Walsingham House

Hey guys!

Today's post is a little different to my previous ones.

The weekend of Friday 20th- Sunday 22nd I went to Canvey Island, Essex. It was for a Catholic retreat, to prepare me for my confirmation. I'm a Catholic, so as a teenager, we make our confirmation. Confirmation is when you take your faith into your own hands and you confirm your faith and promises you parents made at baptism.

I thought the trip was going to be sitting round a campfire singing kum-by-ah, and being all holy with lots of priests and nuns. However, it was the total opposite. The staff ranged from 18-23 and they were all extremely friendly.

I am not going to go into detail about my trip because it may bore a lot of you. However, the activities were all team building and building relationships with God and your team members. I haven't come out of the retreat singing and praising the Lord, because I know and have learnt that is not what you have to do to be forgiven or loved by God. You only to proclaim and promise your faith and the Lord will love, see? This is already getting cheesy!

Anyways, I had a really good experience and I recommend it to any Catholic schools or ex-Catholics who would like to renew their faith, because I have learnt a lot of new things on the retreat.


Thank you :)


Lauren x




Sorry I haven't been posting recently, it's only down to the fact of school and that summer is over :(
But I can assure you, I have lots of new posts in mind :)

Question and Answer

I asked my followers on Instagram to give me a few questions for me to answer on my blog. I also added a few bonus questions just for your entertainment :)


Costa or Starbucks?

Well, I like both but mainly Starbucks, all down to their drink 'Coffee Nut Latte' which they only serve at Christmas, so I cannot wait! But I love Costas' fruit coolers too.


Favourite makeup brand?

I don't wear makeup, so I cannot answer this question, sorry :(


Hollister or Jack Wills?

Hollister - The quality is amazing and I havn't bought anything from JW, so I don't really know what their products are like


Country you want to visit?

I want to visit LA, which is in the USA, so I want to visit a certain part of America.


One Direction or Justin Bieber?

One Direction, I prefer their music but Justin is good too.


What made you want to start a blog?

Well, I love SprinkleofGlitter and Zoella, and a few people I follow on Instagram had a blog, so I though why not!?


Why is your blog called 'Autumnal Tea'?

It's called Autumnal Tea because Autumn is my favourite season and tea is one of my favourite things, so it made sense to use two things I love and put them together!


Favourire nail polish?

Barry M for the colours, some of the varnishes are very thin though.
OPI, because all the colours are amazing and the names they come up with are so funny and always put a smile on my face :)



Thank you for reading my new blog post, I hope you all have a good day/night/evening :)


Lauren x