The Birthday Post | Lifestyle

That's right, another year rapidly passes us by which means I must get another year older...woe is me. It was my birthday last Sunday so I just thought I would share with you what I got up to and give you some understanding about how I handle my birthdays. 

I have to be honest, I'm not really a fan of celebrating my birthday not for any real morbid reason but just because I don't really like all the attention being on me. I hate people creating a fuss around me, I'd rather just act like it's another normal day. I think if you are like me the best thing is to do loads of low key things. I did actually go out for dinner with a couple of work pals but it was casual it didn't feel like we were just going out for my birthday if you know what I mean. I went out for drink with different groups of friends and stuff, I just prefer things to be casual.

I'm not the type of person who gets a lot of gifts because most of the time, I just buy what I want anyway so my parents always struggle with what to get me so this year they are paying to have my car MOT'd which I am incredibly grateful for because the poor little thing hasn't been driven in a while. However I also treated myself to some new running trainers, as you know I'm very active so it's nice to buy myself something that I actually need. I'll pop them in a different post. My wonderful friend Vernia also sent me a little birthday parcel in the post! I think that food and treats are always really nice to receive, my wonderful work pals bought me a delicious cheesecake from the English Cheesecake Company - it was amazing!!! The thing that I loved was that the cake came with the wrong message on it it should have read "Happy Birthday Tones" (Tones is a nickname for Toni) but read "For the record, I love you" I mean, could you imagine who got my message? I can imagine that the person who received it would be rather confused that their partner sent them a cake with a random person's name on it!

Even though I don't really like to go over the top and celebrate I do have a little birthday tradition that I do every year and it's simply to buy and eat Ladurée Macarons, I love them. I walk past the shop every day on my way to work and I adore it's chic French look and these little maracons are just delicious. This year I treated myself to 8 little gems and I ate them all on my birthday and why not. 

Do you have any low key birthday traditions?

Honeypot Blogs 1st Birthday

That's correct, my little Honeypot Blogs is a year old!!

Firstly, I'm incredibly surprised that I have managed to last a year, I have started blogs in the past and I struggle to get past the first couple of months. I just struggled to find a specific interest that I could write about. 

When I started this blog I really wanted to throw myself into it, I made sure I had a different Twitter account and a different Instagram account. I also wanted to keep it somewhat secret from people I actually knew, I just didn't want the criticism. It actually took my work pals, who also have blogs, months to find me so that was interesting to know people I actually knew would be looking at my blog (pressure). What I didn't realise was how much it would properly become a hobby and become a massive part of my life. I don't even use my own personal twitter and instagram accounts anymore, I don't have a need for them. But as this year has gone on I'm becoming less secretive about it and starting to share my blog more and talk about it more. 

Blogging also awakened my love for beauty, even if they are just reviews, I actually enjoy writing about products. I even wrote a post about how blogging has inspired me, how it almost sparked that passion for writing again and that's something I never thought it would do if I'm honest. I never started this blog to make money or to get freebies, I just wanted to write. I don't think I would want this to be my career, I don't I stand out enough but you know I'm just loving writing again. 

I quite quickly fell into a routine with how many times I post and what I write about and to be honest I think that's what's kept my interest. I like a routine, I work really well with a routine, whether it be the gym or work or what I eat, I like to have a structure and blogging just kind of fit into a little gap in my life and it works. 

My blog is still tiny and I probably only have about 3 people who actually read it but you know what I'm ok with that. It'll be exciting to see how my blog changes over the next year. 

However, I still don't think I'm ready to fully put my face on my blog.

The Birthday Post

Some of you may or may not know but last weekend was my birthday, no I'm not gonna say how old I am, but I am still definitely twenty something!

I just wanted to share with you how utterly amazing my friends and family are. I never really celebrate my birthday, I hate the attention being on me but my work colleague made me feel so incredibly special and I can't even begin to explain how amazing they are. They spread my birthday out over the entire week with loads of little surprises.

A very foodie indulgent birthday indeed. 

Also, my parents bought my blog domain as you can see which is pretty damn special. 

Tell me how you like to celebrate your birthday?