Down to a tea.

 

Ooooh put the kettle on duck!

 

It’s funny, I’ve never really been much of a tea drinker – so when people get physically upset by their cup of tea if it’s not the way they like it – I have to refrain myself from laughing. However, recently, whether it be age and the fact that I feel the cold more (wow, did I actually just say that!?) or that I felt a bit left out when I wasn’t part of the tea round at work – I’m beginning to realise the importance of a perfect brew!

 

Milk first! Water first! Don’t leave the bag in long! Sweetener not sugar! The requests are endless and I used  to write down how people like it to stay in their good books when I get it right first time.. Brown nosing at its finest!

 

I’m pretty easy to please in the tea bag department and I hate to admit, as I get judged enough as it is, I’m partial to a bit of decaf when I can get my hands on it, but the perfect tea for me? It HAS to be Teapigs Rooisbos Creme Caramel!

 

It’s just fab for when I’m in need of a sugar fix but trying to avoid the chocolate from the vending machine and as an added bonus it’s rich in antioxidants and nutrients too, oh and if you’re lucky, every now and then you get a little chunk of caramel segment – win!

 

Now the all-important question follows… are you a dunker??

 

 

 

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Grown-up girl

It’s official.

I’m an adult, a real life adult with real life responsibilities!

 

Stu & I have only gone and bought a blummin’ house!!

An actual house, no more climbing up stairs to get to our flat front door, no more being able to have a conversation from any point of our flat because of how small it is, no more…. Having money to frivolously spend on asos.com?!?!

 

Oh. Crap.

 

It’s all fun and games searching for a home, nosy'ing around people’s houses, creating pinterest boards of what you would have in your dream kitchen – hello, I need that copper cooker!

But reality has just hit – I have our keys in my hands (well, not literally, typing would be an issue!) and we are having to say no to doing things with our friends to save for things we want due to our outgoings doubling in a blink of an eye...

 

But wow, what a feeling, we have a home J somewhere that I am actually going to be excited to go back to after a day at work, and even more excitedly – until the pitter patter of kids arrive (a while yet believe me!) I’m having one of the spare rooms as a ‘get ready room’! A GET READY ROOM!!! I struggled to have a get ready corner in our last place!

 

So, basically, this post is to prewarn you – home style posts will increase, Asos might go out of business and you are going to see more and more of my items being sold on my @depop due to not being able to afford to keep up with my current spending habits.

 

Here are some of my favourite places/websites for homeware shopping:

 

Joss and Main

Zara home

Homesense

Nordic House

Local auctions (Nottingham cattle market is brilliant!)

 

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YouTube - September Favourites

Hello you!

It's took me 7 whole months to

get round to doing this but I've finally filmed another YouTube video! Woop!

This time I've talked all about my favourite purchases made in September.. Hope you like it! :)

Love Jenn x

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3 months on from losing him

It's 4.30am & I can't sleep..

I think mainly due to the fact that it's my first night alone in the new house as Stus working away, I'm not scared, far from it.. But my mind has a tendency to be a bitch at times & tonight is one of them kind of nights.

As soon as Stu said he was working away my initial thought was 'I can watch crap on TV without him commenting, Woop!' But that was swiftly followed with 'I haven't had a night on my own since my Grandad passed away.. I hope my mind doesn't play games..'

& that's exactly what it's done for the whole evening!

It started the second I walked through the door to find the backdoor unlocked.. Instant sick feeling of 'what if someone's in the house??' So I did the whole 'hellooo?!' Thing & checked all the rooms.. nothing..(thank God!)

Then it continued when I put the radiators on & even though I knew it was going to happen, I got freaked out by the creeks the house made..

Then this happened...

 I thought I saw him! (*insert dramatic music here) I didn't freak out, I just stared & remained still .. I didn't know so many thoughts could run through your mind at the same time - but was this really happening?! Was my Grandad giving me a sign?! I couldn't tell if I was excited or bricking it..

Was he heck. Stu had left his razor on charge & it was the blue light bouncing off the wall.

Why does this happen?! Our brains can be right little bastards can't they?!

I mean, even as I write this I keep thinking - what was that noise?!?!

So we are nearly 3 months in after he passed away & I still don't really think I believe it's happened because I still have that 'I can't wait to see him' feeling.. Maybe I've accepted it but I really think that he might 'visit'? 

I still talk to him every single day. Sometimes just a hello at his picture, sometimes a full on rant about how unfair life can be, but I know that I need to keep reminding myself how lucky I am to have the memories of him.

I met my friend for lunch the other day in London & for the first time in ages, I spoke about when it happened, the moments he left us - I was there by his side for his last breath & I don't think at the time I realised just how special that moment was - just me & him - before I knew it I was crying into my pancakes & saying cliche things like 'make the most of every moment with the people you love'..

But it's true & even now I have to bring it back to that moment to remember just how fragile life is.

So tomorrow, I'm going to wake up positive & spend a day of appreciating everything & everyone around me..

It shouldn't take losing someone to do that, but it's certainly a kick up the bum.

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Dressing Room Inspiration

Oh hello youuu!

Been a while hasn't it - write that every time don't I?!

..But once again I come armed with excuses - And for those of you that don't know, one of the main excuses being that Stu & I have bought a house! Eek! Big girl/boy stuff going down! ;)


 

Now we've settled in abit & worked out how much money we don't have left after outgoings swap from our accounts - we can start to think about decorating!

