My regular end of the month recaps with links, photos and more + older Weekend Wrap Ups & Friday Catch Ups

I have managed to go swimming 3 times this month (and have biked there and back, hence the lack of coat). Having prescription goggles is…
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I cannot deny that I have actually been wearing shorts for 90% of the Summer and only haven’t drawn them yet because I knew I’d…
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July’s been a strange one. I had a fun trip to Manchester at the beginning and a fun jaunt to Edinburgh yesterday with Claire at…
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Lucky for all of us, I didn’t have my eye infection then. Anyway, it’s all better now. Apart from that, June was good. Lots of…
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Well, May was a bit odd. Half heatwave and half freezing. Thanks for that. The above looks like I am moaning about the weather –…
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April was a bit meh – neither good nor bad. Apart from the whole volcano fiasco, it didn’t seem like much happened at all. I…
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I’m not entirely convinced March is really over – it went by far too fast. We finally had some nice weather, I got my hair…
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Despite being quite better now, I haven’t quite recovered myself completely. My sleep patterns are all wrong so I seem to have spent February stumbling…
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