November 28, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

Goodbye September

Forgive me Readers, for it has been over a week since my last post. For someone who normally posts regularly 3 times a week this is unforgivable and the gnawing guilt has been at me all week. I spent most of the week dealing with huge anxiety about my impending first public Roller Derby game,

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Roller Derby

My Roller Derby Cherry Popper Bout

Big thanks to those of you that posted calming things on my last post about preparing for my first Roller Derby Bout. Naturally none of it made any difference at all, and I spent much of last week alternating between extreme calmness and total panic. A Tuesday night practice scrim went really well and was

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Fashion & Beauty

Dressing for Cocktails

There’s less than 2 weeks now to go until Norwich Cocktail Week. It’ll be the culmination of a whole years work and planning, and I know it’s going to be an amazing week, and also that I might need a liver transplant at the end of it! With 22 bars to make sure I visit

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Fashion & Beauty

Fantasy Shopping for Autumn

Ah, Autumn, I can feel it in the air. While I’m convincing myself that this is still “late Summer” autumn in unavoidably on it’s way, and with it comes jackets, tights, shoes with toes in and all those other things we conveniently forgot we needed over the Summer. So today, here are just a very

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Dear Diary Roller Derby

Preparing For My First Roller Derby Bout

It’s been a bit quiet around here in July and August, apart from a few reviews and things, and for that I apologise. Back at the beginning of July I sprained my ankle at my second Roller Derby scrim, and it’s been a long and stressful road to something that looks almost like Recovery. I

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Fashion & Beauty

A Very Foxy Bag

I appear to have unintentionally developed a thing for Foxes…. Nica are a handbag company I’ve worked with before, they gave a lovely prize to last years advent calendar giveaway, and they asked me if I wanted to pick something out from their site for myself. So I had a peek, and I saw the

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Fashion & Beauty

A Juicy Review

In my quest to fit more fruit and vegetables into my diet, fruit and vegetable juices are a good standby to add as one of your five a day. I normally rely on boxed juices, and occasionally make a smoothie, but I haven’t owned a proper juicer for years. Till now! Debenhams asked me if

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick Reviews: Style Me Vintage Accessories

Unless you’ve been in a long term coma you’ve likely come across some books from the Style Me Vintage series already. I’ve reviewed 4 of them already and today I am reviewing an advance copy of another one. Style Me Vintage: Accessories is by Naomi Thompson and Liz Tregenza and is available for pre order

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