Frankie Diary: A Review

For Christmas my lovely boy got me many a beautiful gift (i was a very lucky lady indeed) but one of my most favorite gifts he brought me was this frankie diary.

For anyone that knows me knows that i'm a lot a little on the disorganised side. I always leave things until the last minute such as plans and things and i'd prefer a long lazy lie in to getting up bright and early on my Saturday morning (but who doesn't right?) however frankie diary is changing this!
I attempted and failed last year at keeping myself organised with a diary however my disorganised self didn't buy one until April! Now that is a bit silly as you can imagine there was nada on the shelves. I spent about a week trying to find the most wonderful, cute diary that would inspire me to start being more organised and active however my attempts seriously flopped and I ended up buying a simple plain black one from WHSMITHS. It wasnt an awful diary but if your like me and you need something filled with pastel colours and beautiful sketchings to make you excited and motivated then this really wasn't the diary for you. I ended up spending most of my time trying to make it look wonderful with Cath Kidston stickers from my scrap book and washi tape. This wasn't a success. In the end I resulted back to just trying to remember all my most important dates.

This year however is a whole different diary story. I first spotted the frankie diary in 2013 pictured on someones beautiful instagram and i thought right there and then I NEED THIS PASTEL PINK WONDERFULNESS. However it was too late, they had all sold out and it was just me and my boring black diary. I kept an eye open across the big wide internet and stalked Frankie's website obsessively until low and behold the 2014 edition was available to pre-order! I hovered over the pre-order button until my fingers went numb, then my boy chirped up and said "I'll get you it for Christmas if you want?" I couldn't contain my excitement. I was finally going to have my very own frankie diary.

Christmas day came and so did my frankie diary. I ripped the pretty packaging open and with a grin on my face that could rival the Cheshire cats I began scouting through the pages. It was more than I could ever have wished for.

This diary is filled with wonderful illustrations, pastel colours, quirky designs and extremely useful bits and bobs, much to my delight.
As soon as you open the book you are welcomed by wonderful floral patterns and this continues throughout the whole diary each month being given there own special little floral wallpaper.

Like most diaries this has a yearly planner as well alongside the calender each month has there own beautifully sketched flower with the flower that is most common in there month, it's such a beauty to look at!

It has a helpful birthday chart at the back so you can jot down you favorites birthdays without having to flick through the whole diary, perfect for quick checks. It has its very own budget list helping a girl sort out her spends and funds. And address book for storing all those important peoples address's, notes pages for on the go thinking and beautiful tear out shopping lists which match the beautiful floral theme not to mention the handy store away pocket at the back!

I love how wonderfully organised it is and how easy frankie have made it to get to your important bits. The outside is a wonderful green colour with a beautiful cream stamp of flowers and daily journal 2014, it looks cute yet so professional. You could literally use this diary for work and play.
It's a good size as well, fitting snuggly into my hand bag and is not to heavy to carry around with you, result!

My opinion on this diary is, fantastic. If your known for being disorganised like myself and need that little extra to make you motivated to plan your weeks properly then this diary does that. Its cute flowery vintage pages make you smile as you write and turn them. The added extras are bonuses too, making sure your organised as you possibly can be. This diary is a real hit with anyone that adores cute, floral vintage patterns and those that love to be organised.
Have any of you out there purchased this wonderful diary? Or maybe you've got an equally gorgeous diary that isn't a frankie one? I'd love to hear all about your wonderful diaries and tips on being extra organised for the future!

Until next time tea drinkers! x

I took the plunge...

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So I've decided to put my blog on bloglovin.com 

I saw a lot of blogs I follow have this and it seems pretty handy! I thought why not give it a try hey?!

I'm excited to start finding & exploring brand new blogs for me to read whilst sipping on a nice cup of tea, maybe nibbling away at a macaron or 2! It also gives people the opertunity to stumble across my blog. My main reason is to discover new sparkly, beautiful blog reads. Do any of you lovely tea sippers have bloglovin? If so what do you make of it? Is it as wonderful as it sounds? I'd love to hear your thoughts & opinions!

