Often referred to as ‘silver foxes’ or ‘dad or shags’, older men are a thing of beauty. Increasingly, young women like myself are fetishising them, and every single women's magazine tells us that we've gotta give one a whirl! During my "research" for this blog, I looked into women's preoccupation with significantly older blokes. Discovering... Continue Reading →
The 12 Things You Should Expect When You Start Strength Training: Part Two
Hello again, lovelies! Today's blog post is a continuation of The 12 Things You Should Expect When You Start Strength Training: Part One. I've really enjoyed writing these posts and have reaffirmed the things that I really love about the sport as well as burned through some of the frustration over the things that drive me... Continue Reading →
The 12 Things You Should Expect When You Start Strength Training: Part One
Hi, everybody! Whilst it's really important to embrace our bodies and not be influenced by unrealistic beauty standards (and I believe we're all beautiful in our unique way), it's also important to be healthy and capable. I 'love my body' by challenging it, giving it loads of protein, fats and vitamins and noting its progress.... Continue Reading →
My Goals for 2018
So, now that I'm done re-capping 2017 and have finally accepted that Christmas is indeed over, it's time to look forward to 2018 and set some goals that I'd like to achieve. Lots of bloggers are denouncing the 'New Year, New Me' culture, but I think the start of a new year is as good... Continue Reading →
My 2017 in Pictures
Hello, everyone! I wasn't sure how to recap 2017 because I had lots of awesome adventures and I had no idea how edit it down into one post! I saw lots of bloggers posting a picture for each month, and I think it's a brilliant idea! 2017 was less eventful for me than 2016, but... Continue Reading →
What I Got for Christmas 2017
Hello, everyone! Apologies for the lateness of this post! Joey and I didn't exchange presents until almost New Year, and I didn't want to leave out the presents I received from him. I've been profoundly lucky. My family and I perhaps go over the top in some people's view when it comes to exchanging presents,... Continue Reading →
Christmas 2017: It Really Was the Most Wonderful Time!
Happy New Year, lovelies! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I was so encouraged by how frequently I was blogging in December, but then I went home for Christmas and was having far too much fun to stop and blog about it! Sorry if this is my magnum opus... Continue Reading →