The hubby was very lucky to get an extra special present for his 50th birthday this year, a VIP experience at Chessington Zoo, where he was going to be a Carnivore Keeper for the day! He is animal mad. Sometimes we think he is Dr Doolittle as he just loves all animals, animal programs,…

A few weeks ago I had the lovely Dawn Panter invite me to an event which seemed right up our street! The Leicester Vintage Carnival was being held at Leicester Racecourse and she had tickets and wondered if I would be interested in attending with her. For those regular readers, you may know I…

Last week I had a lovely email from Rosie at Yours Clothing letting me know they had just launched a new range of clothing from the wonderful Lady Voluptuous. Knowing that the style was right up my street, she kindly offered to send me one of the new dresses to review. Going onto the…

For several years now my daughters have been buying clothes from a high street retailer, Quiz. They usually have a great standard size selection with everything from Playsuits to Occasionwear, all suited for the, in my opinion, younger person. Obviously being old (according to my children) and plus size, I never thought that I would…

In previous posts, I have talked a lot about how my style has changed over the past 2.5 years. In the most welcome of ways, I think. In the past, I had no body confidence, and disliked my size intensely, but was not willing to do anything about it. Or when I did do something…