Sunday 12th February saw the highlight of my blogging life when I won the “StyleXL Most Inspiring Blogger” award. It was totally unexpected and also came with a lovely surprise. Yours Clothing had sponsored the award and I was given a £100 voucher to spend on anything I liked. Well of course that was…

If you read my blog frequently you might have seen a post about getting a small tattoo that I had disliked for a long time covered up. I had entrusted the lovely Thor of Mad Tatters in my home town to cover my wrist up with a much larger piece – see here for…

A couple of weeks ago as I drove home, I passed a new restaurant in our town. Mu Mu is a burger restaurant with a couple of branches in our area, but I had never had a chance to visit before. Now I hadn’t seen a long time friend of mine, Jan for quite…

I can see the friends and family who know me well, reading that title and going “Eh? What?”  as although I probably look a lot older, I will only actually be 43 in July. So why am I looking forward to being 50? It isn’t so much as the being 50, but achieving certain…

So, I have a very good friend Jane, who I was lucky enough to meet through a plus size clothing swap a couple of years ago. We have been to events together, shared meals and had endless cups of tea together, and shared our woes. A few months ago Jane was sadly diagnosed with…