Review // Etta French Violet and Sweetpea Jewellery Candle

I love a good candle, so when Etta French asked me to review one of their luxury jewellery candles, how could I say no? This new UK-based company sells the most beautiful candles in a range of five different fragrances, and each comes with a hidden piece of jewellery encased inside the wax. After much deliberation over which scent I'd most enjoy, I finally settled on Violet & Sweetpea and was over the moon when it arrived. In fact, the lovely folk at Etta French even packed a couple of bonus mini candles but I'll save those for a future review.

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Is it just me or is Carrie in a different exotic location every week? This time it's Brazil and I'm not jealous at all...

My Grandma's Legacy

My Grandma loved reading my blog. I still remember sitting in her kitchen, telling her about it for the first time because I couldn't believe a company was actually paying me to write a post (this post). Every time I visited, she'd ask how it was coming along and loved hearing about all the different opportunities I had. She always loved it when I wrote a post about her so it seems right that I pen this one now.

Ladybird Books with I Just Love It

I absolutely love the old Ladybird Books. In fact, I have a handful of originals up on display in my living room. When I found out about the Ladybird Books for Adults, I thought they were a great idea and bought The Wife as a joke Christmas present for Rich. Needless to say, I was very enthusiastic when I Just Love It contacted me explaining that they were launching personalised Ladybird Books. 

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Sometimes, I regret not being a little more vague with my goals when I set them. In June, I freaking went to Amsterdam but, as this wasn't one of my 101 in 1001 targets, it counts for nothing. I can have the most jam-packed month ever, like this past one, and yet achieve hardly any of my goals. Memo to self: Make the next ones a bit more generic! 
#56 Watch 50 new-to-me films 20/50 Rich recommended Eddie the Eagle to me. Although I don't watch many films, I tend to like British-made, feel-good films based on the true story of an underdog overcoming diversity. It's pretty niche, I admit, but it's my thing. He knows me well as this was right up my street! 
#61 See 5 shows 6/5 Marie and I had a great time at The Rocky Horror Show! 

The Rocky Horror Show Tour

Back in 2013, my Grandma took me to see The Rocky Horror Show in Woking and it was one of the best things I ever did with her (terribly-photographed post here). Almost three years later to the day, I returned to the same theatre with Marie to see the show as a late birthday treat. It might not have been quite funny entering the auditorium with someone my own age, rather than pushing a tiny, sweet 78-year-old in her wheelchair, but I still had a whale of a time!

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In August, I'll be going to Austria on my own so I found Freya's post on how to take photos of yourself while solo travelling really helpful! Think I'm going to be asking a lot of Austrians to take photos. Sorry Austria!