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Old English Company: World Stationery Day Competition.

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Whenever I walk into a shop to browse I always find myself gazing into the wonderful collection of stationery available. I just can't help myself having a look and I think wow there are some great pieces in here. I mean stationery is just one of those things that some people can't resist. Who loves stationery? Wave your notebooks in the air (I'm kidding, they're far too precious for that). So I recently came across a website called The Old English company who have so many awesome collections, stationery in particular. The stationery on their website includes notebooks, notepads, calendars, gift wrap, tape, planners and more. Photo Source: https://oldenglishprints.com/products/buy-me-pizza-a5-notebook?variant=24917008585 The company don't only sell stationery however, they have a vast collection of many other things including home-ware, prints, cards and accessories which I think are pretty cool. The thing that I love the most about these  products is

London: An unintentional weekend away.

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As some of you may know prior to February I have been to London only twice in my life. One as a stressful day trip mostly spent shopping and rushing around and the other time for a 10 mile charity ' walk out of darkness ' to raise money for suicide prevention. Both times it was nice to see somewhere different, but at the same time, incredibly exhausting. Around the beginning (ish) of February, myself and my husband had some time off before starting our new jobs. We weren't really doing much at this time and so a dear friend of ours, Vicky, suggested we finally go and see her and her flat in London for the Friday and Saturday. My husband had never been to London prior to this time and he was bricking it because the place is known to be super popular and busy and crowds really aren't anyone's cup of tea.  We arrived into London Euston around 5 and met our friend who took us on a bus trip to Elephant &Castle where she lives. This evening was spent most