I might not mention my husband very often on my blog, but he really does exist. He is a very hard working man who has been an amazing father to Baby Bear and Little Chick and so we decided last Christmas to do something a bit special for him. He has been a huge…
Continue readingHooray for Hollywood….
My regular readers will know that I have mentioned the “40’s and 50’s Most Marvellous Meet-Ups” group that I am part of on Facebook. This amazing vintage loving group organise days out, shopping trips, meals out, and even a Winter Ball, all for like-minded vintage loving people. Last winter I went up to Manchester…
Continue readingSilly Old Sea-Mermaids
Now as regular readers of my blog know, I have been talking about a Mermaid dress that I had ordered from Silly Old Sea Dog. I saw it at LondonEdge and fell in love. Speaking with the lovely Alison, she explained that she was just about to start working with a new factory but…
Continue readingCaught by the River Thames
Tuesday 2nd August saw me on the Fuller’s Brewery Facebook page as I wanted to let them know about a review of one of their pubs that I done. Whilst there however, I saw a competition to win a pair of tickets to the “Caught by the River Thames” festival taking place on the…
Continue readingThe Griffin is Great!!
Once a month I try to get together with one of my old work colleagues, H. We currently work in different parts of the county, but for 8 years worked in the same office. Each month we like to try a new place to eat. Sometimes it can be casual (well as casual as…
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