Losing mum to cancer has had a strange effect on us all. While in the most part it's been bloody shit it has also brought out a positive, determined side in us. A can we do more?... Can we help? ...Can we raise awareness? Having experienced first hand the scale of this awful disease, the … Continue reading Charity begins at home … Would you shop at a Charity Shop?
Somethings bugging me and I need to get it off my chest ...while I adore Christmas I don't like the way its heading. Each year it feels less and less like Christmas and this worries and saddens me. Lets think about it for a minute... Christmas trees, baubles and the like start popping up in shops as early as chuffing October; a … Continue reading The Yes’s and No’s of Christmas …
One of the main reasons Liz and I started the blog was to showcase that woman over 40 didn't become frumpy over night. The way some people carried on (mainly my male work colleagues) it was as though you were 39 one minute and the next you were 40. It was a case of "oh you poor thing, life … Continue reading Etsy Made Local …
"Christmas ... that magical blanket that wraps itself about us, that something that so intangible it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas maybe a day of feasting, or of prayer, but it will always be a day of remembrance ... a day in which we think of everything we … Continue reading Christmas Jumper Inspo…
I thought I'd do something a bit different today...you'll have to let me know whether you like these kind of posts or not? Christmas is only a stones throw away , its also party season and boy do I like to party. Don't we all ! It's also my birthday month . I'm 46 this year … Continue reading The Little Black Dress …
Its around this time of year that people start to ask me to compile my Christmas list. I'm by no means a saint (far from it) but I always tell them that I'm not bothered; to buy me whatever and to not spend a fortune? When I was a kid I would spend hours upon hours dribbling over toys from Kays … Continue reading The Alternative Christmas List…(I’m really not after the Miss World title)
When I was a little girl, Christmas had a certain smell to it. You know when you step off the plane in hot places and it's smells of sunshine mixed with sun oil. That. Christmas at home smelt of my grandad's pipe mixed with the smell of home-made mince pie's, mum's perfume and Turkey ( which she … Continue reading Merry Christmas …past and present
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