The Internet has been running wild recently with plus size drama and opinions, mainly over the Simply Be advertising Debacle. If you didn’t see my thoughts, then you can catch up here. For too many years there has not been enough diversity in plus size models; all the major brands use a standard size…

In case you haven’t seen the news or Social Media, Simply Be have a new advertising campaign. Titled ‘The New Icons’ I was quite excited to see the outcome. Perhaps it would feature people I knew; bloggers, influencers, customers and Instagram stars. So it was with bated breath that I opened up the link…

If like me, payday is a few weeks away then the lure of all the pretty things online is a bit of a killer. Add that to a self imposed shopping ban and you have one sad Tanya! Over the next couple of months I have some pretty important AND expensive events coming up.…

In less than a week it is the Inaugural StyleXL Awards in Birmingham. Arranged by the wonderful Leah Shafik, the awards were arranged to celebrate plus size achievements in the UK. Now, unlike other awards, this ceremony isn’t being held in an expensive venue, with tickets costing a small fortune. In fact, nominees don’t…

A few weeks ago you may have read an post I did about going to my friends Hen Night. Corinne, an old colleague of ours had a fabulous meal at a local Chinese buffet and we all had a whale of a time (see post here) Now we have also been invited to her…