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I’m the proud owner of a label maker and if you stand still long enough I will label you. I wouldn’t say I have fully fledged OCD, or at least I’m not diagnosed, but I do have a certain way and standard of doing things. I don’t like to think of it as precious or...
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crisis at christmas
Every year I give myself a limit on how much I will spend at Christmas. Every year I go over it. I do really enjoy buying Christmas presents for people. I love surprising my loved ones and exceeding their expectations. That’s not always showering them with lavish gifts. This year I think one of the...
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Every year I fall into the same trap. As I’m browsing through gift ideas, I see one so perfect for one particular family member that I can’t not buy it for them. Unfortunately, I already have a present for that family member, so now they’re getting two presents. Then I have to get two presents...
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Approximately six months ago my boyfriend Cameron dropped a bombshell on me. He decided he was going to become a vegetarian. Now while this might not sound something worthy of bombshell proportions, let me explain. Cam is, or was, a carnivore. He ate his steak blue, he would never cut the fat off anything and...
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Every week I meet up with a bright young girl to discuss life, her life, mainly. We talk about all sorts of things; sometimes we go and get hot chocolates, other times we sit by a computer. My objective is to be there to support her, guide her and be an ear for anything she...
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No one writes letters anymore. Especially love letters. It’s all text messages and Whatsapps nowadays and while these are perfectly good and extremely convenient ways of communicating, they are throwaway comments that make us feel only momentarily and then they are gone. Forgotten and lost, and in losing letters we are losing the art of...
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Inexplicably, when I was in my first year of college I decided to get my own cat. The family already had two: an old age pensioner and a psychopath, but in a fit of prejudice I wanted a cat that was any colour other than black. All the cats of my childhood, save for one...
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Couple
Today I woke up in my childhood bedroom for the very last time. The walls were bare, all of my possessions were boxed up and as I collected the last of my bits and pieces, ready to move out of my family home and into my very own place with my boyfriend Cam, I looked...
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Christmas gifts
My friend had her first baby six years ago and, as a way of saying thank you for a gift that I gave her, she handmade me a personalised Thank You card. I loved it. I still have it to this day and it means as much to me now as it did then. A...
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Christmas decorations
We’re at the beginning of December and that means only one thing is approaching… Christmas! But what makes us oh-so excited for Christmas? What’s making those dark, dreary mornings and pitch-black journeys home just a little more bearable? 1. The London Lights You know the Christmas lights that have been dangling from the London city...
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