30 Photos | Day 25: Luxury

Cote Brasserie | Old Amersham | 04.09.15 |

It is rather rare that I 'go for lunch' as many people seem to, but seeing as for the next six months I am my mother's only daughter at home, she has taken it upon herself to treat me every so often and this meal at Cote was no exception. Oh what it would be to be able to dine out for every meal with such gorgeous French food.

30 Photos | Day 17: Night In

Girls Night | Amersham | 26.07.2015 |

What's better than a night in with my two besties, cooking a carbolicious dinner and taking some beautiful selfies? The answer...Nothing!

I've had these two beautiful girls in my life for what seems like forever already, and I know they shall be in it for the rest too. No doubt they'll be many a movie night to come and many more opportunities for me to cook for them too.

Love you girls!
#challygirls4lyf

30 Photos | Day 16: Recipe

Oreo Cheesecake | Amersham | 30.10.2015 |

Is it cheating to post a recipe I have already championed you may be asking? The answer is no when it's this good! Chocolate, check. Oreos, check...perfection!

Check out the recipe here!

30 Photos | Day 14: Something Old

Ellie & Lenny | Oxford | 27.09.2014 |

The oldest thing I own is probably, like most girls my age, my childhood toy. Meet Ellie the elephant and his newer friend Lenny. Despite the fact my 4 year old self had a severe oversight in naming a boy elephant, Ellie, I have proudly had this toy for 17 years, keeping me company when I've been all alone and in need of a cuddle.

Yes it may be seen as sad to still have a toy at 21, but until I have someone to rely on to take to bed every night, I'll continue to keep him close.

30 Photos | Day 11: Tradition

Olivia picking strawberries | Prestwood | 21.07.2015 |

I know most traditions find their roots in years of family history, and though my family share the same traditions as many, like putting up the Christmas tree together and having brunch on birthdays, this year is going to be slightly different due to my big sister being in France for a ski season, so I thought I'd share a newer tradition.

This one may be unseasonal, but one of my favourite new traditions over the past few summers has been strawberry picking with  my best friend Olivia. Here she is finding the best of the harvest at Peterley Manor Farm near her house in Prestwood.

May the strawberries never stop growing and the cream never stop flowing!

30 Photos | Day 10: Season

My Garden in the Snow | Chesham Bois | 22.01.2013 |


Winter. When snow looks so beautiful, how can anyone really love any season more than winter?

In England we get an occasional summer day where a beaming sun seems to bring everything to life, or that feeling after the rains of Autumn make the golden leaves glisten, but as weather goes, we seem to get more than our fair share of miserable nothing days. So as seasons go we can pretty much expect rain in all four of them, but in winter, when the temperature is just right, that rain we so love to hate, turns in to the flurry of beautiful white snow.

It's that feeling when the air is so cold it hurts your cheeks to walk down the road, when your fingers go numb even when they are tucked inside your pockets, that's the feeling that I love.

Hello Winter, welcome back!

30 Photos | Day 8: Place to eat

Season's Cafe Deli | Old Amersham | 07.09.2015 |

If a cafe sells breakfast burritos and home-made cakes then it's a sure winner for me, and Season's do both and luckily right on my doorstep in Old Amersham. Having not spent much time in Season's before, I found myself in there a couple of times this summer with the two gorgeous girls pictured above, Vicks & Olivia.

Why is it my favourite?
Although I am more frequent diner at restaurants like Prezzo and Pizza Express, where I can use a cheeky voucher or some ancient clubcard points found at the bottom of a pile of post, it's always nice to pop in somewhere small and local and a bit different from time to time.

My favourite picks from the menu?
For a main I'd definitely choose the breakfast burrito which is the perfect combination of avocado, scrambled egg, spinach, chorizo and sweet chilli, then I'd top that off with a slab of the perfectly moist carrot cake if I could possibly fit it all in!

Next time I go home I'll be sure to pop in to Season's and maybe choose one of my other favourites; Eggs Benedict with a large latte to get me going on a Sunday morning.

30 Photos | Day 6: Drink

Toffee Latte | Oxford | 06.11.2015 |

I admit it, I love the speciality Christmas drinks that come around every year, reluctant as I am to buy into such a money making marketing ploy. This year I have found a way around spending almost £4 on a Christmassy coffee...McDonald's!

I know what you're thinking, there is nothing classy or cool about carrying around a 'McCafe' cup normally, but this little penguin is as happy to be in my hand as I am to carry him. Although Starbucks have a heavenly Honey & Almond Hot Chocolate this year and Costa have brought back their Gingerbread Latte, this Toffee Nut Latte from McDonald's for just £2.19 for a regular is honestly just as good, and around 40% cheaper too!

My perfect winter comfort for walking home from the studio in the evening!

30 Photos | Day 3: Cozy Place

Home | Chesham Bois | 03.10.2015 |

Is there any place better than home? I think we all know the answer to that one, and no more so than on a chilly autumn evening, when it is finally acceptable to light the fire for the first time since last winter.

So here it is, my cozy place! Just picture me tucked up on the sofa with a cuppa in one hand and a cat on my lap, in front of the roaring wood burning fire and it feels like winter already.