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Gousto Recipe Box Review (includes discount code)

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Gousto Recipe Box Review Hi everyone, so happy to be back blogging again, after a well needed break over the Christmas period! I hope that everyone is coping okay with this lockdown, but if you aren't then send me a DM and we can have a chit chat, hopefully I can brighten up your day in some way :)  So my family and I have been ordering Gousto Recipe Boxes for a while now, definitely for a couple of months, and we have LOVED them! We started ordering them in the first place because we felt lost for what meals to cook each week, and were beginning to have more takeaways. So once this online service was introduced to us, we jumped at the chance to try, but were skeptical as some of us are fussy eaters (including me, oops).  How to Order All you have to do is create an account, select how many meals that you want each week (the maximum is 4) and how many people you want to feed (the maximum is 4) and then choose your recipes. However, I must add, that apart from the burgers and other
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Little Miss Inspired - New Online Community for Creative Women

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Hello everyone, happy Saturday! This blog post is my most exciting one yet, @mickeyandmillie__ and I have decided to create an online community for women who are looking to have careers in creative industries! So that includes anyone with backgrounds in English Literature, English Language, Marketing, Media, Journalism, PR etc. We wanted to create a space for people to network, make friends, share ideas, learn from industry professionals and most importantly learn some tips and tricks on how to improve your e mployability. (We launched a few weeks ago but I haven't officially announced this launch on my blog Instagram) Little Miss Inspired Our community is called Little Miss Inspired as we love what the word inspired directly means ' of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse'. We are all creatives, of extraordinary quality, driven to do what we love, no matter how difficult the industry is to get into. Millie is an English Literature and
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My day in Tunbridge Wells - Smith & Western Restaurant and Hotel

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Hello everyone, I'm back again for another 'My day in...' adventure and this time I went to Tunbridge Wells and stayed in the Smith & Western hotel. I love the area, my boyfriend and I have been to many different places within the area and always have an amazing time. However, for this hotel to be hidden from me for so long is astonishing. I never knew that this restaurant/hotel even existed until the day we booked, and if I had known before, then we would have visited MUCH sooner!  View from the outside Smith & Western, Tunbridge Wells Smith and Western is an American Western themed restaurant and hotel, they also have other restaurant locations in Surrey and West Sussex. From the moment I saw the hotel, I fell in love, from the large sign, to the words 'Howdy Partner' displayed on the doors, I knew that this would be the perfect place for me. It is decorated like a Western saloon bar and as soon as you are inside of the building, you are transported to A
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What's in my bag? - Staycation Essentials 2020

Hello everyone, happy Friday! Today's blog post is all about what affordable products I make sure I bring when I'm going away for the night or for a staycation! I have very pale skin and burn easily so I definitely have to adjust my bag depending on the weather, it is likely to be a large shoulder bag, so I can fit more helpful items in there. If you're looking for something, I'm likely to have it! Like a Mary Poppins bag, it's got everything that you'll ever need😂 If I've missed something useful, then give me a message, so I can add to it!  Essentials for a Staycation 1. Hand Sanitiser Can't ever leave my house without a Hand Sanitiser! I know there's loads wherever you go nowadays, but I always bring one just incase. The one I us e is just the basic  Cuticura Original Hand Gel ,  it's a nice size to fit into my bag and cheap too! 2. Protective Face Mask An obvious one, but a must! I always keep a spare one in my bag at all times, so incase I h
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'I'm feeling 22'...what does that even mean?

Hi everyone, Happy Friday! Today I will be talking about the things I have learned before turning the age of 22.  It was recently my 22nd birthday, and apart from feeling further away from my teenage years, I just didn't feel that excited for the year to come. It was a mixture of hope that this year was going to be 'my year', the year that my life will finally get going in the direction that I have been waiting for, but also disappointment as I haven't had any new interviews in a while so why would my luck suddenly change? I've been reading so many posts on social media with the same post-lockdown feeling, that it's set everyone back by such a great amount, and now we're all competing in a job market that is so over-crowded, with so many skilled professionals entering unemployment by no fault of their own.  However, there have been so many positives that I can take from this year, that have given me a much greater appreciation for life and the people that I
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My day in Canterbury - Things to see and do

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In my new series 'My day in...', it will consist of my recommendations for what sights and activities to do in a specific town that I have visited. This is to give you ideas for places to go and they will all be in England, as 'staycations' are this year's safest bet for being able to actually enjoy a mini-holiday. On my birthday, my boyfriend surprised me with an overnight trip to Canterbury. I've been there many times before with my family and him, and I love hearing the historic tales of the town and exploring what the bustling high-street has to offer. So here are my recommendations for an activity and places to have drinks, dinner and stay overnight. Activity: Historic Punting Boat Tour This activity isn't cheap if you want the private boat, but it is well worth it! We was given the option of going the city way or the nature way so we chose the city, as we wanted to see as much of Canterbury as possible and hear the history behind the old and famous bui
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5 things I wish I knew before I graduated

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Hello everyone, hope you're all having a lovely day so far! I graduated last year with a 1st Class Degree in English Literature, I was over the moon with the result as I had worked so hard to achieve it. I was also the President of a Society and a Student Programme Representative. Therefore, I naively thought that it wouldn't be very long before I landed my first role to kick start my career and to fully begin adult life. Once I graduated, I realised that I had no industry experience, so I got accepted into an internship with a luxury magazine and worked there for 3 months. After that, I had a temporary contract, which gave me a decent salary for Christmas, within the Communications sector of a world-leading manufacturing company. So once that contract had finished, I found myself unemployed at the start of 2020, little did I know it was yet to be the worst time for me to be unemployed. COVID-19 struck, and here I am, months later, still unemployed. Due to this, thousands of
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