Well, it's been a long hard week. I've been unbelievably busy at work every day, and have been coming home too exhausted to cook, go to the gym (any excuse!) or even to give thought to blog posts - let alone actually writing them! I'm not saying it's been a bad week, just a completely … Continue reading Friday Treats
I've owned a few workout videos/DVDs in the past and found that I got bored of them pretty quickly. After going through them a couple of times I lose interest and they end up gathering dust on my shelves and that's actually what happened with this New York City Ballet Workout too, but I've recently pulled it … Continue reading New York City Ballet Workout DVD
Nola recently got in touch with me to see if I wanted to try some of their Vodka Spritz drink. Well of course I did, and not least because one glass has 35% fewer calories than one glass of wine – brilliant! I’m not doing a dry January (I don’t drink regularly enough to bother) … Continue reading Nola Vodka Spritz and a Girls’ Night In
I saw this tag over on Leona's blog, and because I love tea so very much I decided to take part! What was the first kind of tea you ever had? It was regular old English breakfast tea, and that's still the main tea I think of when I have cups of tea. What is … Continue reading The Tea Tag
Yes, I’m feeling them too! After a week and a half of long lie-ins, relaxing days, eating naughty treats without the guilt and having loads of time to see friends and family; the end of Christmas has hit me pretty hard. I love it when the Christmas build up starts in November, but I really … Continue reading 7 Ways to Defeat the January Blues
Watching the pennies at Christmas doesn’t have to mean being a Scrooge! Sometimes it’s just nice to enjoy all the festivities without worrying about the cost of everything, so I’ve put together a few tips for how I’ve saved some money over Christmas whilst still enjoying every minute! Christmas decorations Aside from picking things up … Continue reading Christmas Money-Saving Inspiration
I love Christmas and pretty much everything about it, but I still felt that a top ten list of my favourite things about Christmas would be an absolutely essential cheesy blog post! Photographs taken by Andrew Wood Photography 1. Christmas songs and how they make me feel. Each Christmas song brings back loads of Christmas memories … Continue reading Ten Things I Love About Christmas
You may have read my previous post about BREAKOUT Manchester – the real life escape game where we played the John Monroe room and successfully escaped. Well following that post I was contacted by the team to come back and try out their newly opened new room – Sabotage. The image below explains the Breakout concept … Continue reading BREAKOUT Manchester: the Sabotage Room
I’m so pleased to say that I’m nominated for UK Blog Awards in two categories and would love it (no exaggeration) if you could give this blog your support in the public vote stage. If you enjoy reading English Rose from Manchester it would be great if you could give it your vote in one … Continue reading Please Support Me in the UK Blog Awards
Today I wanted to share this lovely-looking infographic full of blogging tips and stats taken from an independent survey of fashion and lifestyle bloggers. I love how pretty it is, but more importantly that it’s full of handy tips from bloggers for anyone starting a blog or growing an existing one. It’s important to remember … Continue reading Blogging Advice from Bloggers
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