More 2014 posts coming soon my day dreamers!

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The Month of May Part Two: Northern Ireland.

Hello there day dreamers & tea drinkers !

So this is my final part to my month of may post. I'm terribly sorry for the lateness! My blogs been a very wee bit neglected! For those of you that know me will know that my best lives in Northern Ireland. We met at university where we lived together in halls then went on to spending the last 2 years of university life together in the same house along with 6 other people! Over the last 2 years of university we had always discussed taking a trip over the sea so I could visit her cute little town and her beautiful farm house, but we never followed it through! One day in April we were having our weekly natter when we decided that May would be the month she would show me her beautiful secluded farmlands and the Cooks Town nightlife! But what trip would be complete without the rest of our best. So we quickly said our goodbyes and hurriedly text Alison and Chloe informing them of our decision. All I kept thinking about was how great it would be to finally have the girls back together as uni blues seriously started to creep there way back in! We both got a speedy reply of YES from Alison but unfortunately Chloe had used all her holiday at work and couldn't make it. I was slightly disappointed but at least 3 of us could be together again! So for the next month or so i began my day dreams of Northern Ireland. I could only imagine what it would be like, the green grass, the fields, the spring sun shining down on us. I had been to Ireland before but that was Dublin and I was only a small young Jessica Rose at the time. This time I would be experiencing Ireland as a full grown up lady with 2 of her best friends. I couldn't wait.  

In a flash it became time to pack up my suitcase and head to the airport. My boy and our friend Ian dropped me off. We said our goodbyes and me and the boy shared our kisses before Alison and I skipped off in the direction of departures.

We were only up in the air for what felt like 5 minutes until the wheels hit the ground on Northern Ireland soil. My excitement started to kick in at this point. I was finally visiting my best friend in her own home. Sure it wasn't any where like America or Spain but it was away from England and the place she grew up in, that's what mattered to me. After what felt like a lifetime of waiting for our luggage the time came to walk out of the airport and greet Jill. We hugged, we screamed and we hugged some more. It had been such a long time that we had all been together. We hopped in the car and began chattering away. It was like we had never been apart. We sang along to the radio and took the mick out of each other, it was perfect. We pulled up to Jill's beautiful farm house. I was totally surprised, I did not expect it to be so big and wonderful. I couldn't wait to get in. We explored the old house and the new bits of the old house and all 5 bathrooms and then she took us on a tour of her papa's farmland.

We skipped round the fields, saw cow barns, horse barns and avery scales. We hopped onto the tractor to have a cheeky photo in it and gazed at the sheep. It was truly magical and I couldn't help my self from going into my own day dream of what it would have been like to be a child and grow up here. Jumping around in the brook, chasing the sheep. It would have been magical. I didn't have much time to day dream about being a small girl here as we had to hurry of to Jill's sisters for some tea and home made yummies.

The next few days were jam packed of fun and surprise. We explored Belfast, dressed up in silly primark glasses, giggled, visited a local club called Time as well what would any girls uni reunion be without a good old night out. We got drunk, we sang. We visited the local port for dinner and a fun fair. We spent time with each other. We stayed at her caravan and had late night beach walks and playground fun. We joked. We watched scary movies in her big old empty farm house and scared our selves silly. We laughed. We visited the giants causeway and stared at its beauty. We had a fantastic time.

The days and nights flew by and before I knew it, it was time for Alison and I to hop back on our plan back to England. I had so much fun in Northern Ireland. I'm already planning my next trip for this new year. Hopefully all us girls can be together again.
I hope your May 2013 was as lovely and busy as mine was. If you can remember i'd love to hear your thoughts? Have any of you lovely tea drinkers adventured over to Northern Ireland before or maybe you live there?

Until my next post wonderfuls.
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