It’s finally cold enough out there to snuggle up indoors once the sun goes down. In our home, the little ones are in bed by 6.30 while Georgie, who is almost 8 years old, gets to stay up an hour more. During that time I get dinner ready while he reads a book to me or completes one of these little worksheets we recently received. You can give this one a go with your older kids if you like because it’s free to download and print.
I tried to think of the reasons I had never bought from small businesses in the past. Have you ever thought of it?
Over the past few years I have learned to love beautiful handmade and timeless jewellery. I now deeply appreciate a handcrafted stunning gold chain charm or a cuff bracelet and bangles. I do of course still buy the occasional gold hoop earrings from the high street but that’s about it. What, I feel, represents me and the woman I am today is something more, that isn’t mass-produced. My taste has veered towards the quality and aesthetics that can only come from something made with love. Which is why I am a big fan of Ditale Studio.
Over the past two months I have slowly brought back into my life a real feel-good practice: yoga. I don’t have time to get myself to a class anymore but that won’t stop me from taking 30 minutes out of my day to treat my body.
Last Saturday, my three best friends and I checked out of our daily routines and into the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Limassol for one night to celebrate my birthday. It was a short but sweet getaway that was jam-packed with so much fun it took me three days to recover.