Wedding cringe-fest, courtesy of Pinterest

As I have mentioned previously, I spend a fair amount of my time at the moment trawling through wedding ideas on Pinterest, hoping to find cool stuff. Mostly it's the standard, rustic, boho weddings held in a barn that dominate the Weddings section, but every so often I spot a pin that registers highly on the queasy scale. Here's a brief glimpse of the kind of ideas that typify this genre (sick bags at the ready!):

6 ways to make goodbyes less awkward

I've just about wrapped up my time at uni, and amidst packing and trying to remove mug rings from furniture before the landlord sees them, I've had to start saying goodbye to people. It's a situation that makes me feel a bit awkward, a) because it's a social occasion and b) because it's not like I'll see some of these people around - it kind of feels very final. But luckily, I've devised 6 different plans of action to deflate the awkwardness. They're basically foolproof.