Blog: Still a weird word.

Two and a half years of blogging. I remember starting my blog as a way to share thoughts with friends and as a space to write without having to add a new facebook status every five minutes. I've ended up writing about lots of different things and it's nice to refer back and see what I was thinking a few years ago. Blogging has seen a sudden popularity increase recently and there are blogs for everything, including fashion, cooking, crafts and general ramblings.

A few of my blog favourites this year:

Temporary:Secretary - Recently won the Look Blogging Award and it was fully deserved! I've been reading for ages so I'm glad this was the winner. Full of fashion, jewellery and gorgeous pictures.which give an insight into her life. I love the way she puts her outfits together.

The Londoner - Rose's blog is a mixture of delicious recipes, restaurant reviews, fashion and lifestyle and beautifully composed photos. I've made so many of her recipes now that I have her to thank for getting me into cooking! One warning comes with this blog: You will want her life!


Le Fashion - Full of inspiration and outfit photos, this blog is just beautiful to look at.

Loveology - Packed with bright colour, texture and interior design ideas. This really makes me want to get back into arty things. I could look at this blog all day.

The Clothes Horse - Described as an 'artistic personal style blog', this includes magazine features, reviews, illustrations and outfit posts. A good mix of everything!

WIMH - What's In My Handbag is a new website with blog which works on the idea that you get a sneak peek into bags owned by others and you can select the items if you like them. The blog covers a variety of beauty related things and always gives me inspiration! They're also giving away a Mulberry Alexa bag for Christmas (which I blogged about here) so don't waste any time... get on board.

Now, I read a lot of blogs. These are just a few of the fashion/lifestyle type ones but I read a selection and I use Bloglovin to store my favourites. You don't have to have your own blog to do this. You can just sign up (which can be done through facebook) and then you select the type of things you want to read about. You click follow on each blog and then you have a list of blogs to scroll through and look at each time they update. It doesn't just have to be a 'girl thing' to read blogs, there are plenty of ones that appeal to guys too!

I read blogs to keep up with trends and also to get inspiration for things in general. I love reading and would read the back of a cereal packet if it was the only thing around! I need my daily intake of information, whether it be trivial or not, just to keep my brain going. Having said that, I have three books infront of me which need reading. Time to put the computer down for a while...

I LOVE #4

Friday has finally arrived. I've had a busy week and last weekend was so hectic and fun that I've only just caught up with myself again. Two nights out in row... what a rockstar. London was immense. Great to meet new people, catch up with some of my favourites and also meet up with some old friends too. It felt like being back at uni with sleepovers and bacon sandwiches in the morning. I'm really looking forward to a quiet weekend all by myself now though!

I only realised a few days ago that Facebook shares what music you're listening to now. Odd! I guess that means that everyone can see that I have Ed Sheeran on a constant loop and my obsession is out in the open. I cant help it but I am in love with his album. It actually surprises me that a man could write lyrics like that. He's romantic and cute without being whiny. James Blunt and Bruno Mars etc really grate on me but Ed Sheeran is different for some reason. It could be because he has the ginger factor! He looks like he would never deliberately upset someone!

The only time I don't like music on a loop is when I'm put on a hold to a company when they are charging me five pounds a minute. Especially when their playlist seems to consist of Cher Lloyd and One Direction. I seem to get increasingly angrier as time goes on and each time Cher mentions her 'swagger jagger' the more likely I am to give the person a mouthful when they finally answer the phone!

While I'm on about complaining I'll mention my Royal Mail rant. To make a long story short, my postman is rubbish, post isn't being delivered and there was trouble getting a package to my house. I moaned on twitter about Royal Mail (after trying the website and several phone lines) and they replied immediately, gave me a reference number and after a few emails they sorted the whole thing for me. Will definitely be using twitter in future to get through to companies!

When I'm not talking (which is often) then I'm looking at pictures. Here's my tumblr link.

Less words, more pretties.