Over the last four weeks I’ve trialled some grown up skin care. Looking after my skin is one thing I’ve learnt a lot about as I’ve got older. I was never one to fall asleep with my make up on, I read far too many Women’s magazines for that, but it did take me some

Well, that must rank among the most cheerful blog titles ever. Dull, grey, and cold is, however, a very good description of the weather right now. It’s damp, occasionally rainy and the urge to put nice clothes on and take outfit photos on my way to places is not strong. This outfit is fairly typical

Writing about shopping can be very frustrating. There is absolutely no way that I could buy everything I write about. Firstly because I just don’t have the money, I’m a self employed writer, basically and unless you’re JK Rowling that’s not a job that generally involves rolling in money. Secondly, because I live in a

Happy New Year! I hope most of you are enjoying the fact that it’s a Bank Holiday today and spending one last day in your pyjamas before the return to normal life. Traditionally I start the year with a little retrospective of my year in frocks. I don’t know how long *technically* you need to

Well, it’s finally time to bring out the tights with Snowmen on the knees. Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed because when I put them on I discovered that they basically don’t work with legs my length. I have such short legs that in order to show off the Snowmen I have to wear a skirt

Oh look, it’s clothes with Cocktails on. Because I really don’t own enough of them, obviously. What with the cocktail skirt and the cocktail cardigan and the cocktail vest. This is the last item that arrived in the lovely little parcel I got from Joanie Clothing, which they sent me specially because they knew I

I sense a split over Christmas Day outfits. It’s unlikely to cause wars, or serious family rifts, but it seems some people see Christmas Day as an opportunity to spend all day in pyjamas, while others spend quite some time picking out festive finery. Personally I fall firmly into the latter camp. I like to

I did mention that now December had started you were going to see a lot of Christmas outfits? The novelty tights with Snowmen on the knees are still to come, however. Today’s outfit eschews gaudy Christmas glitz and is (I think) definitely on the classy side of a Christmas jumper outfit. This is the second

It’s getting close to the time for the Christmas Bedding to come out. Except I realised with actually a pang of dismay that this year I won’t be able to continue my Christmas bedding tradition. Every year, on Christmas Eve, I have a big tidy of the house (So it’s ready to make a big