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Every Book I Read In 2020.
On this year’s reading list… While it was a terrible year in general, it was a great year for reading material! This year was the first year I set myself an actual reading goal, although I do usually read about 30 book...
My Goals For 2021.
So this is the new year… …and I don’t feel any different! Actually, that’s a Death Cab lyric… I guess I feel a little different! Today we packed away our Christmas decorations, took down the tree and ...
Looking Back On 2020.
Well, I think it’s fair to say that the opening year of the new decade was not a success! 2020, you were unexpected, uncertain, unprecedented, unfair and unhinged. No one, literally no one, could have foreseen such a wild time a...
My Bar Cart Staples.
With New Year right around the corner (thank god, am I right?!), I thought it was high time I talked you through my beloved bar cart! Like most of us I’m sure, our plans for the evening are to sit in front of the TV with a f...
Here’s To Thirty.
Here I am, thirty years old today and feeling a mix of feelings about it! For the most part, I feel content about entering this new chapter – I have a life I could only have dreamed of a decade ago. But this year has been to...
My December Rituals.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Oh December, you are such a magical month! As soon as the 1st arrives I feel so content! I love how crazy busy I get with work and seeing friends, scheduling dinners and going ...
Salted Caramel Espresso Martinis – AD.
It’s cocktail o’clock! *This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Pact Coffee. Whereas Jordan is more of an all-year-round espresso martini drinker (I guess that goes hand in hand with being a barista!), for me it...

About Kate
Hi, I’m Kate – writer of katelavie.com! I set this blog up in late 2009 and it’s been going ever since – follow me as I share everything from my daily life, tours around my home and my favourite beauty finds…
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