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The countdown begins (100 days)

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It feels like forever we've been planning this trip, it's probably been about four years. We always said that when we graduate we needed to take a trip away and where better than the happiest place on earth, it's almost unbelievable that we will soon embark on this trip to remember. In just over 100 days we will get on a plane and meet up in Florida to step foot in the happiest place on earth and to say 100 days can't go fast enough is an understatement (although the money crunch does also set in). Along with sharing our excitement I thought we could also share some tips and tricks we've picked up on booking a dream disney vacation. We put in a lot of research into how to book, the best time to go, the best discounts, Disney on a budget, if there was a video we watched it, if there was a blog post we read it. And while we would have loved to go all out, stay somewhere like the Animal Kingdom Lodge and have a view of the animals from our balcony we knew we would ...

Expecto Patronum (A Harry Potter memory)

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I can’t believe that it’s been 20 years of Harry Potter. It’s honestly such a crazy thought. It’s been more than 20 years since a generation of great witches and wizards were introduced to a series. I feel like someone has obliviated the first real memories of how I got into this series, but it’s been a part of my life for quite some time. The first book I remember reading was The Half Blood Prince, which is quite strange if you think about it. I barely remember if it made sense to me. I was about 9 or 10 at that point. I must have liked it because when my mum bought The Deathly Hallows I read it. Unfortunately, someone was a snitch and spoiled the end of the series for me. I was casually eavesdropping on someone’s conversation while we were waiting in line at school. I was a little bit upset (I think it’s one of those pivotal spoiler moments which I still remember). But that was it, though. This is what I remember from my first real introduction to Harry Potter. I do...