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Life In My 30's
  • Image is a collage of a small selection of the many great toys that are available for Christmas 2024. Toys featured are listed underneath the image.
    2024 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    Top Toys 2024

    Hours 11 November 202411 November 2024

    Another year, another ‘Top Toys’ list. Is it just me, or are the top toy lists getting bigger? I used to work in a toy…

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  • The image you sent is a Kiehl's Advent Calendar for 2024. It's a blue and white box with a festive design, filled with 24 products from the Kiehl's brand.
    2024 | Calendar Countdown

    Kiehl’s Advent Calendar 2024

    Hours 11 November 202411 November 2024

    Kiehl’s Advent Calendar 2024 – RRP £128.00 What does the brand say about it? Kiehl’s says; “Beauty aficionados, assemble. It’s that time of the year…

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  • The image is of the Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar 2024. It's a bright yellow box that opens up to reveal a tiered structure with 24 boxes, each containing a beauty product.
    2024 | Calendar Countdown

    Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar

    Hours 6 November 20246 November 2024

    Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar – RRP £250.00 What does the brand say about it? Selfridges says; “Beauty aficionados, assemble. It’s that time of the year…

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  • The image shows the MAC 24K Holiday Advent Calendar. It is a tiered, gold-colored box with 24 numbered compartments. The calendar contains a variety of MAC makeup products, including lipsticks, lip glosses, eyeshadows, eyeliner, mascara, and a sleep mask.
    2024 | Calendar Countdown

    MAC The 2024 ‘Gift Of Gold’ Advent Calendar

    Hours 4 November 20244 November 2024

    MAC The 2024 ‘Gift Of Gold’ Advent Calendar – RRP £180.00 What does the brand say about it? MAC says; “Our limited-edition Gift of Gold…

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  • Image is of 2 pumpkins. on the left Shaggy from Scooby Doo is carved into the pumpkin. On the right Scooby Doo is carved into the pumpkin.
    2024 | Halloween

    Pumpkin Carvings 2024

    Hours 31 October 202431 October 2024
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    Here are my pumpkin carvings for 2024. I was a bit stressed about choosing a design this year. I considered doing Dorothy and her friends…

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  • Image is of the filled treat bags in a purple Halloween ghost print purple bowl.
    2024 | Halloween

    Trick or Treat Bags For Halloween 2024

    Hours 28 October 202428 October 2024
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    It’s Halloween 2024, and of course, I’ve put together some trick-or-treat bags. I started doing these when I realised just how much I was spending…

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Hannah Marie
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Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day whilst living with IBD… but this year, I found myself asking a question I never thought I would.

Do I actually still have IBD?

After 3 surgeries, having everything from the ileum down removed and now living with a stoma, my Ulcerative Colitis is no longer active. There’s nowhere left for the disease to flare in the way it once did… so where does that leave me?

Am I someone who had IBD? Or am I still someone living with it?

In today’s blog post, I wanted to explore that question because IBD is so much more than just a bowel disease. Even without active disease, I still live with the effects it left behind.

A stoma gave me my quality of life back after years of immense pain and failed treatments, but it isn’t a cure. It’s a management route with its own ups and downs.

I’d love to know if anyone else with a stoma has ever questioned where they fit within the IBD community now 💜

Link: https://hannahmariebrankley.com/world-ibd-day-2026-do-i-still-have-ibd/

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Lovely meal out last night with loved ones to cele Lovely meal out last night with loved ones to celebrate my brother and I’s birthday at @casabiancausk 🥰

Highly recommend the spaghetti carbonara! 😋

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From winter to spring 🌸 #2026 #LifeRecently From winter to spring 🌸

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Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Jeni for findin Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Jeni for finding this copy of Daybreak for me!! 😍

Day 241 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with “one last summer” vibes.

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A little manga haul, because... why not? 👀 Day 24 A little manga haul, because... why not? 👀

Day 240 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book featuring a heist.

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“If I’m honest, I have to tell you I still read fa “If I’m honest, I have to tell you I still read fairy tales, and I like them best of all.” — Audrey Hepburn ✨📚

Day 239 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book featuring a wedding.

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As we move into the autumnal months, the spooky re As we move into the autumnal months, the spooky reads are coming out... and so is the decor! 👻

Day 238 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book set on a film production.

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