August is birthday month in the Untold Blisses household. And what do birthdays mean? A trip to the…
Celtic Manor!
Our new birthday tradition – a trip to my favourite UK hotel which this year included afternoon tea, a trip to the spa, and much booze. WIN.
We bought a car
I adore my car. His name is Kasper and he is my favourite possession. But he’s getting on a bit, and I feel like he needs to retire to a nice farm in the country, so Husband and I took a trip to the car shop to look for something new.
The new one won’t be here for a couple of months yet so I have plenty of time to find a name for it. And also to say goodbye to Kasper. Oh no, I can feel the tears coming already.
Jessica Jones
I have resisted Jessica Jones for such a long time, dismissing it as too similar to Veronica Mars, or too superhero-ey.
I was wrong about that – it’s amazing and there are not enough episodes. We’ve now moved on to Daredevil to see if that gives me the same feels, after which we’ll get started on The Defenders.
Bicester Village
I do feel bad for Husband this year, as I haven’t really helped him figure out what to get me for my birthday. We’re both still trying to do this mindful/purposeful shopping thing so he didn’t want to buy me something for the sake of it. So we took a quick drive up the A34 to Bicester Village to see if anything took my fancy at the Liberty Outlet store.
It turned out to be the quickest visit I’ve ever made as we just dipped into Liberty and Kate Spade, I decided on a Liberty purse, then we were back on our way. We’re nothing if not efficient.
Much skincare
I’ve talked enough about my first online Sephora order but this month I also managed to scoop up a silly amount of K-Beauty from TK Maxx, and bought the Net A Porter On The Go Beauty Kit which has an awesome amount of fun things to try. I really do need to start using this all up (what was that I said about mindful shopping?).
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