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 café that has opened up locally called “The Eccentric Englishman” Located in what used to be the original ‘weights and measures’ building, which…

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…

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…

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…

Having a social media presence means that I get a *lot* of messages from people. Now, don’t get me wrong, not all are bad. Indeed, there are lovely messages of support and compliments. People wanting to know where a certain outfit is from. Asking for advice regarding plus size bodies and confidence. All are…