January Favourites

Favourite music:
It's happened. I am a mini Belieber. I have been listening to Love Yourself on repeat. I am not as crazy about the entire album as many others, so I wouldn't call myself a fully fledged Belieber...yet.

Favourite TV show:
D (my husband) and I have been obsessed with The Returned since we started watching the first series last year. We have been watching the second series this month, and it's not quite as ground-breaking as the first, but it's still the best TV show I have ever seen.

Favourite movie:
The Revenant most definitely. I will be doing a roundup review of all the movies I watched in January, but this was definitely the standout one. If Leo doesn't win the Oscar for this, I don't know what he can do to win one.

Favourite book:
Beasts of no Nation which I reviewed on the blog here. This was a really harrowing, clever, engaging read and I would really recommend it - but with the warning that what you will read will scar you for life.

Favourite article:
Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them in the January 2016 edition of National Geographic. This was an eye-opening piece on why it is so, so important to save the vultures that are being poisoned and targeted by poachers. They are being targeted at they hover over where dead animals have been killed by poachers, alerting authorities to their whereabouts. The poachers take what they need, and leave a poison in the animal, killing the birds. Also, vultures mate for life and never kill another animal - only do the clean up job for us. What's not to love?

Favourite new recipe:
This month, I made my first ever attempt at making bread by hand. I used this BBC Good Food recipe to make rosemary and new potato foccacia. I will be doing a recipe post on the blog, so stay tuned :)

Favourite moment:
When D passed his exams that he's been working so hard on - stepping one bit closer to the new business venture he wants to set up :) Incredibly proud wife.

Most proud of this month:
Sticking with my blog, putting up regular content and joining Instagram and Twitter (both handles @sunnydayswithc - come join!)

Looking forward to in February:

Going to London to see my beautiful friend and celebrate her 30th birthday after what has been a really tough time for her.