Song of the month: Blue (ft Alex Hope) by Troye Sivan
February may be the shortest month, but I’ve packed in far more than I ever expected to. Firstly I need to give a shout out to the new house share I live in now (seeing as they all apparently read this blog now *waves*). Turns out living with girls is pretty great. Despite really solidifying my female friendships at 6th Form College, this type of commradery isn’t something I’ve felt this strongly since Secondary school (FYI I was at an all-girl’s school) and was definitely something I missed out on at Uni (60:40 ratio of boys to girls on a Business course!). As much as I didn’t actually mind living with boys last year, this is a wholly different vibe. One where we can actually talk periods, fawn over Italian men and the horrifying joys of Tinder (oh yes the latter leading to interesting results…).
This month in general has been lovely and social and full of really wonderful human beings, from my new housemates to old colleagues and current colleagues and old friends. As much as I bemoan the how much I abhore the idea of Valentine’s Day in my singledom, the past few weeks have been a real exercise in really feeling and sharing the love. I feel very content IRL which is nice and I’m trying not to let those pessimistic feelings creep in that tell me that this won’t last.
In cyber-land I’ve been seriously enjoying opening up on a few meatier topics on the blog recently and apparently need to be a bit less afraid to speak my mind because it turns out you guys like that kinda of thing. As a result you may or may not have noticed I’ve stepped back from red carpet reporting for the first time this year. After getting so excited and evangelical about red carpet season at the beginning of the January, I’ve found it really difficult to engage in actually talking about this side of fashion. Possibly a sign of me growing out of the old ‘Wishing For Chanel’ persona? Who knows.
Whatever the reason I know I need to get back on the blogging track here. I’ve got a notebook of ideas and have been feeling so inspired by the blogging community lately. I want to do a lot, I want to write a lot. I just need to sit down and actually, y’know, do it.
Ria
This month in blogs:
On TMM
Shine Theory & the Blogging Community // Spinster & the Single Girl // On Passing White, Race & Activism // Travels: Kensington Palace
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