floating in the clouds

I wanted to post another birthday post, on what I actually got up to on the day. Mostly because we went for dinner in the cutest place and although I never got a decent photo of myself, my outfit was cute. I also felt really inspired on my birthday and really wanted to talk about how much my friends have gone above and beyond for me recently.  I really did feel alone this year, and after hitting rock bottom I've had so many friends not only show me the most kindness I've ever known, but they've all inspired me so much. I've hid the writer side of me for so long, and this blog wasn't known by anyone I knew personally until just a few months ago.  The love and encouragement I've had has been incredible, I wasn't expecting to be built up like this by the people in my life and I'm so grateful for everyone who has been by my side the past few weeks. It's been a very intense time for me yet I've found myself bouncing off the walls with joy most da...

I knew blogmas was going to be hard, a post everyday for 24/25 days is hard work. With starting a full time job alongside it, it's made it almost impossible. But I vowed to myself I would do it this year, and I will post 24 posts if it kills me. So I will be doing multiple post days, and spend my days off work writing everything Christmassy that comes to mind! I'm actually not at all feeling Christmassy this year. I think I'm so focussed on my personal projects and work and my inner peace that Christmas just isn't on my mind. We've only just put the tree up. But today I'm taking us back to the Christmas light switch on. I've done this blog post every year - the Christmas lights in Leicester post. I always will do until the day I'm not living in Leicester. I love the lights switch on, the counting down in a huge crowd of people, walking the newly lit streets with a costa thawing your frozen hands, watching the Salvation army brass brand in the town h...

Bonfire night is one of my favourite nights of the year, this end of the year is my favourite because there's always something going on, Halloween had just finished and bonfire night was just around the corner. I realise I'm a little late posting this, but absolutely had to when I was looking back through my photos. Abbey park fireworks is all the rage in Leicester, it's "the place" to go. But the last few years it seems to have lost it's magic. We started to go to the one in Whetstone at the Vipers ground and it is the best firework show I've ever seen. They go so overboard with the fireworks despite it being quite a small, intimate place, there's a small fair, an even smaller BBQ (but the queue is relatively fast) and plenty of beer (whilst being predominantly child friendly). I absolutely love it there, the bonfire is so huge and the heat that comes off of it is almost unbearable but I love being warm, wrapped up in coat and bobble hat, drink in han...