A very British parcel

A few months back I was emailed about the Us and Aus campaign, where I'd be paired with a blogger in the UK and we could send each other a parcel full of gifts. We were given a budget and told we'd be paired with a blogger at random and then would have a few weeks to shop and send the gifts. Now, there's a lot of UK bloggers so imagine my surprise when I was told I was paired with Catherine. I sent her a little list of things I missed from home and a few weeks later (thanks for the speedy service Aus post) my parcel arrived...

I lasted a whole ten seconds from finding the parcel to sprawling the contents across my bed. 

Inside I found a gorgeous piece of wrapping paper (used as a background) which I'm going to frame for our guest room,  some postcards, a key ring, some chocolate and some Cath Kidston goodies.

If you've not tried Oreo dairy milk or Charbonnel & Walker Champagne truffles before you've not lived. I am a major chocoholic but Cadbury's out here just isn't the same, and we can't get galaxy. 

I used to buy myself the truffles when I was celebrating something...you know like passing an exam, getting a new job, a birthday, fridays...

The two lifestyle brands I miss most from the UK are Cath Kidston & Jack Wills so I was really happy to unwrap these gifts. The makeup bag is the perfect size for when I go away to work. Lux also bought this gorgeous little business card holder, which is so much more practical than having them laying in the bottle of my handbag amongst the receipts like they did before.

I'm so happy I was involved in the campaign & it was such a great opportunity to send a friend something awesome in the mail (check out what I sent Catherine). Make sure you check out the Aus Travel Us and Aus map  which compares UK cities with their Australian counterparts.

What would your ideal gift from abroad be?

xo

This post has been written in collaboration with Aus travel, all views are my own.