just a minute april

Writing: Lots of content for our new photography website at work, covering things like photography projects and travel photography - loving it! 

Trying: Tea - I've never been a tea drinker but after enjoying a rather tasty cuppa at work recently I've decided to give fruit and herbal teas a go and see how I get on (I know, I'm so rock and roll!)

Watching: TV - Masterchef | Film - Trance

Listening: First Aid Kit

Buying: Strawberry & lime ciders, birthday presents for my love, ale trains and long weekends - lush.

Loving: The few scattered days of sunshine we've had this month, roll on summer :)

How is your April going?

just a minute march

Writing: Just started writing content for our photography directory at work, so far I've covered Lomography and fashion photography *happy face*

Trying: Heavier weights in my strength training - starting to gain a little more strength in my arms, finally!

Watching: TV - House | Film - Lords of Dogtown

Listening: Daughter | Fink | Jamie N Commons

Buying: Driving lessons, new glasses and a yoga mat

Loving: Random days out, cheat days and relaxing weekends away

How is your March going? Anyone else seriously over the snow?!

just a minute february

Writing: Lots of content about diet and exercise for work - I am a fountain of fitness knowledge right now!

Trying: Yoga at home. I love my weekly class so much and have now started practicing at home

Watching: TV - Walking Dead | Film - Cloud Atlas (I did not enjoy sadly)

Listening: Alt J | DJ Shadow

Buying: Clothes! Grey separates, cobalt shirt and lightweight knits

Loving: Getting into a routine with my fitness, pub lunches and lighter evenings

How is your February going?

just a minute january

*Writing: Content about personal training for work

*Trying: to exercise 3 x a week (yoga and spinning)

Watching: TV - Season 2 of Girls  |  Film - Take this Waltz

Listening: Of Monsters and Men  |  James Vincent McMorrow

Buying: Leaving cards and gifts for friends going on fabulous adventures

Loving: Work - starting to settle into my role more now and loving that I get to write every day!

* Instead of 'Making' I've added 'Writing' and 'Trying' to encourage me to write more and try more :)

just a minute...... march

Making: Intentions

Watching: Greys Anatomy DVD boxset

Listening: Pearl Jam, Counting Crows and Death Cab For Cutie

Buying: New books, pancakes for breakfast and chocolate frappucinos

Loving: The unseasonably warm weather, makes me hopeful for a good summer!

How was your March?

just a minute.... february

Making: My room more beautiful- had a serious clear out and clean this month! Tidy room = Tidy mind

Watching: 2nd half of series 2 'Walking Dead', oh Andrew Lincon *swoon*

Listening: Lianne la Havas

Buying: Meals out and trips to the cinema

Loving: The week off I had for my Birthday- was treated like a queen on the day, ate incredible food with friends and family, organised my life and had MANY lie ins

How was your February?

Just a Minute.... January

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Making: Blondies (white chocolate brownies) with peanut butter frosting. Not my favourite baking experiment, but fun to try.

Watching: The Adjustment Bureau, new season of How I met Your Mother and New Girl.

Reading: Style and You, gotta love the Sunday supplements.

Listening: 'The Civil Wars' on repeat.

Buying: As little as possible! Damn you January!

Loving: The prospect of a whole new year laid out in front of me- so much to achieve.

What were you up to in January?

Just a minute....November

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Making: Changes. Living in the moment and loving every minute.

Watching: Misfits! Great show, get involved.

Reading: Magazines, (Elle, Vogue, Oh Comely), cover to cover.

Listening: Ben Howard and Peggy Sue - nothing new there, but I just can't get enough of their music :)

Buying: Dinners, nights out, one sparkly dress and a few xmas pressies.

Loving: Weekends! Before I got my current job I worked in retail for a looong time and usually worked every weekend, so having them off now is still such a novelty!

What have you been up to this November?

Just a minute....October

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Making: Lists: to do, to buy, to make....

Watching: The Walking Dead season 2, Uh-may-zing.

Reading: 'A Certain Kind of Intamacy' by Jenn Ashworth, a fantastic book for anyone interested in the mysterious world of human behaviour.

Listening: Ben Howard, Damien Rice, Feist.

Buying: Erm, too much! Mainly drinks, dinners and travel tickets.

Loving: The Rumwong restaurant in Guildford- amazing Thai food who also do take-away! Give it a try if you're ever in the area :)

Just a minute.... September

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(really must start doing these in the appropriate month, not a week or so into the next one...)

Making: Brownies and cookies, getting back into the baking habit :)

Watching: Submarine- not what I expected, but was a very good film with a great soundtrack.

Reading: Alek Wek's biography, a fantastic read for anyone interested in fashion and the world of modelling.

Listening: Austra, Ben Howard, Radiohead and Peggy Sue's new album.

