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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #63
Find out where your nearest carol service is, or go caroling yourself. It’s uplifting! Buy plain wrapping paper this year (brown kraft paper from the post office is cheap) and decorate with things you have at home; ribbons, fabric scraps, buttons…get creative! You’ll save a few pennies AND tidy up your knick-knacks too. Give the people you love extra hugs and attention this month. It can be a very stressful month for busy-bees. Try fruit tea for a daily detox. I…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #62
Make someone smile today and remind them of a funny story/moment you’ve shared together. Polish your leather shoes and boots and make them weather proof. Winter is here! Go Christmas foraging for holly, berries, twigs and pine cones to decorate your home. Print off photographs of your family and friends from this year, then frame them as gifts. Or give second hand Christmas gifts this year – read this Oxfam blog post for more charity shop ideas. Brew up…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #61
Oh Squirrel Message Tags Find a photo booth, grab your favourite person then get your picture taken to mark 2013. There’s something pretty nostalgic about getting your photograph taken in a booth. Find your perfect 2014 diary then add to your Christmas list. Update your music playlist to something chipper and mood lifting for the cold winter mornings. Rehome, gift or recycle one carrier bag of ‘bits and bobs’ you no longer need or want in your home. Do this every…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #60
Check/update your family and friends addresses ready for writing christmas cards. Hold hands more often with your partner, even when just sat on the sofa. Plan a trip to a local Christmas market. Dig out your slow cooker and start researching tasty slow cooked meals (if you haven’t already). Treat yourself to box of chocolates. Not a bar. A whole box. Brew up and see my previous 5 Positive Things posts here. Happy Monday! ♥
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #59
Wear your poppy with big beaming pride today. Start saving any parcel packaging you receive over the next month and recycle it for posting gifts for Christmas. Change your screen saver on your mobile to something that makes you happy. Stock up on Winter medicines for your first aid box. Mmm, cough medicine. Help me! We will be looking after, and possibly rehoming, a puppy Beagle very soon. I need puppy advice and links to helpful websites; mission puppy begins now!…
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Lately: Being Grateful
Life is pretty darn good at the moment. Usually I wouldn’t dare say that out loud in fear of everything going wrong, let alone write it down in black and white. But what the hell, I’m a happy floppy-eared bunny right now and frankly we deserve a bit of the good news treatment. I promise I’ll divulge more soon (It’s probably only exciting for us!) but in the meantime, here’s a few random photographs and things I appreciate in my…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #58
Go for an evening walk with your favourite person. Take sparklers and a flask. Visit National Theatre Live and find the nearest live performance at a cinema near you. We watched a recording of Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller, and we loved it. Coriolanus next! Wash any scarves and hats in your home; they’re going to be your new best friends over the coming months. Sprinkle a little essential oil on your radiators. Begin your week by…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #57
When you leave your home, pick up a piece of fruit on your way out of the door. Don’t put it in your bag to snack on later. Eat it while you walk to the bus stop/car/train station. Plan a pumpkin carving night for one day this week. Add music, hot mulled wine and gingerbread biscuits. Check out Pinterest for recipe and carving inspiration. Don’t rush your lunch. Eat something hot, that you can eat at the right pace. Hurrah…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #56
Pop your heating on timer half an hour before you return home from work. P.S Leave a jumper on the radiator so you have something snuggly to change into as soon as you walk through the door. Have chips for tea one night this week and don’t worry about it. Clean your phone/iPod headphones. Worried about money this Christmas? Let your family and friends know you’re not exchanging gifts this year. Using a blanket, slide down your stairs. Why? Because it’s…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #55
Complete a jigsaw puzzle with a friend, partner or family member. Add wine. Enter a competition and try your luck! Look out for a great one on the blog soon. Buy or make a new key ring. Simple and inexpensive changes like this can brighten up your day. Empty your purse/wallet of receipts etc. Add any coppers to a piggy bank or jar. Take a moment to think of loved ones you’ve lost and remember one happy memory with them.…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #53
Find your nearest market and fill your boots with fresh and local produce. Damsons are in season and it’s the ideal time to make some Damson Gin, ready for Christmas. Upcycle something in your home. Bring one board game out of storage and leave on your coffee table to encourage a few nights of playing games and no TV. Clean your makeup brushes. I use a mild shampoo and leave overnight. Car boot season is nearly over. Do you…
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5 Positive Things To Do This Week #52
Start making plans for Christmas. Where will you be? At home, the folks, friends? Book an Afternoon Tea with someone special instead of a night out boozing. It will be cheaper and you’ll get a chance to talk properly. Update your CV Go outside (don’t shy away as it gets colder); these are the best months for gorgeous colours and fresh scents. Prepare for Stoptober! If you are a smoker, or know one (my fella smokes), why not try stopping or…