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New year, new resolutions, new blog. Ta dah!
No, sack that. Well new year isn't till next week and I don't do resolutions and every time I say I will be back here on the blog writing more, it never happens and that's frankly quite annoying don't you think? So we'll work on it being a New Year and we'll take it as it comes. Blog looks a little more spruced up though don't you think?
Anything new happen out there since I last tapped keyboard with you guys? Well I started that little job that I mentioned previously. It's been interesting as I've entered commuting life and that's weird. I used to commute but always by car and now it's by train and I'm learning the joys of trains not arriving on time or cancelling all together. Luckily there are warm waiting rooms and I take a Kindle with me everyday so I do actually have something to do. You'd think that after all these years, I would be tired of Solitaire but no, I'm still there for the daily challenge. Go me.
So I was thinking if there was any point in still writing a blog and the thing is when I started, it was fun and people joined in the banter just like they do on IG but you never felt quite as "judged". You never felt that you had a really rubbish outfit on because there really wasn't a like button on the blog for that kind of thing. You could tap away in blind oblivion and there really is something in that saying that "ignorance is bliss". Now whether people care to admit it or not, if you post on Instagram and your post doesn't get many likes, you feel a bit pants. That's no way to live. So I think for my own mental health and sanity, I should just come back full circle to the blog and tap away happily like a pig in muck about random gumph. It's how I started and I think that's what I should end up going back to.
Even tapping this little post this morning feels quite cathartic. I'll keep things brief and reasonably shallow - I'm not one of those persons who like to divulge heart, soul, personal stuff and bedroom decor on here. I always think, I've seen your bedroom, that's where you have rumpy pumpy. 😉
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Last Note :
- I nabbed my Grenson Nanettes in the Black Friday sale at Shopatanna but they're back at full price again now. I ummed and ahhed over them for a long time as I couldn't decide between the tan and black and then decided that I could live without them until I saw Nicky in a black pair and fell for them big time. And then with starting work, I thought they may be the perfect stomping boots to get me through the winter commute. I ordered them from Selfridges on the Black Friday weekend in the black to have the order cancelled on me the following day. The very same day, the tan version went in to the Black Friday offers for Shop at Anna. I took it as a sign.
- I also bought that big bunch of foliage of Eucalyptus, Hypericum and Gypsophila as my Christmas flower bouquet thinking they wouldn't smell much and be nice and neutral and wouldn't conflict with my new Midwinter candle which I treated myself to. I didn't know that Hypericum leaves smelt like curry. 😱
Blog looks good! I'm still reading xx
ReplyDeleteHi Rachael. That's good to hear. I'm not just talking to myself then! 😂 x
DeleteLove your posts - keep them coming!!
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DeleteAww that's good to hear. I'm really hoping to get back on to the blog this year and just enjoy myself talking about everything and nothing. I'll try to keep them coming. They won't be anything epic but it's just somewhere for me to have a little natter about stuff which catches my eye. x
I love your blog Sue! Looking forward to hearing more from you this year. I have turned back to my blog too recently, because I love it and enjoy it. I really don't care if anyone else does;)
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I think that's exactly it - I need to do the blog more for me and get back to writing like I used to. I always think I don't have that much to say anymore as I said it all years back but I really shouldn't think like that. But I've made a start so that's good! x
DeleteYou're one talented lady with a great eye for fashion. I've missed your blog. Instagram has overtaken the true talent like yourself and replaced it with lookalikes. Glad to have you back. I'm a true fan, and so is my mate who alerted me to you a few years back. Don't desert us again!! ;) xx
DeleteOh my, you're really too kind! High praise and thank you so much! If that's not a good way to start 2020, I don't know what is! x
DeleteI love your blog too....I don't do Insta, just too judgey for me :) I'd like to go back to simpler times!
ReplyDeleteInsta used to be a more enjoyable space but because so many people are on it these days, no one has the time to devote to everyone they follow and so everything is skimmed past and then everyone feels unloved. And that's cemented by that little heart on the screen on IG. Here, there are no hearts to confirm whether my blog post is any good - I just tap away because I enjoy it. It also is a good way to get things out of my system. And thank you - I'm really glad you enjoy the blog. xxx
DeleteGood to have you back. I don't usually comment on blogs but you've made me think about it being a one way street kind of thing, so "hi!"
ReplyDeleteHi! So nice to hear from you! I think when blogs first started there was a lot more conversation going on which was lovely but over time, that dwindled and people started to move on to IG for the rapid response. I get that people like IG because you can bang a picture out when you don't have much to say but I like the blog for when you have ideas and things to say. I talk a lot more over here than I do on IG. 😉
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