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

A Traditional British Picnic

Seriously, you can’t trust the British Summer for a second. On Saturday the weather was glorious. We went out for Cocktails and had a lovely day, so on Sunday planned to go out for a picnic. Barbour have sent me an amazing limited edition picnic rug. There are only 250 IN THE WORLD, and I

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Fashion & Beauty

Skin By Nair

Experimenting with various ways of removing hair was like a rite of passage when I was growing up. I’ve used razors, creams that stank and made my eyes sting, cold wax strips, some weird glove, like sandpaper, that you were supposed to rub your legs with and even bought an epilator which I used for

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Fitness & Health

#Juneathon Day 25 – The Smell of Failure

Well yeah, I know it’s not really failure, I can’t help being injured, but why is it always so hard to take a break? After last Friday’s repeat episode of my back seizing up and my insistence on still running the Nike 10k a couple of days later I finally decided to take the advice

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Food & Drink

Lunch at Brasserie Zedel

Yesterday I finally went back for lunch at Brasserie Zedel. Last time I went for cocktails I promised that I would return better dressed and with my proper camera to get some lovely photos of the place. So, obviously, all the photos on this post are taken on my iPhone as I forgot to pick

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Running

#Juneathon Day 21 – #WeRunLondon (and Day 22)

Well, I know this one is technically a day late, but yesterday was a long, long day and I figured it wouldn’t hurt to combine 2 days into one! After being sensible Gem on Saturday and resting my back a little, I headed off to London to spend the night in advance of taking part

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Fitness & Health

#Juneathon Day 20 – Sensible Gem

Being sensible sucks. After being pummelled yesterday my back is much looser, but still very stiff. I did 20 minutes of Yoga this morning, and then spent the next 2 hours trying to decide whether I was fit to do Roller Derby practice today. Ultimately seeing as I can’t tie my shoelaces without help, I

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Fitness & Health

#Juneathon Day 19 – Sports Massage Mk II

Even I’M bored of reading my posts this Juneathon. Although daily Yoga is technically exercise, and therefore technically counts, well, it’s not very interesting is it? Hello, I did some Yoga, here’s a picture of my feet. Well, today I did do some Yoga, I felt pretty awesome this morning. Then I sat down to

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Fashion & Beauty

Giving a Dress It's Last Hurrah

Earlier this week I was attempting to clear out my wardrobe. I’m not very good at it, but lurking at the back I found a dress I’ve never worn, and posted an Instagram snap. I spent a pretty large amount of money (for me) on this 1940s dress from an Etsy seller a few years

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