Dark Chocolate Puddings, The Adele Make Up Tutorial & New Art Work • Newsletter #3

My editorial calendar tells me I should be writing a Birchbox post today, but I just...can't. I can't. And side note, the words editorial calendar are up there with the most ridiculous words I've used in a sentence to date. Not because there's anything wrong with them, but because it appears that I'm currently unable to write on demand, even when the person doing the demanding is myself. Or maybe it's because the person doing the demanding is myself. Who knows. Either way I'm operating on a writing what I fancy basis and hoping it makes this space a little less...blah.

Beatrix is now brave enough to jump up on to just about everything there is to jump up on to. We've got extra covers on all beds, sofas and chairs because she does love to nibble on everything. So far the spare bed is her favourite because it gets lots of afternoon sunshine and has an especially soft blanket on it.

F R O M   A R O U N D   T H E   W E B .

• The Miracle of Morning Pages. 
• Truffles and Toffee Crisps: cooks on the 'good' food they hate and the 'bad' food they love.
• The Triumph of Bookchat on the Internet. 
• Julia Styles! 10 Things I Love About You. 
• Mysterious Stacks of Books in NYC are Connecting People from Around the World.
• The Adele Make Up Tutorial. That liner though! Abso-bloody-lutely perfect. 

F A V O U R I T E   T H I N G S .

• Snow Cake. You know I watched this and teared up throughout because Alan Rickman! 
• Sleek Pout Polish in Bare Minimum.  Forever on the lookout for the perfect nude lip, but I always come back to this.
• Pacifica Island Vanilla Perfume. 
• The newest addition to my print collection. I even braved Ikea during half term to get a frame for it.
• Alpro dark chocolate puddings.

B O O K S . 

• Currently Reading: A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
• Next Read: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman

P O D C A S T S . 

Generation Why. I's no Serial - the storytelling isn't the best - but I can't stop listening.

S O N G S . 

When We Were Young » I sob-cried-sang-along to this last Saturday night and it was a beautiful moment.
All I Ask » When the sound system failed, we carried on singing.
Hope There's Someone » Because Anthony and the Johnsons have been on repeat for the last two weeks.

A P R I L   B I R C H B O X . 

It seems somehow fitting to finish this newsletter with April's Birchbox, the post I had intended to write today but didn't because, I think, the contents don't feel as inspiring or exciting as they usually do. The Balance Me Tinted Eye Cream however is very gratefully received by my under eye circles.

Happy Friday! 

Have you had a good week? 

•

Jennie May
xo

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