Northampton! Not quite as exciting as the lyrics of the Sting song ‘An Englishman in New York’ but this particular Englishman was pretty spectacular. I am talking about a relatively new cafĂ© that has opened up locally called “The Eccentric Englishman” Located in what used to be the original ‘weights and measures’ building, which…
Continue readingFarewell Miss L Fire
For many of you vintage aficionados you will have been as dismayed as I when I received the email to say that Miss L Fire were closing down. Having been a lover (and wearer) of their shoes, it was a bit of a shock, given that they were one of the first vintage reproduction…
Continue readingSponsorship Success!
Given that I have been posting all over the place, most of you will know about my sponsored swim for a local colleague who is unfortunately struggling with incurable bone cancer. If you have somehow missed my post, you can catch up with it here Well, my four weeks are now up and I…
Continue readingSwimmingly Good with Shein
As many of you know, I do a lot of work with Shein. They have kindly sent me many different outfits over the 18 months or so, including swimwear, pyjamas, dresses, capes and more. The lovely Jessy emailed me again a few weeks ago and asked me to pick four items of my absolute…
Continue readingPottering Around with Harry
*****SPOILER ALERT AT HARRY POTTER STUDIOS***** Most of my readers are well aware of my adventures with the brilliant Boo Brown of “Does My Blog Make Me Look Fat?” We have dined, theatre’d, travelled, modelled, partied, Disney’d and more. One of our most favourite places to go is the WB Harry Potter Studios down…
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