York Minster
This week marks 2 years since we started this crazy adventure which is expat life in York, England. It is somewhat hard to believe and it has absolutely flown by. When we first landed in the UK we spent a couple of nights in London to catch up with friends and buy some winter woolies before making the 5 hour plus journey in our rental car to Scarborough, North Yorkshire. A quaint seaside town which was hugely popular in the 70s but is now filled with casinos, arcade games and rock lollies. A great place to visit on a sunny summer day for fish and chips and some ice-cream, but after about 3 days I had seen and done everything there was to do in Scarborough. We started researching online for places to live and we had been told good things about York. I found a couple of apartments which looked fabulous and booked viewings to check them out.Continue Reading
I still remember the first luxury designer piece I bought – A small Louis Vuitton Bag in Berlin about 7 years ago. Before then, it seemed like an unattainable goal to have anything like that but eventually I was able to afford it. Slowly I have been building on my collection with bags, shoes, jewelry, clothing and accessories. And now I justify to my husband that they are a true investment as I can pass them down to our daughter (eventually!!). In some respects this is a very valid point, especially if they are limited edition pieces – just look at the hype around the Dior Saddle Bag at the moment. With this in mind and in consultation with Open for Vintage, I have compiled a list of 7 designer pieces that I think every wardrobe should have or work towards and I have included some links of my fave pieces currently available for purchase. Open for Vintage prides themselves on having the finest collection of pre-owned luxury fashion from the world’s leading independent boutiques, and they ship to over 50 countries worldwide.
I don’t know whether it is genetics or my rigorous beauty regime but I was fortunate enough not to gain any stretch marks on my tummy, hips, thighs etc. during my pregnancy. I was relatively small throughout my pregnancy and at 20 weeks was mostly still able to hid my bump under a shift dress or loose t-shirt. I also delivered Mackenzie 2 weeks early so perhaps if I were to go full term then it would have been a different story. I have read that pregnancy traits are hereditary, although perhaps it is an old wives tail, however I expected that I would be small and I expected she would arrive well before her due date. That being said, I wanted to share the products that I used throughout my pregnancy. I started applying the products to my non existent bump around the 12 week mark once we had had our scan and everything was looking to be progressing well (I didn’t want to jinx it before then). I applied the products morning and night without fail and regardless of how exhausted I felt. And towards the end I was applying the products several times a day, as my skin was just so damn itchy as my belly grew. These are the 5 products that I used which aided in preventing any stretch marks.
I have always been a bit of a bookworm and love having books in our home. I only packed a few books to bring over to England and already our collection is piling up again (although I am doing my best to gift them on to friends and family to avoid too much clutter). And that’s why I am also considering signing up for Kindle Unlimited – you can get a 30 day free trial 
