Cornwall, wall art, and Alvin’s introduction

Cornwall, wall art, and Alvin’s introduction

Although payday came and went in a flurry of Direct Debits and utility bills last week I have this month not kept to my usual routine of treating myself to a little something, (or a few small little somethings) then…

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I look like a dandelion, I feel like a wrecking ball

I look like a dandelion, I feel …

I had such a busy weekend this weekend; we crammed so much in that when I woke up on Sunday I thought it was Monday already (don’t you love that feeling when you realise you have a whole extra day!)…

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De Brevitate Vitae

De Brevitate Vitae

At the weekend a ‘friend’ of mine wrote on Facebook that it summed up 90% of her Facebook friends that everyone was discussing Amy Winehouse and no-one was talking about the attacks in Norway.  She said that there is nothing…

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My bathroom, the beauty counter

My bathroom, the beauty counter

I have never purported to be a beauty blogger, but when a friend commented the other day that my bathroom was beginning to look less like a bathroom, and more like a branch of Boots, it occurred to me that…

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Like limbs in procession

Like limbs in procession

After a stressful day at work (and there have been more than a few over the last week or so), my default mode is to come home, sink into a deep bubble bath, get my PJs on and hide under…

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