My 2020 Low-Buy Year – why I’m doing it and what are my rules
As I already mentioned in my YouTube video which I’ll link below, this year I decided to do a Low-Buy year. Here’s why I’m doing this and...
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marielsacco
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
Gratitude and growth
I'm sitting up on my bed in a Venetian palazzo, writing this at 05:30am. Waking up early is a habit I can't seem to shake off, not even...
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marielsacco
- Oct 2, 2019
- 4 min
Making my 40th count
Whether I like it or not, in a month's time I turn 40. Yes, that's the big 4-0. It was an age which until recently was frowned upon,...
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marielsacco
- Aug 28, 2019
- 5 min
On travelling solo
About 15 or so years ago, I travelled alone for the first time. To be fair, it was a work-related trip and once I landed in my...
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marielsacco
- Jul 16, 2019
- 4 min
Downsizing to upscale my life
As many of you already know from my incessant posts on Instagram, I am in the process of moving to a new apartment. The move had long...
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marielsacco
- Jun 5, 2019
- 3 min
Falling for Gucci ... again
I had written a while ago how, after having gone all Gucci gang round 2016, I had somehow fallen a bit out of love with the storied...
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marielsacco
- May 30, 2019
- 1 min
Photo diary: Art, flowers and some shopping in London
Personally, I find that London takes my breath away every time I visit it - not in the same way Paris does, of course. The recurrent...
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marielsacco
- May 19, 2019
- 2 min
No rain, no flowers ...
As far as inspirational quotes go, this must be one of my favourites ever. I love how, in what I could possibly call the sweetest, yet...
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marielsacco
- May 15, 2019
- 1 min
Photo diary: Spring in Paris
This was not the first spring time trip to Paris, nor was it the first trip to Paris you've seen on this blog! Heck, I've already been...
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marielsacco
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Photo diary: Chasing bluebells in Hallerbos
It's just about the start of bluebell season here in Belgium and the one place which everyone flocks towards to see these tiny periwinkle...
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marielsacco
- Apr 14, 2019
- 3 min
Travel capsule wardrobe
I can't ever imagine myself living out of a capsule wardrobe on a daily basis but oddly enough, I've been adopting the capsule approach...
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marielsacco
- Apr 7, 2019
- 1 min
Photo diary: Keukenhof 2019
If you're not into flowers or selfies, look away now. If you like either of them, read on but please be aware that there will be plenty -...
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marielsacco
- Mar 28, 2019
- 2 min
Three years on ...
It was the 28 March 2016 when I landed in Brussels to start a new life. I knew more or less what I was in for in terms of work - it was...
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marielsacco
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
Bossing it in beige
Lately I've started feeling like I'm always dressed in the same four or five items and sometimes I worry if my Instagram outfit stories...
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marielsacco
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min
Photo diary: Dior-themed day
I've just retuned for a couple of days in London where I treated myself to a Dior-themed day. It so happened that it was also the 8th of...
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marielsacco
- Mar 3, 2019
- 3 min
What I learnt about myself after 28 days of no shopping …
As you may already know by now, I decided to spend the month of February without any shopping – of course I did get groceries and the...
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marielsacco
- Feb 26, 2019
- 1 min
Photo diary: Early spring in Brussels
While my motherland was battling the most apocalyptic of storms a few days ago, here in supposedly grey and rainy Brussels, we found...
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marielsacco
- Feb 10, 2019
- 4 min
My personal Valentine ...
In the words of Mother Ru … “If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love anybody else – can I get an Amen up in here?” No...
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marielsacco
- Feb 3, 2019
- 1 min
Finding your freedom
Sometimes, you just find yourself free. You can't really put the feeling in words - it's a sensation of liberation, serenity,...
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marielsacco
- Feb 1, 2019
- 3 min
The 28-day No Shopping Challenge
“You can find something to buy even on a desert island” I don’t know who it was or when it happened exactly, but these words were said to...
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