1. fancy plasters are a fashion statement

What came first, the cutesy pimple patch or the trendy printed plasters? It has to be the plaster, or as my Canadian heart will always call them, the kiddy band aids. I think we can all agree it’s the band aid right? I used to love a spiderman band aid. A floral band aid. Any band aid that had a little pizzazz to make my little cut sting a little less. Well, last week I got a bad cut, needed some band aids, went to boots, and saw, god rest my heart, cutesy band aids for adults. That’s right folks, no longer must we use boring skin coloured band aids!!! I was actually, genuinely considering a set of spiderman kids band aids when I saw them: paisley bandana print band aids. If you’d told the wtgaoa 27 me, who wrote “3. paisley bandana print is officially on everything” that this would extend to band aids, oh her mind would be blown. Now look at me, adorned with a paisley bandana print band aid. How quickly life changes.

2. stickers are the new gifs

If you’re not using reaction stickers instead of reaction gifs……….. Hello grandma! Are you well? How are your knees feeling these days? I was introduced to the world of reaction stickers by my dear, and much cooler than me, Brazilian friend who started dropping these hilarious stickers in our chats. Now I am obsessed. I make my own stickers, I save her stickers, and occasionally appeal to the sticker gods to make me a good sticker (I don’t want the white boarder!!! How do I make one without the boarder!).

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3. work sucks for everyone right now

Just in case it sucks for you, I thought I’d let you know you’re not alone. I did my usual scroll through whatsapp to see any hot threads I might have missed for this week’s newsletter and instead of a hot take, what I found is that we are all a bit depressed and we all are really struggling with work. This winter has been grey and dark! Our purpose was (surprise!) not to sit on a laptop for 9 hours every day. These two things in combination? Two words: No bueno.

4. ebay has the best jewellery boxes

I got my jewellery box on ebay back in November after a very lengthy back and forth with one of my friends who has a stackers jewellery box (she loves it). I have a lot of jewellery and it was spread out across a bunch of trinket trays and boxes. It would have cost me a fortune to get a stackers box big enough for it all. Instead, I took to ebay to find some vintage options and BOY did it deliver! Mine is made of wood and doubles as a music box which feels very nostalgic, it has a ton of little compartments, and reminds me of my mom’s jewellery box - a coveted item shrouded in luxury and mystery in my youth. The brand name is “Mele” so if you want to find good ones, search that up on ebay.

my favourites this week

1. bridgerton season 4; it has to be on here. part two of the season just dropped and betty (my cat) and I are loooooving our girly tv time in the evenings

2. leuchtturm1917 notebooks; forget the moleskine, these puppies are my fav. also their pens are so good. I think I might be entering my stationary era.

3. diptyque hand cream; in the scent “do son”. smells like jasmine, calms me to my core, and makes me feel that little bit fancy.

4. wuthering heights film soundtrack; have I seen the film? no. have I listened to the soundtrack? a lot.

5. Garnier Hyaluron Barrier Repair Soothing Cream; I’m in my thrifty era. I needed a new face cream that was old school drug store affordable and I picked this one up. It’s light, but it does the job well!

6. my new charm bracelet from accessorize; I bought the chain and four charms for it and built my charm bracelet whilst watching bridgerton. honestly. unbeatable girly evening in with my cat. my fav charms are:

   1. sacred heart

   2. leo

   3. hibiscus (they didn’t have this when I looked!!! now I want it!!!)

   4. pearl

   5. snake (they need to make a horse)

7. neutrogena norwegian formula lip care; was on my way on a day out to glasgow sans lip balm so I picked this up in boots for £3 and i love it. and I am v choosy about lip balms. they always feel drying!

enemies list:

• the iphone keyboard. tell me why my keyboard stopped typing like it normally should, and then autocorrect went and broke too? I’ve gone old school guys. No swipe text, no auto correct, just full reliance on me and my brain to type.

• the iphone camera. it is ALWAYS blurry. the camera on the pro 16 might have THREE lenses but it is so so so much worse than the old iphone 6 I had for years! make it make sense!