SaffasintheUK

September has quickly become my favourite month here in the UK. The sunshine takes on a rather pretty light as it shines through leaves that are slowly becoming translucent, ahead of the fall.   The humidity drops so quickly it’s almost like someone flipped a switch. The days are warm enough for a t-shirt and to keep the office windows open but the nights are chilly and you definitely need more than a lightweight parka.   You can feel the season changing, every day it gets a little bit cooler as we inch towards winter. Which made me think, how my perception of British weather was so massively warped before we moved over. So what is the weather like anyway?   The Brits are quite obsessed with it, talking about it all the time.  When I first arrived, I remember that one of my colleagues used to open the door (as a temp I didn't have a key fob and had to buzz for someone to open) and immediately ask "is it raining out?" before he even greeted.  I use...

We’ve had a little celebration this week – after a few months of squirrelling away a bit of money each month, we’ve had a ridiculously indulgent and extravagant shopping spree!   The end result was a brand new set of pots and pans and a super fancy toaster. Yes.   Adulting sucks. It could have been something really decadent, but here we are…looking at our shiny new pots. OMG. This is me all grown up now. But, while we were contemplating our new purchases, it brought back memories of our plans to depart SA and the decision we made to ditch just about everything we owned.   The burning question of course is, what DO you pack to take with you?   But the thing is, you can never really ditch EVERYTHING, so how do you choose what stays, gets sold, donated or repurposed…and what you take with on your journey to a new country? Well, I had spent quite a bit of time trawling through the online forums before we moved and I already had a very good idea that...