I'm a city girl. I've always lived smack in the middle of the city, or just right outside and never more than five minutes away from the busiest area. But boy, am I glad to be nowhere near the hubbub for once. I'm taking a break from the neon lights and escaping to the quiet village parts of Belgium. 

It's almost cliche to start this post with the photo that I have attached, but allow me that freedom for a post. November has never been a standout month for me, it'd have it's moments but it would never be as routinely stressful as Junes, or as eventful as Julys, or as stressful as Octobers. Novembers were always that quiet month when life would be transitioning from one phase to another - quietly and gradually, just like the change of the seasons. 

If there's one thing I really don't like, it's sounding like a broken record. I hate sounding repetitive to a point where I've been known to type up a paragraph-length text to paraphrase "are you feeling better?" The same goes to the products I feature on the blog - I'll be typing up a post and then head-desking at how much like a merry-go-round I sound flashing the same bits and bobs all the time. So to bring the ride to a halt, I'm gathering all those gems here and then I'll try and stop muttering about them every other post.