I don't know how I managed to get away with this, but the first room to get started on is my dressing room!! Yippeee! (oh and I know how spoilt I am to even get one in the first place, feel crazy lucky, but we worked hard for it I promise :) )

So whilst the floors are being laid and the walls painted, I thought I'd share with you some images I'm using for inspiration for the dressing room - you'll soon see that I don't really have one style, one minute I want to be minimum, the next scandi and then I can't help but throw abit of shabby in there too for good measure! Think a mix between a boutique fitting room and a cabin in the mountains..

I am about 1 payday away from having my room finished so will get a post up soon with how it's ended up - more than likely a missmatch of everything you're about to see - for now you can get snapshots on my snapchat: @Cordelia2013 and my instagram: @Cordelia_Hearts
 

Oh & if you do like what you see and feel inspired by it, pop me a comment below to let me know & im happy to do something like this for all rooms of the house :)

Lotsa love and enjoy x

 

 

Disclaimer: All of these images have been taken from Pinterest and not my own.

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Chic Dreams

 

It was a typical Monday, typical grey weather and a typical train journey to Birmingham for work... so what do I find myself doing? A typical Instagram'athon!

However, this particular time wasn't so typical and I stumbled across a brand that I instantly felt a connection with! Which leads me to introduce you to the beautiful Cozies!

 

For those of you that follow my Instagram and Facebook you will have already seen that I posted a couple of pictures of the most scrumptious pink packaging with hashtags such as #chic #feminine and #luxury - and honestly, these three words sum up Cozies for me.

 

Within minutes I was researching the brand, discovering that they weren't as pricey as what I first presumed because of the luxury and expensive feel their instagram (@cozies_uk) portrayed and that they were brand new with only being launched the week before - yes! a huge box for me ticked! I get a kick discovering brands that the masses haven't discovered yet so I emailed the brand and received the most lovely response from Zoe Goffin, the founder of the company.

 

My typical Monday just became not so typical...

Fast forward a week and I'm sat in my hotel room in Miami wearing the most beautiful nightdress to ever grace my body, her name is Francesca and I hope you love her as much as I do...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that this blog post inspires you to take a look at Cozies website at all their other styles, they do everything from nightdresses like Francesca to the most beautiful gowns and pj sets.

 

I just love Gracie & Bella! Let me know if you decide to treat yourself to anything! :)

www.cozies-uk.com
Instagram: @cozies_uk
Twitter: @coziesUK

Photos were taken at The Mondrian Hotel in Miami

 

 

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Where have you Bean all my life?

I've just had such a lovely weekend with my good friend Laura from Stone + Armour and Stu...

I know, for those of you who read my personal last post, that's odd right?.. or is it? Because to be totally honest I'm not really sure on the rules after losing someone...

But I'm just going with however I feel when I wake up & this weekend I woke up feeling inspired, energised & incredibly cheesily ready to take on the world one coffee shop at a time... 

As mentioned lots on my Facebook & Instagram I live in Nottingham & I am totally in love with how my local town Beeston is beginning to shape up!

On Saturday myself & Laura took it upon ourselves to meet up in a new cafe that has recently opened Greenhood Coffee House and we were VERY pleasantly surprised.

It is stunning! Clean, minimalist, friendly & what's more the owner Rory knew everything & more that there is to know about coffee.. 

We will definitely be returning!

Copper utensils? Come on.. I was sold at that alone!! ;)

We then stuck with our Saturday tradition of rummaging through the local charity shops, I didn't get any clothes for the first time in ages but I picked up these lovely vintage Kilner jars from
Sue Ryder I love how they compliment my fab concrete & copper candle holders from Nottingham based creative Beauty in Brutal

Oh and a trip to Beeston always results in fresh flowers from the market in the square :)

(You can't see it but I'm wearing my initial necklace handmade by Laura too!)

So that was Saturday & what a blummin' lovely day it was too.

Sunday pretty much became a repeat performance, but this time with Stu & we ventured into town for a spot of holiday shopping before the big trip to America next week!

I don't think he knows I've put the below pic on here, so hey, it's a good job he doesn't read my blog! ;) we were testing out the timer on my camera haha..

So our first stop was Wired Cafe Bar in Nottingham city centre, Stu had been saying all morning that he was craving one of their bacon sandwiches, so that's exactly what we did..

& he was right to crave it too as it was dee-liiisssh--ussss! 

Rory from Greenhood Coffee House mentioned that he is a big fan of this place & I can see why - they too had a lovely simple, not too try-hard atmosphere & it was quite obvious they knew a thing or two about their coffee too..

We then hit the shops & by the point I took the below pic, I was quite bored of menswear shopping (I told Stu I was being good & not shopping but ssssh what I really meant was that I've done it all online!) 

A sales assistant laughed at me when I took this pic, not going to lie, I wanted the floor to eat me up whole.

Shirt dress from Topshop (similar here) and lace trim shorts from Asos (similar here)

.... After all the shopping was done (ha, who am I kidding, it's never 'done!') we nipped into 200 Degrees Coffee another bangin' coffee heaven in town for a quick break.. 

This place has a barista school upstairs & some of the yummiest looking cakes, I went with a freshly squeezed lemonade with lychee.. Yes, it was every bit as amazing as it sounds!

Check out theeese beauties for a naughty but nice treat! Yum!

So there you go, I pretty much coffee crawled around Nottingham this weekend but it was just lovely & exactly what I needed..

How lucky to have these places on my doorstep, I think I'll be a regular in all 3 so maybe see you in there next time :)

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