Halloween. When I was a kid, you were lucky if you got a plastic mask or a witch hat with a few strands of rubbish coloured hair attached with which to go out on Halloween. It really wasn’t big business and back in the 1980’s you could barely buy a pumpkin in the supermarket,…

My most recent Shein reviews have consisted of a gorgeous mustard coat and a red wiggle dress which I fell in love with. If you didn’t see either of them, you can read about the coat and the dress here. My third choice for review was a beautiful floral pleated dress with a pussy-cat…

Given that I have been posting all over the place, most of you will know about my sponsored swim for a local colleague who is unfortunately struggling with incurable bone cancer. If you have somehow missed my post, you can catch up with it here Well, my four weeks are now up and I…

Having a social media presence means that I get a *lot* of messages from people. Now, don’t get me wrong, not all are bad. Indeed, there are lovely messages of support and compliments. People wanting to know where a certain outfit is from. Asking for advice regarding plus size bodies and confidence. All are…

As you may have seen I recently went out with my friend Helen to a gig in Leicester. It was billed as ‘The Festival of the Dead – Rock by Candlelight’ and the basic gist was a symphonic orchestra playing classic Rock songs from some of the most famous bands. Now whilst I was…