This week has flown by and I’m in shock that it’s Friday. I’m still not used to being back in the UK: where is my afternoon pichet of wine? Where is all the cheese? Where is the golden retriever to fall asleep on my feet? How can I be expected to live in these wine-cheese-and-dogless conditions? Let’s crack on with my Friday Faves to cheer me up…
What did I fill my days with before I had an internet-enabled phone full-to-bursting with apps? (I probably just played Snake, let’s be honest) My phone is always alerting me to the fact that I have no memory left as I collect apps like I collect nail varnish. I am constantly dreaming of the day I can delete the Stocks and Compass app to give me more room for mindless games. So here are my 5 favourite apps: some are fun and some are more useful but they’re all ones I use pretty much every day. Don’t forget to let me know your favourite apps in the comments below – I may have to delete some photos to fit anything new on my phone so really sell your recommendations to me!
Photo credit: @technicallyron (I draw your attention to my deep concentration face and also the external charger attached to my phone, because I’d played Pokemon ALL DAY and my phone was not happy. ALSO this was the day that I dropped my phone because a pigeon flew directly at my face – not shown: the smashed iphone screen and my deep, deep rage. Bloody pigeon.)
Sometimes there are great things that I’m desperate to tell you about but they don’t feel quite big enough for a whole blog post. I tried doing ‘current favourites’ posts but they started becoming huge, unwieldy beasts and just didn’t have the same feel to them. I want these Friday Faves posts to be like the urgent WhatsApp messages I send to my friends saying ‘If you haven’t watched/listened to/tried/eaten *insert current obsession* then we cannot be friends anymore until you have rectified this situation’.
So let’s go – here are the things that I desperately want you to discover so that we can bond over how much we both adore them.
I was such a latecomer to podcasts but I am now desperately trying to make up for lost time. They are a great thing to have on the background while I’m working: it can be quite a lonely existence being a freelancer and I really enjoy having people nattering away in the background when I’m working alone in my flat. So I’ve picked the 5 best podcasts to listen to now, and I tried to pick a range of themes and subjects so hopefully there’s something here for everyone. Don’t forget to let me know your podcast recommendations in the comments below!
You have probably seen the media banging on about the ‘feud’ between Helen Mirren and Charlotte Tilbury regarding make up and ‘to wear or not to wear’ – because, you know, two women can’t disagree without it being a feud, right? *look to camera*
