Megan Time!

It's that time of year where you have to buy all the people in your life a present. Of course the big thing that people say this time of year is it's not about the presents, it's about the people. Yet you still have to buy a present for people. I feel quite lucky that I have about fourteen people to buy for but still it can be a struggle to buy for people especially when you're not really sure what they like. That's why I'm here to help give you a few ideas which always work for me when I'm buying presents for people. Let's get started. Photo Album Back in the early 2000s and 1990s, photo albums were so common in family homes that you wouldn't think of gifting someone it. Now though because a lot of our photos are stored on our phones, we no longer have many printed photos. I find a photo album to be a very thoughtful gift. I've gifted my mum one several times as I've done themed photo albums of our many trips together. You can theme a photo ...

For those of you who have been reading my blog this year, I started a writing journey back in May where I shared that I was writing a novel. I then went on in June and July to share two more updates of my writing journey. My original plan was to post every month of my writing journey but as you can see it's been five months since July and there has not been an update.  Honestly, the truth is. I haven't touched my novel since July. To date my novel still stands at 11,021 words which is exactly the same as my last update in July. The reason why I haven't touched my novel. I don't know. There can be a number of reasons, life got a little busy with work and dating. Also my art hobbies have taken over my life and my writing has taken a back seat. I guess you can say I've had a bit of writer's block and I'm unsure what to write. I would like to finish the first draft of my novel but I'm not sure when I'm going to do that. I also don't want to put press...

You know what can easily get anyone in the mood for Christmas is spending a day watching Christmas movies. I did this recently and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I ended up watching three movies in one day and it honestly felt really good and made me want to get the Christmas decorations up. I thought I'd share what I did during my Christmas movie day. Let's get started. Honestly the ideal Christmas movie day is having some popcorn and hot chocolate with the mini marshmallows. That's exactly what I did as it makes the movie day even more special and makes you feel like you're at the cinema. The first movie I watched was one of my favourites, The Holiday. This is a cosy film about two women who swap homes in order to find themselves and get away from their real life but end up meeting two men that change their whole perspective. It's a feel good, happy movie with a great cast and always a favourite to watch not just at Christmas but all year round.  The next one is a fairl...

I thought I’d share snippets of my day when I went travelling to Manchester and little snippets of what I got up too. Let’s get started. Starting with coffee and breakfast for one. This is a childhood breakfast of weetabix with milk, hot water and a bit of sugar mixed together. It looks like sludge but tastes lovely and nice for the colder mornings. Next I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and I’ve been using this Avene cleansing gel which I bought recently. I’ve been slacking in my skincare in recent years so I thought I’d start again now as I’m not getting any younger: Time for makeup. I keep all my makeup and brushes in my makeup bag as it’s all in one place and I do spend a lot of weekends away either with my boyfriends or like on this day going away to Manchester. Once I was ready it was time to head to the station with my packed suitcase. Oh the joys of train travel. Luckily everything was running on time on this day. I took some time to do some reading. I’m reading Chamber Of...

One of the things I love is having a pampering session, especially when it's winter and it's raining outside. It's nice to take some time for myself to do a few little things which I consider pampering. Now it's not extravagant or fancy because with pampering, you don't necessarily have to go all out with it. If it's what makes you happy and relaxed then go for it. It's about doing little things that bring a little self care into your life so let's get started. Any good pampering starts with putting my hair up and wearing a fluffy head band. I recently got this headband from Primark specifically for moments like this when I fancy pampering. To start off any pampering session, I like to get rid of any bits off my face like makeup and just make sure my face is fresh. I use these Superdrug biodegradable wipes to do so. I went to Lush a couple of weeks ago and treated myself to one of their gift wrapped boxes which contained a bath bomb and a bubble bar. I d...

It's finally December which means it's going to be non-stop Christmas on radio, TV and online. Even out on the streets, you'll see Christmas lights everywhere. You may find your neighbours have gone to town with those lights and you haven't even put any decorations up yet. If so then you are just like me. In our household, we haven't even considered putting the decorations up yet. Probably will do when we have a free moment but it is a lot of effort to get the tree and the decorations. Realising you still have wrapping paper and Christmas cards from last year you could have reused instead of buying new wrapping paper. Although once it's done, it is all nice and cosy in your house but it still is effort. You need a good solid few hours in your day to do it all.  It brings me onto how I've been feeling about Christmas. Of course, I'm excited and nearly finished my Christmas shopping. I have one more person to buy for actually then I'm done. Actually tw...