What qualifies as a Festive Failure? The turkey going dry? Forgetting the Brandy Butter? Missing sending a Christmas card to Great Great Auntie (thrice removed) Gertrude? No, for me it is failing to communicate with the people that mean such a lot to me. My family, friends and readers. I am not writing this…

This Christmas , Work was slightly different. We had a new boss who was a lot more amenable to changes. Being the supervisor of 18 people I asked if it was possible to have a dress down/up day for charity. To my surprise he not only agreed but said we could do it over…

Growing up I often felt like a foundling. Someone who was deposited under the gooseberry bush by a Stork, But why did I feel like this? What made me feel so different to my family? Well, on previous blogs I have mentioned that my family are affected by a genetic illness called Fragile X.…

So, I have a lot of friends on Facebook. Some I have met in person, others I only know through the cyberworld. One of these is the amazing Michelle Carroll of Sink or Swim Bowtique. A lovely vintage lady who makes the most amazing skirts, dresses and headwear. I had previously purchased some hair…

Many of you will remember a post or two I did last year in collaboration with a great spectacle company, Retropeepers. I tried out their Betty glasses in graduated green firstly. Then I was sent the sparkling red glitter Zsa Zsa glasses which I absolutely adored. I loved the fact that the glasses were…