November 27, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

So That Was Summer

Ah, September. Here you are again. Although I know there are definitely some warmer days still to come, in September there’s no denying that the end of Summer is, well basically it’s here, what we’re having now is warm early Autumn. I’ve had a lovely Summer this year, I thought the weather was pretty good,

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Fitness & Health Running

#RunNorwich 2015

Earlier this year stories started to appear about a City Centre road race in Norwich, so I signed up to their information emails and watched with interest. This is without doubt one of the most hyped races I have ever entered, and also one of the most expensive. I balked a little at the price

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Meet The Pinkertons

I do love a good detective drama. Not the sort with grizzly murders and serial killers and nastiness, but the nice, gentle, personality focused sort. Regular readers will know of my mild obsession with Poirot, and a recent Netflix discovery was Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries. I have a tendency to binge watch stuff and I

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Fashion & Beauty

A New Frock for The Last Days of Summer

Ah, I do love a late Summer sale. Everyone’s always way too ready to give up on Summer in late August and I often grab some great bargains that I get a few wears out of into September with cardigans and coloured tights. I have Wendy on my Facebook page to thank for this particular

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Fitness & Health

Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide Review

Well, this post has been a long time coming. In fact it dates back to February when I was first offered a chance to try out Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide Program. Kayla is an Australian trainer with a gazillion devoted instagram and Facebook followers of her 12 week downloadable nutrition and workout guides. I’d

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Fashion & Beauty

5 Things I Can't Wear

So, today lets talk about some of the clothes that I CAN’T wear. I mean “can’t” might be a very strong word. On this list there are clothes that maybe I physically can’t wear because I can’t get into them, but many of them are things that with 20 odd years of fashion experimentation behind

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Fashion & Beauty

The Museum of Norwich Vintage Day

Todays post is about what I did yesterday instead of work. The Museum of Norwich at The Bridewell is somewhere I’ve been to a few times. It’s nice and central and has fascinating displays about Norwich history, including the rather amazing recreation of a Pharmacy, a wonderful display of Vintage shoes and fascinating displays on

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Fitness & Health

How I Learnt to Get My Beauty Sleep

Recently I’ve started really focusing on the importance of sleep. I used to pride myself on being a Night Owl, staying up till midnight on school nights, and hell, whenever I darn well wanted on the weekends, because I’m a grown up. Then I gradually started to realise that this particular grown up actually needs

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Fashion & Beauty

Autumn in August

So far this year I’ve had a pretty amazing Summer. While I listen to my friends complain about their shocking weather and flash floods, I’ve been basking in almost constant sunshine since June. On occasions I’ve even left Norwich on days when it was rainy and nasty, headed off to places that just days previously

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