This week has been super full on but I still got to visit some fab local businesses! Had a beautiful breakfast at the YMCA’s Bradbury Cafe! Definitely worth a visit if you’re nearby! it was delicious and really reasonably priced too at £3.50! I also visited the RSPCA in Hull and met some gorgeous furry …
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This week I’ve really been enjoying finding amazing thrifty finds in our local charity shops. If you’d have asked me as a kid years ago to go into a charity shop I’d have been mortified! But I LOVE how times have changed and I would say the majority of my wardrobe has been thrifted. I …
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Been feeling a little run down this week and ending it full of cold! So feeling a little sorry for myself whilst curled up on my sofa with a cuppa writing this post. Autumn and Winter are actually my favourite time of the year, the leaves on the trees turning beautiful browns and oranges, the …
This week I have been reminiscing with a friend about some of the things we used to get up to in London when I lived there five years ago. We had some amazing times, gallery openings, parties, shopping in Oxford Street, climbing Big Ben, haunted ghost tours, Jack the Ripper tours, partying with the New …
Wow this third lockdown is kicking my butt and after speaking to other people I don't think I am the only one. I am able to work from home, and I feel super lucky that I can do this. John is still at work as he's a key worker and then on his days off …
My name is Gemma and I am a people pleaser. There I said it! I recently did a workshop with Hannah Schkaapens in her membership programme The Connection Method with guest speaker Hannah Manning around limiting beliefs. It's amazing how things snowball and after the training I got chatting to Hannah M following on from …
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Wow what a week! It was Mr Steels birthday this week so I took two days off work to celebrate with him. We went to our favourite place Browns Cafe the seafront for a birthday brekkie our first time in there since lockdown and it was delicious! So nice to be out and about again …
Today we meet Becky from Happy Hippie Candle Co. who makes beautiful natural soy wax candles in recycled glass jars. Tell me a little bit about you and your business?Hello, I’m Becky – a 30 something mummy of two, wife, teacher, maker and lover of all things eco. In my spare time I love to …
Today we meet Vince Weavers, local paddleboard enthusiast and co-founder of EBB & FLO Living. Tell me a little bit about yourself? Hi I'm Vince, 42 years old, husband to Toni, Stepdad to Luca (12) and Dad to Myles (8). I am the co-founder of EBB & FLO Living along with my wife Toni. I work …
Wow I can't believe it's Autumn, how quickly has this year gone! 2020 has been a strange year for us all, COVID-19 brought the country to a standstill and it has effected people in so many different ways. I really suffered at the beginning of lockdown, I am a real homebody and I find working …
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