Buying: Green maxi skirt, men's necklaces, oh and drinks. Lots and lots of drinks.

Loving: LIFE! I'm so happy right now it's actually a little sickening. I'm one of those happy people singing to herself on the tube.

Just a minute.... August

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Making: A scrapbook of magazine clippings and personal bits, just to feed my obsession with cutting & pasting.

Watching: 'One Day' (good, but not as good as the book) 'Adventureland' (great sound track) and 'Wilfred' (Elija Wood and a man dressed up as a dog? What's not to love?)

Reading: 'Sputnik Sweetheart' and 'Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World' by Harukai Murakami. One thing I'm loving about my commute- lots of reading time!

Listening: John Smith, Cate le Bon and Ray Lamontagne.

Loving: Having things to look forward to- gigs, a certain dinner, a spa day, etc. Good times :)

Buying: A monthly train ticket, oyster card, bus tickets- I am officially the Queen of public transport.

How was your August?

Just a minute.... July

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How is it AUGUST already?! This year is hurtling by so quickly. Anyway, without further a do, this was July....

Making: Am I allowed to say plans again? A slight cop out, but also very true. This month I will make something tangible.... scouts honour.

Watching: The September Issue, Dirty Sexy Things and Sirens.

Reading: '59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot'

Listening: Lykke Li, Ray Lamontagne, Russell Joslin, Seasick Steve, Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Loving: The fact that I have a new job in my chosen field! Will tell all in my next post :)

Buying: Meals out, gig tickets, (LOTS of gig tickets), a trip to Southampton and a whole new work wardrobe (oooops).

How was your July?

Just a minute.... June

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Making: Plans. Nothing set in stone, more like 'things-I-want-to-do-at-some-point-in-my-life' type plans! Always fun to do :)

Watching: The new X-men movie, 500 days of summer (love this film) and The Hills re-runs

Reading: Still reading 'The Happiness Project' and of course Elle and Vogue (standard)

Listening: Death Cab for Cutie, Incubus and Destiny's Child. Regressing to my teens just a bit.

Loving: Being social: Incubus gig, meals out, evening drinks and day trips :)

Buying: Two handbags, one maxi dress, multiple mocha frappacino's and a few too many necklaces.

What did you get up to in June? 

(p.s I chose this image as I've really been missing horse riding lately, I used to ride when I was younger and I've just had the urge to get back into it lately! Tempted to go on a riding holiday or something...)

Just a minute.... May

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So we're now in June. This year is hurtling by so fast it's actually scaring me! May has ended on a sour note for me, marking the worst month in 2011 so far. So in that respect I'm glad it's over, I can only hope June gets a little easier.

Making: Sweet music. No, not really, that's a lie. Not made anything this month, will do better in June. Promise.

Watching: 'The Runaways' film with Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart- good film with an awesome soundtrack.

Reading: 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchen Rubin- a book documenting a year in the life of one woman dedicated to finding happiness. I'm up to March so far and am loving it.

Listening: Christina Peri, Jason Mraz, Heather Nova, Tristan Prettyman and The Foo Fighters.

Loving: My friends and family, they have been my rock.

Buying: TOO MUCH. I have taken the phrase 'retail therapy' a bit too literally. Skinny combat trousers, wing earrings, pendant necklace, maxi dress, dinners/drinks out, DVD's, albums....

How has your May been?

Just a Minute....April (and the winner of Limbo's first giveaway!)

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Making: Made some amazing chocolate chip Brownies. Getting into baking the same time as trying to get healthy was a silly idea. Ah well.

Watching: So you think you can dance- love watching these amazing dancers! Also watched my favourite film this month- 'Into The Wild'. Brilliant film!

Reading: Finished Eat Pray Love, currently on the hunt for a new book. Tempted to re-read 'One Day' before the film comes out....Can't be any worse than the Eat Pray Love film, right?!

Listening: Marcus Foster, Ben Howard, Band of Horses and The Black Keys- gravelly voiced men with guitars? Yes please.

Loving: Exercising and eating healthy (ish) ! Started taking yoga classes again and am spinning up a storm on the exercise bike. Can finally feel a difference after about two months of not eating crap and moving my butt more :)

Buying: Some gorgeous midi skirts from charity shops, a fab day out in Camden, drinks with friends and some rather questionable meal deals from Boots....

AND THE WINNER IS:

So Limbo had it's first giveaway! Thanks to everyone that entered, got some of the sweetest comments and they really made me smile :) 

I used random.org to pick the winner and got number 5! Which is...

JADE! 

'Congrats! Some great prizes.. consider me entered too ;)'

Congratulations! Will be emailing soon for your address :) 

Just a Minute....March

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Making: A surprising amount of tasty treats! Have been baking up a storm this month thanks to a great recipe book birthday present last month. So far I've mastered melt-in-the-middle chocolate cupcakes, butter cookies and double choc-chip cookies, (yeah.... I like chocolate).

