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This year has been a super busy year for me and the blog, and it’s been a pretty amazing one with lots of big events, fun and laughter with friends, and memories to last a lifetime. It’s been wonderful sharing everything with you all, from balls to parties to my graduation and roadtrip through America. With 188 posts from 2012, it’s difficult to choose which ones to include in this, so I think I’ll include the event and travel ones, as they’re the most exciting 🙂
January
The year started with Lotte’s epic NYE party. We saw in 2012 with fabulous friends, lots of alcohol, and a cheeky kiss from Francis Boulle. I then changed the blog around a bit with a new layout as procrastination from Uni essays and my dissertation.
January ended with Australia day at ROSL and Galvin at Windows, and Burns Night at Inner Temple, I also began my journey to make Dylan famous to win a place on the Saatchi and Saatchi graduate scheme.
February
February was a busy month filming our horror film for Uni, so not many events took place this month. However, the beginning of February was the first time I went to the beautiful
Ritz Club, and a certain ‘relationship’ blossomed shortly after (he says it was a relationship, I don’t). I also got through to the next round of the Saatchi and Saatchi ‘competition’. We also had our very first visit to
Public nightclub in Feb!
March
March was a super busy month! It was the month my horror film and
dissertation were both due in – I had a bit of a mini breakdown about this, haha. It was also
my Best Friend’s Wedding, and I went to the amazing
Ramin Karimloo gig. A couple of friends and I also had a great night out at
Mahiki in Mayfair!
April
April was my
21st Birthday! I had a joint champagne&cake party with Arabella at the RAC, it was all very civilized. It was also the month I started working properly with the blog and actually put in the GFC widget so people could follow me. I also held my first blog giveaway to celebrate my birthday! I think the highlight of the month (aside from my birthday), was discovering the amazing
Archer Street Bar in Soho! It has become a firm favourite with us all!
April was also the month I got my
Lumix GF3 Camera, which meant I could finally take decent pictures when out and about! I tested it out at
Sake No Hana bar with some friends. It’s become my favourite camera, and I even prefer it to my DSLR! It’s just so light to carry around yet takes amazing photos, the depth of field is amazing, and it’s pretty cheap compared to the cost of a DSLR. It’s the perfect camera for blogging really.
May
May was the month
Summer arrived! Sunbathing in the garden with Dylan, countless
BBQ’s with friends, ice cream, and the excitement for the upcoming Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and the
Jubilee Dinner! This was also the month I did my very first
restaurant review on the blog – I eat out a lot, so figured I may as well start telling you all about it, and it was my very last day of
University.
June
July
August
August like June was another busy month! It started with Amy’s Birthday at
Adventure Bar, then it was Ursula’s birthday at
Great Fosters. I finally got to see the
Olympics –
the Canoe Sprint, where I saw Ed McKeever take Gold! I held my second blog giveaway this month, and started getting contacted my PR companies and being offered chances to review things.
I also appeared in
Tatler this month, after attending Lotte’s
James Bond party, and towards the end of August was Rhidians
birthday bash of debauchery. I moved out of my Uni house after living there for two years, and attended Notting Hill carnival for the first time ever. I also ended things with M after
dating him since February, it was all a bit of a not serious/maybe serious/not serious/maybe serious/not serious/complicated fling, but we’re still friends and see each other every so often.
September
October
November
November was quieter still, with work really busy in the run-up to Christmas. I discovered
Brompton, and partied hard there for a few weeks, and I also attended my very first
Bloggers ‘event’ at the Builders Arms in Chelsea. I also finally saw
Swan Lake at the Royal
Opera House, after years of wanting to! It was also my best friend Emma’s birthday, where we did a bit of
karaoke at her Uni place, and then of course there was bonfire night too.
December
December I was struck down with Norovirus, so was out of action for a couple of weeks! I also
escaped to the country for a weekend of rest and relxation, before heading back to the big smoke for
Karaoke, the
Christmas Ball, and
afternoon tea. Then of course there was Christmas with the family, which was absolutely lovely!
So that’s it! My yearly round-up! It’s been an incredible year full of amazing memories, and I can’t wait to make 2013 even better, and of course share it with you all 🙂 Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to get to work and then try and get home and up to London in time for a NYE party!
Happy New Year!
Catherine Lux
Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of Content Marketing at Amazon by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.
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What a great round up that was! As a new reader to your blog, it has been great to see all the highlights of your year 🙂 Hope 2013 will be just as fab for you!
Thanks lovely 🙂 It was a pretty amazing year!
Happy New Year to you and I hope 2013 is a wonderful one!
C x
wow, looks like you've had a really amazing year! Looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings 🙂