Falmouth Tales, Wedding Stories & Facebook HQ
So here we are, another week I’ve managed to record my week of #LittleLoves and, what a week it’s been – little old northern me has travelled over 1000 miles to visit Cornwall and London!
Without further ado, here’s my week in review…
Read
Tin Man. I wanted a light read (literally) to take to Falmouth with me, so I picked up Tin Man from my local library after reading Morgana’s thoughts. I wanted a book I could become completely absorbed in. The Amazon description promises an emotive read, 29 pages in, I’m already touched by the warmth and tenderness of Ellis.
Maps, maps and lots of them. Tube maps, Google Maps and town maps – you name it. Let’s just say, navigation is not my strong point – nor John’s. On the Cornish road to Falmouth, we took more wrong turns than either of us would admit to. It’s been testing, to say the least.
Watched
Not a lot. This week, I’ve been I’ve been immersed in writing, reading and listening to music. With visiting Falmouth and London, I’ve barely switched on the TV apart from to join my morning coffee partners: Susanna, Piers and Lorraine. There just hasn’t been anything to entice me. Moving on!
Made
A very big decision by choosing my wedding ring. I wrote about the experience in my last blog post – it was wonderful! I’ll say no more. Go read it, if you haven’t already.
Made sustainable choices. I’ve also started to consider the balance of second-hand clothes that I buy, and wear, in comparison to first-hand clothing. I’m trying not to make unattainable promises without understanding the ratio. I’ve made a promise to myself that in November I’ll compare the percentage of clothes I buy from high street retailers, eBay, Instagram and of course, online.
Wore
A smile. As cheesy as it sounds, I’ve been feeling a lot happier recently. Of course, it’s been a great week filled with travel, music and learning, but I feel like I’m returning to my old self.
Lotta From Stockholm clogs. Last Christmas, John wrapped up a new pair of clogs to add to my collection. I bought my first pair in 2013 and featured them in one of my first ever fashion posts here. I’ve never had a pair of T-bar clogs before, but they’ve quickly taken pole position in my twee-loving heart. It helps that they’ve garnered so many compliments. I’m trying to get as much wear out of them before winter comes. Look at how cute they look next to this mosaic shop entrance!
Heard
The sounds of the sea. Being a town girl at heart, it’s not often I visit the seaside (I could if I wanted, after all Southport isn’t far at all) so to hear roll of the waves lap on to Gyllyngvase Beach alongside the squarks of seagulls was surprisingly delightful.
A soundtrack of feminist punk bands who make an unholy, but glorious racket. With the 692 mile round-trip journey, I’d downloaded a variety of Spotify playlists which we abandoned for a cocktail of feminist punk. Priests and White Lung were the perfect companions to power through the evening drive.
Many interesting facts. I’m enrolled on Facebook’s Fast Track programme, essentially that means I travel to Facebook Ground Control, in London, to learn about best practices for paid advertising on the platform, including workshops on attribution, Facebook business manager, conversion and my favourite, creative. Wednesday’s session focussed on the importance of creativity when creating ads. I came away with a handful of facts that really made me think, my favourites: we only need to see an image for 13 milliseconds to identify it and importantly, we should be aiming to provoke an emotive response. It blew my mind. I started to consider the use of emojis in captions and the importance of branding. I’m still thinking about it.
And, lastly…
Now that Halloween is over, it feels socially acceptable to talk about Christmas. I cannot contain my excitement any longer! This week, I signed up for Janet’s thrifty Christmas gift swap and weeks previous, I’d joined John Lewis’ Secret Santa! These gifts arrived this week, bringing a little bit of Christmas cheer early- my gift features pink, sweets and stationery. What’s not to love? Secret Santa, you’re a keeper!
And, if it wasn’t enough that I’ve travelled to Cornwall and London this week, I’m off to Sheffield this weekend with my blogging pal, Erica, and Visit England. I cannot wait!
