My New WFH Routine (AKA How I’m Staying Sane In Self-Isolation!)
These are crazy times we’re living in, folks. I know most of us are anxious about what’s going to happen and how long the coronavirus pandemic is going to last. But throughout the stress and panic (and...
View Article9 Awesome Things To Do In Seville, Spain
I do this thing where I get back from a trip and write really niche blog posts, completely ignoring the obvious ones. And I’ve done that again post-Seville. I mean sure, I wrote about travelling on a...
View ArticleWhere Can You Go For Bottomless Brunch in Milton Keynes?
Last year I wrote a post all about the best places for brunch in Milton Keynes, purely because I felt like it’s something that always comes up in the group chat – WHERE SHALL WE GO FOR BRUNCH?! – but...
View ArticleThe Internal Struggle Of Becoming A Dreaded MUM BLOGGER.
Hello everybody. My name’s Kara and I’m a *heaves* mum blogger. (I draw the line at mummy blogger because that’s just fucking awful.) You see, I’ve had a bit of a realisation lately. That despite my...
View Article9 Things No-One Tells You About Child Birth
I gave birth just over a year ago but I think it’s taken me until now to really process it all. (My birth story is over here, lads.) And I think that’s a lot to do with it all being so bloody shocking....
View ArticleMy Top 10 Best Trips EVER.
At the end of last year, in a vain effort to make sure I was posting travel content on my Instagram when I wasn’t actually travelling anywhere, I did a little top 10 of my best trips ever. And you know...
View ArticleA Bucketlist For My Thirties
If you hadn’t noticed I’m currently having another existential crisis over here. (Is our generation the only one to have so many?) And I think it’s because I like to have #goalz in my life to be able...
View Article19 Awesome Weekends Away In The UK
I don’t know about you, but with the current Coronavirus Pandemic and advice to stay in the UK to contain the disease, I’m not that hopeful about trips abroad this summer. I’d love to be all “Yeah...
View ArticleVietnamese Street Food at the Jamie Oliver Cookery School
I’ve been big into mini adventures the last couple of years. You see, with a new baby and buying a house, travel funds have been pretty tight. So day trips have been an excellent excuse to have a bit...
View ArticleMy New WFH Routine (AKA How I’m Staying Sane In Self-Isolation!)
Update: This post was pre-UK Lockdown. So yes it’s completely out the window now we have a toddler at home all day!! These are crazy times we’re living in, folks. I know most of us are anxious about...
View ArticleA Lovely Little Homeware Edit To Make You Happy To Stay Home!
We’re staying home. We’re protecting the NHS and saving lives. We’re flattening the curve. All those buzzwords that are being rammed down our throats at the moment. It’s not a situation we can change,...
View Article2 Years Of Being Engaged: Will We Ever Bloody Get Married?!
Edit: This post seems at bit trivial at the moment but FYI it was written a couple of months ago, before the current pandemic. Today marks two years since my partner in crime nervously mumbled “check...
View ArticleThe ‘Rona Diaries: A Strange Existence
Life is weird right now. For all of us. Weird. There’s really no other way of describing it. Unless you say it’s “unprecedented” but let’s all agree we never want to use that word ever again. It is a...
View ArticleTrying Out Eco-Friendly Beauty Products
In the UK right now, we’re in a bit of a kerfuffle. Which is probably the most British way of saying there’s a pretty serious pandemic going down. And like a lot of the world we are in lockdown,...
View ArticleTop Notch TV Shows To Binge During Lockdown
Alright lads. I’m gonna be real with you here for a minute. 80% of the blog posts on this website of mine are travel-based, and ain’t no-one travelling right now. So the ol’ blog stats aren’t looking...
View ArticleThe ‘Rona Diaries II: Pressure To Be Productive
We all know the downsides of social media these days. And a big one is that we find ourselves comparing every part of our lives to the people we’re following. It happens. We don’t want to do it, but we...
View ArticleI did a thing… Welcome to the Millennial Mama Club!
I’ve had this little project ticking away in my head for a while now. I wanted somewhere or something that would bring together mums like me. I wanted an outlet I could get deep into the mum stuff,...
View ArticleNew Baby Buys: Save, Spend or Splurge?
I thought about writing this post last year, a guide to what baby gear you should spend money on and which you should just get a cheap version of (or skip altogether). But I was aware that I was only a...
View Article10 Quirky UK AirBnbs To Check Into This Year
As lockdown eases up, a lot of us will be in different minds about how quickly we get “back to normal”. The government guidance has... The post 10 Quirky UK AirBnbs To Check Into This Year appeared...
View ArticleHow I Manifested My Life
Here’s something you might not know about me. I’m actually quite spiritual / spooky / woo woo… Lol, who am I kidding, you saw I... The post How I Manifested My Life appeared first on Heels In My...
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