Back in March of 2020 I went to the Opticians as I was struggling with my contact lenses, which I wear for long distance. I was finding that the print of my laptop and mobile phone just wasn’t crisp and clear which meant that my up till then perfect close vision was on the…

In the 21 years I have lived in my current house, my bedroom has been decorated only three times. Whilst I have altered the furniture, curtains and duvets, the wall colours have pretty much stayed the same. In fact, the first decoration was actually not mine, but the children’s. We moved in when they…

Over the past few years I have been lucky enough to purchase a few things from ‘Peacock Pretties‘. Emma has made me hair accessories with deer, nutcrackers, candy canes and even carousel horses and I have loved every single one (and worn them with pride). So when she put out an Instagram post asking…

This is a slight change to the normal content that I write. You might even notice that there are not as many photographs in this blog either. I didn’t think it very appropriate to show drunken photos of me when I am talking about alcoholism. I admit that I ummed and aaahed about writing…

A couple of weeks ago I got a package in the mail. Now this is not unusual. With the items I get sent to review, plus sneaky little purchases PLUS two twenty-something daughters, there are packages arriving at least 3-4 times a week. But this was different. I wasn’t expecting anything and neither were…