Hello everyone The beauty business – it’s a strange one. Think how it’s changed over the years. It used to be ‘let’s go down Boots’, after a frothy coffee in that new-fangled coffee bar. And once in Boots, the Chemist, you’d get a Helena Rubenstein lipstick or maybe Elizabeth Arden
I used to wear a lot of black clothes and still have two pairs of black jeans and that faux black leather jacket – that’s OK I think. But I have changed my attitude to wearing bright colours, and then again with my hair being au naturel with a white
Hello everyone I’m back and busily working my way through piles of washing and loads of emails. We had a wonderful time catching up with friends who live in France; one for 30 years and the others 15 years. We flew to Toulouse and stayed with Chris who, 45 years
Hello everyone We’re taking a short break in France (Toulouse and Lot valley) and I’m packing today. I’ve got my clothes ready but it’s the hat I’m dithering about. Which one to take, as the weather in France could vary between wet, dry, warm and cold. So should it be:
A couple of weeks ago I bought a top in the Martlets Hospice charity shop in Lewes. My word, it’s a keeper. I’ve worn it and worn it. Here it is. It’s a Boden top and cost £5.99 – that’s about right for Lewes. I’m wearing the top over a
I think there’s been something about blue Monday? Apparently this so-called blue day was Monday, January 21st. Some psychologist invented the term after coming up with a formula for the most depressing day of the year when people feel depressed and at their lowest ebb. Really? Look, life is tough
Hello everyone First of all – here’s wishing you all the very best for 2019! Well, the new year is here so have you made any New Year resolutions? Actually I haven’t, because I think I’m done with those as I often make some vague (albeit sincere) promises at the
I expect you’re very busy. It’s just one week to Christmas and there’s much to do. We’re hosting the Christmas lunch and there’s all the food shopping to complete and orders to be put in. Btw, I don’t do ANY baking. Not now, not any more. I used to make
Hello everyone There’s been a bit of an absence here. It was just a busy, sociable, meeting friends kind of week, plus I posted on My Other Blog. Stuff (otherwise known as Brexit) is happening, or not happening, people, so read all about it there. I went to Pilates twice
Hello A few posts back someone mentioned the small wardrobe that she had when growing up, which is what I remember having, and my mother and father having. In fact my parents shared a small wooden wardrobe, and it was only when they reached their 70s that they had something