Gluten and Dairy Free Cherry Bakewell Cupcakes | Recipe

Who doesn't love cupcakes? I know I love them, so when I found out that I had to go dairy free I thought I'd never eat one again. Then I found this recipe which is not only dairy free, but also gluten free so it's suitable for my dad who is coeliac. Of course you could make these with normal flour and margarine if you want. These cupcakes are so light and fluffy with a delicious almondy flavour, a perfect cake with a cup of tea.



Five Tips For Freshers




So the hard work has paid off and after months of studying and exams you're off to uni. This can be a really daunting experience, I know I was terrified when I started last year, but it doesn't have to be. Freshers week is a such a good week to meet new people, party, find out more about where you're going to be studying and have loads of fun. I've got five tips to share with you that proved helpful to me, and some that I wished I'd known before I started!

Recent Reads #1 | Holiday Reading

I love reading. For me there's nothing better than diving into a book and being taken away to another fictional world for a few hours. With various visionary problems I have, that's a hell of a lot more difficult, but thanks to kindle and being able to make the text size so much bigger I've been able to read more than I otherwise would've been able to - if a lot slower than I'd like! I thought I'd share some books that I read whilst I was on holiday, two fictions and one non-fiction.



French/Swiss Alps | Travel

I recently went on a family holiday to the French/Swiss Alps. We stayed in a French alpine village called Chatel, although literally a few metres behind us was the Swiss border and we spent time exploring local towns and villages both in France and Switzerland. It was such an amazing holiday, we'd been three times before as a friend has a chalet there and they kindly let us stay in it, and it was so nice to remember all the little things of holidays that get forgotten temporarily or unphotographed.

When Depression Doesn't Cooperate | Mental Health

Sometimes I try really hard to think positive, and I'll have a productive day and keep myself busy - I'll even feel like I'm actually happy. And then the enemy comes out to play and that's the end of that.

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The Mascara I Didn't Think I'd Like


Seventeen Va Va Voom waterproof volume mascara is available at Boots here

I picked this mascara up at the airport before I went on holiday, my Bourjois mascara had completely dried up and as much as I was hoping to get an exact replacement, the Boots there didn't have a wide range of make up. I went for the Seventeen Va Va Voom waterproof formula having not really heard anything about it.



Oh Hi There



I feel like I haven't blogged for quite a while, but I kind of needed a little break to get back on track. I was thinking too critically about my blog and if people like it or not, and I sort of wound myself up to thinking that I wasn't good enough because I don't really understand code and I'm just using my iPhone camera for pictures. During my little break I realised that none of those things actually matter, and I need to focus more on just enjoying myself and making more friends through the blogging community. I changed my URL to make it seem less formal, to me there's something a little too formal about calling something I simply want to enjoy by my full name. I'm still going to be posting on Monday's and Friday's with the occasional Sunday post thrown in, but I don't want to blogging to turn into a chore. So what if I miss a day uploading a new post?  I want to make my blog something that I'm proud of, something I can enjoy and something other people can enjoy. So that's what I'm doing. changing things up a little to continue loving blogging.


More new posts to follow soon


Em x