This month was a busy one! My parents came to visit, I had my reading week which I spent in Oxford, and there were Valentine's/Pancake Day celebrations. These are 5 photos to document that.

Other than coming back to uni, nothing much has happened to me this month. I'm afraid that makes this post a little boring, but I wanted to write it anyway.


I brought the New Year in with my boyfriend and our friends at a party. It was really lovely to spend the night with such wonderful people and a very happy start to 2018.

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a lovely New Year. I myself had a great time so this month's 5 photos are entirely Christmas themed, as is to be expected in December to be honest. If you haven't already, check out my review of the No.7 Advent Calendar for some treats to spend the last of that Christmas money on ;).

Sadly I was too busy last month to get around to my usual month in 5 photos post but I can't remember half of the whirlwind that was September by now so I'm skipping straight to October.

Most of my July was spent working, but I still managed to fit in a holiday and some other activities which were worth photographing so here they are!

I have been in Corfu for the last 8 days and, you may have noticed from my insta posts, had a FAB time. I'm not normally the type to do adventurous things; previous family holidays have mostly been either very cultural or very remote. However, this year we went to a cute little tourist trap in North Corfu, one of the Greek islands.

It was also my first holiday with just a friend and myself and we booked through Thomson (also known as Tui). The holiday was very cheap, as we booked back in March or April, and our accommodation, while comfortable, was cheap and cheerful too.

My summer books consisted of 1984 and The Diary of a Provincial Lady, both very good, and picked up from the airport. I also borrowed Cloud Atlas, but didn't get onto reading it while I was on holiday, as the others kept me occupied.

In terms of adventurous things that I did, I jumped off a freaking cliff!!!! I'm scared of heights (or maybe that should be past tense) but I decided it was a now or never moment, and just leapt - having safely assessed the situation and after watching a much larger man not die while doing the same. This was in the beautiful Canal d'Amour, which had a stunning bay as well.





















I also got to drive a speedboat, and sea kayak, as well as being a little posey! The actual area we were staying in had some beautiful coastlines and caves to explore, and the hotel was situated only a short, but pretty, walk from the beach.

In an effort to save money, we had lunch at the hotel (usually a v nice toastie) and then would do activities or lounge by the pool and get dinner out every night. I loved the Greek food we got to try, and my favourite dish was probably the Corfiot favourite 'pastitsada' (pictured), which was so good!