33 Happy Days….
Just a little catch up with my #100happydays. I’m a third of the way in now, 33 happy days and counting. Hovering over the pictures should show you the caption. What’s made you happy over the last month?
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Hi Tech Fitness
Back in January I was lucky enough to be able to go to CES in Las Vegas and while I was there I made a much briefer than I would have liked tour to the fitness section to look at some of the fitness tech available, so I thought I’d share some of what I
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Retro Chick and the £12 Dress
One way of getting over some dissatisfaction with your wardrobe is to buy more stuff. There are cheaper ways, but while doing very important research for We Want All the Dresses (read: Window shopping for frocks) I found one on BooHoo.com that was cheap enough to suit my current meagre budget, and I thought it
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Happy Valentines Day!
Whether you’re single, coupled up or “it’s complicated”, rest assured that *I* love you and have collected some vintage valentines to prove it! Make the most of the special offers on fizzy wine and chocolates, and avoid the over priced roses and it’ll be fine.
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Buckle Up….
I need new shoes. Don’t get me wrong, I have LOADS of shoes, but very many of them are the sort you can’t actually walk in, and the ones I can walk in I have worn very nearly to death. So, I have been fantasy shopping for shoes. Sort of sensible shoes, ones with mid
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Outfit Post: Something to Celebrate
Welcome to another week. The weather is pretty grotty, so at this time of year I grab any excuse to celebrate and cling onto it for dear life, and it just so happened that this weekend another opportunity presented itself. On Saturday lunch time I had my Sign Off sessions for Level 2 Roller Derby
Roller Derby
Roller Derby – Level 2 Sign Offs
At the Norfolk Brawds our coaching is split into 4 levels, we work our way up towards being signed off on all the minimum skills set down by the WFTDA, the sports governing body, with a sign off session to assess our progress every 6 weeks. I passed Level 1 back at the end of
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Retro Chick Reviews: No 7 Beautiful Skin Hot Cloth Cleanser
I’ve been using a variation on a hot cloth cleansing method for many years now. I started using cold cream and a flannel, then just under a year ago I went away without my wash bag and tried Soap & Glory Fab Pore Hot Cloth Cleanser, and I sort of fell in love with it.
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Matalan Activewear – The Verdict
When I started running in 2012 I went out in an old t shirt, a nike crop top style sports bra I’d had for over 10 years and a pair of my husbands pyjama bottoms. Oh yes. When they were no longer cutting it (the pyjama bottoms fell down as I ran) I moved on