November 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

Christmas Day

Well hello! How are we all today? I think a half hearted return to work seems to be in order as we all try and remember what the days are like when it’s not ok to drink alcohol at breakfast and inhale food like someone’s going to take it away. I don’t intend to challenge

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Dear Diary

Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

Whee! I love Christmas, and it starts at lunch time on Christmas Eve as far as I’m concerned. From tomorrow onwards it’s all self indulgence, soppy Christmas movies, drinking, eating and relaxation. I’m kicking off the fun with a trip to Cinema City to watch It’s a Wonderful Life on the big screen, then I

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Dear Diary

2 Christmas Parties and a Christmas Picnic

Well, it’s the long slippery slope to Christmas now! I hope all your thrifty gifts are wrapped and under the tree and you are relaxed and feeling festive. If not, then why not? Seriously, don’t stress, it’s only 1 day and enjoying the run up is half the fun! People often tell you that one

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Dear Diary

Innocent Smoothies Hat Tag for Age UK

Just a quickie today (oo-eer!) My posting schedule (how organised does that sound!) has been all thrown out by the lost days buying and recovering my laptop, but I wanted to let you know about this before it’s too late! You might have seen Innocent Smoothies adorning their bottles with cute little wooly hats. Well

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Dear Diary

Historical Saucery

Did you notice I was missing yesterday? Twitter followers definitely know why, as that’s where I like to whinge and rant, and I did mention it on Facebook too, but the reason was my laptop decided to have terminal meltdown on Friday. It didn’t matter how many times I pushed the on button, how long

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Dear Diary Vintage

The Lazy Girls Guide to Winter Dressing

Don’t you just love Summer? You leap out of bed in the morning, add a dusting of make up, sling on a pretty summer frock and wedge heel shoes and you’re out of the door looking like getting ready took you hours, not minutes. Well tough. Most of you reading live in the UK and

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Dear Diary

Au Revoir!

Not really, I’ll be back on Monday as ususal! If I’d had something interesting to schedule in advance for today you’d probably never even have noticed I was gone. I’ve been so rushed off my feet though that this is the best I can do. It’s my wedding anniversary tomorrow, and we are off to

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A Marvellous Cocktail Party….. The Return

Phew, what a weekend! Friday was the return of A Marvellous Cocktail Party at Farmer Browns in Tombland. It’s a 1930s themed cocktail party, with the focus on a bit of glamour, and some truly marvellous cocktails, properly made, strong, and cold. I was so super busy at the start of the evening that I

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Happy Halloween, and Other Stuff….

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I hope you’re all feeling suitably spooky? I’m wearing an awful lot of green eyeshadow today, to bring out my inner witchyness. Do you like my special Halloween header? Seeing as I don’t have a party to go to this year I decided Mini Chick ought to dress up for the occasion. <<Giveaway

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