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It might be February already but I said I wanted to read more books this year than I did last year so here is my musings on the first book I've finished reading this year!  Quick Review Genre(s): Self Help/Motivation  Who Wrote It: Summerdale Publishers Did I Dig It?: Heck yeah! 2 Second Summary: Some sound advice on saying no. Quirky Queen Rating: 👑 👑👑👑👑  5 out of 5 Crowns from me on this occasion. Every once in a while I need a reminder that saying no is not only acceptable, but necessary.  I also read it while my neighbour was having carpets fitted and it distracted me from the loud hammering! Extended Musings I think I've mentioned before that I struggle when it comes to saying no.  I'm aware of the word's existence and can use it, I just don't like doing it.  While reading through some of the advice in this book, I found myself nodding along at alot of the section titles because I struggle saying no in those situations.  My biggest problem...

If you've read my blog before you might remember that a few years ago I decided about 7 weeks before my 28th birthday I wanted to do a list of 28 things.  It was fun and I got through everything on the list to varying degrees but it was a silly timescale!  This year, I'm turning 30. I don't like this fact, but I accept it. I'm 30 in 11 weeks time, so I'm not going to try and cram 30 things into a list to do before then. I'm going to aim to do 30 things this year. Not necessarily before my birthday, just throughout this year. A mix of things I've never done, places I've never been and developing new I've never had. Today I started small, but kept it quirky. I went shopping with my sister in law for things that sparkle. I came home with a very comfy and pretty throw blanket...because I'm eternally freezing.  A day dedicated to shopping for sparkley things (at a bargain) was a great way to kick off my adventures. I've never really had a structur...

At the beginning of each year I look at my blog, think about what I want to change and then decide I'm gonna have the best year ever creatively and then I get sidetracked and that goes out the window.  Last year was a prime example of that mindset, I changed my blog about, bought a domain and had a nice header image designed and I posted a grand total of 12 times.  I went back and looked at my blog posts from the first half of last year and I can see the difference in my headspace between then and now.  I've mentioned before in previous posts that I don't do New Years resolutions but I do make postive tweaks.  I posted on 31st December 2017 about my thoughts for the year ahead and mentioned that I had some thoughts about what I wanted to achieve in that year and that if they didn't happen then that would be okay.  A few of those things I wanted to tick off the list actually happened, although I can't take credit for all of them, sometimes things happen because y...

I know I said I wasn't going to post everyday and I'm fairly certain I won't but my lovely dad found the mini cake cases I was searching for and I decided to post up my second Quirkmas post!  I also thought about calling it bakemas - I'm just winging it now.  Someone I know took this recipe from pinterest and I messed It's a totally customisable recipe and there are plenty of variations online if you don't fancy the ingredients in this one. Homemade Ferrero Rocher I'll get straight to the ingredients because it really annoys me when I have to scroll through endless paragraphs to get to the ingredients...... 1 Bar of Cooking Chocolate (Melted) - I opted for dark chocolate because it contained no dairy, use any kind you fancy. You could also use chocolate spread. 2 Bars of Weetabix (Crushed) Blanched Hazelnuts (Dipped in Chocolate) - If you cannot have nuts, the hazelnuts aren't essential, I just added them for experimentation.  My ingredients are also ess...

So, a few years ago on my old blog I decided to attempt blogmas and I totally sucked. If you can be bothered going back far enough in my archive I think I still have the posts live and you can see for yourself just how terrible they were. I was in a creative rut and trying to make myself do something creative every day by putting up a post. I was also trying too hard to do the same types of posts I was reading and the vlogmas videos I was watching.   That was counterproductive as forcing creativity conditioned my brain to be unimaginative and my post were all crap!  This year I'm going to attempt my own little Quirkmas. I doubt it will be every day and it certainly won't be groundbreaking but it will hopefully be fun or interesting to read. My December has some quirky elements to it, as does my Christmas Day so I should be able to come up with something to write about! I quite often end up chasing my tail at this time of year, as do most people I guess, so it is quite nice to ...

The first time I typed the title of this blog I typed Summer 2017, I'm off to a great start! I love Autumn. Nature starts charging it's batteries and takes a bit of time out to rejuvinate before bursting to life again in Spring. That's a really healthy reminder sometimes, to take some time to recharge and not to burn out. I'm probably rubbish as favourites posts, I think I've made two lacklustre attempts but I thought I'd give it another go, maybe seasonally. Which would work well, as I'm also terrible at having an upload schedule. Here's some of my quirky faves this Autumn. I'm not sponsored by any companies, authors or locations I have mentioned below. Books    Yes, I am a 29 year old woman and yes there are two unicorn books in this section. I've said it before, I'll say it again, I dig unicorns. This Summer/Autumn some of my favourite reads have been Be More Unicorn: How to Find Your Inner Sparkle by Joanna Gray When The Curtain Falls by ...

Having recently been made redundant and finding myself back in the routine of job searching, I've experienced a dip in my internal and external sparkle. Be More Unicorn: How To Find Your Inner Sparkle by Joanna Gray was just what I needed to remind myself that the best way to find magic is to believe in myself and create it. When my mother handed me the book, she knew it didn't need a hard sell. I dig unicorns. Maybe it's because I'm Scottish and the unicorn is our national animal? Some parts of the book were a useful reminder embrace opportunities to be magical, fabulous and playful but other parts taught me the importance of digging a bit deeper into who I am both on the inside and the outside to become more graceful, enigmatic, fierce and fulfilled. I'm a firm believer in following the advice of my Unicorn Decision Making Pen which quite often encourages me to Chase a Rainbow but often I fail to spot the rainbow or even look for it because I think I know better. ...