Watching: From Riches to Rags (Lily Allen doc), How I Met Your Mother (GENIUS sitcom) and 'Paris Je t'aime' (lovely ode to Paris in short-film format).

Reading: Eat, Pray, Love (have read it before, but I love it and wanted to travel to Italy, India and Indonesia in my head all over again).

Listening: Sister Crayon, Misty Miller, Gillian Christie (thanks for the recommendation Fi!) Heather Nova, Feist and Angus & Julia Stone. So basically a lot of chicks.

Loving: Slightly sunnier days! Feel like I can safely say goodbye to my winter coat! Finally!

Buying: Too much.... Yummy meals out, a few bits from ASOS, swimming sessions, rare EP's, magazines and tiffin. Must restrain myself this month!

What have you been up to in March?

Just a Minute....February

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Making: Words! Have written a lot this month- love it!

Watching: Lots of 'How I met Your Mother', 'The Model Agency' ....oh and the Spiderman films with the boy.

Listening: Warpaint, Angus & Julia Stone, Magnetic Man and Sea of Bees.

Loving: Time off- quite rare when you normally work 6 day weeks- has been utterly lovely :)

Buying: Pretty clothes at London Fashion Weekend, dinner at GBK and a few cheeky Birthday drinks.

Just a Minute.... January

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Making: Spaghetti Bolognese! I cooked for my chef boyfriend (with his direction) for the first time in a looooong time, oh and it didn't taste horrible!! Yay.

Watching: 'Never Let Me Go', 'Black Swan' and um.....America's Next Top Model.

 Gotta keep the balance between intellectual and trash ;)

Listening: Sleigh Bells, The Decemberists and Christina Perri.

Loving: Making plans for the new year, even if they are pipe dreams in my head involving sunny holidays, gigs, mini city breaks and extravagant nights out.

Buying: Birthday presents for my boy, a pretty rust coloured dress for me and a few trips to the swimming pool for my bod :)

Just a minute...December (and a bit of New Year chatter)

Making: Money! Working overtime this month.

Watching: Misfits (TV series), Inception, An Education....etc...

Reading: Elle, Vogue (usual suspects!) and have had an urge to read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe lately!

Listening: Animal Kingdom, Carpark North, The Black Keys and Yeasayer.

Loving: All the pretty Christmas decorations and lights :)

Buying: Christmas presents! and maybe a few sneaky presents for myself...

Bye Bye 2010

I love New Years eve and the promise it holds on the other side. Time to wipe slates clean and make big plans for the following year. I took a look at my 'list' from last year- here's what I achieved...

(and what I didn't!)

1) 'Write More' This one I did! Have written more this year than any other, for work and for voluntary projects.

2) 'Move to an exciting city'  Yeah this one didn't happen. Still at home with the parents- but I've been working on my career which at the moment takes priority over moving. Maybe this year will be the year?

3) 'Learn to bake' I baked once!! Kinda. See here. Will work on this one in the new year too....

4) 'Be a shade braver with fashion' Yeah... I'd like to think I achieved this one! I wear things now I wouldn't have dreamed of in the past :)

5) 'Start a photography blog' Yep! Definitely achieved this one! See here.

6) 'Go to more gigs' Yes! Have been to some great gigs this year, Peggy Sue, 65 Days of Static, Alice in Chains....

7) 'Go to more art exhibits' Again, I went to one...see here.

8) 'Be a touch healthier' I was great with this at the start of the year- gym, yoga etc. Just didn't keep it up! Will have another bash at this one in 2011...promise....

So there you go, more ticks than crosses, so I'm happy. Will publish my 2011 list when I've had a chance to think about it :) Here's a quick look back at my highlights from 2010....

Travelling around Thailand

Gaining an Internship in fashion writing

Gaining a freelance job at the end of it

Going to Turkey with the boy and his family

Having my first fashion article printed in 'Think Local'

Gaining more and more writing experience

Going from about 7 followers on my blog to an amazing 33 (THANK YOU!!)

I hope you all have a brilliant night tonight and bring in the new year with style!

Here's to 2011

*raises a glass of bubbly*

(All images from here)

Just a Minute....November

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Making: Lots of hot chocolate. With marshmallows.

Watching: Back to the Future 1 and 2 (still got the 3rd one to go)

Reading: ID magazine, Short Stories by Kashu Ishiguro.

Listening: Interpol, Kyuss, Matt Nathanson, Mogwai and Sigur Ros.

Loving: My hand-me-down chunky knit jumper from my sister. Haven't taken it off in days.

Buying: Clothes! And jewellery and lots of Delicious lunches out.