to England when I was 18 and how I had no real discernable plan when I did so. Why...

Planning your Christmas/New Year time off

For the first time since I was 15 (Oh God) I have time off around Christmas and New Year, and honestly, I have no idea what to do with myself. I am used to working all the way to Christmas Eve and then Boxing Day all the way through New Year. So to have *counts*...

9 aims for October

Hello! I am not one usually to write monthly goals, but I feel like putting a little pressure on myself every so often on some things is a good thing. For me it means I will get it done! Maybe last minute, but I will do it! So here are 9 things I aim to...

Buying your first home: The legal side

If you have been reading the blog for a little while you will know that I am purchasing my families home. I spoke a little about it here, so feel free to have a little read to catch up! It's okay, I will wait... Welcome back! Today I want to talk about the legal side...

24 hours without a mobile phone

A little while ago my phone decided to finally give up the ghost and died late on a Saturday night (I know devastating). This caused me immense panic, it was midway through a contract and I didn't want to pay O2 the insurance of £150 because I didn't want to spend that much for a...

Buying your first home

It comes a point in almost every adult's life where they buy their first home. Luckily for me mine has come this year, but jeez has it been stressful, let's go to the beginning. WANTING TO BUY A HOUSE I hadn't considered buying a house until my dad approached me about buying the family home...