Happy New Year! Over the last couple of years I have started a little tradition that I totally intended to be what I did every year. My first blog post of the year would be an outfit post, my first frock of the year, and then I included a little round up of the frocks

Can anybody hear me? Coming up to Christmas is a notoriously quiet time on the blog, apart from people entering my advent calendar giveaway, of course, because frankly you’ve probably all got better things to do than read my witterings, like fighting your way around the supermarket and making sure your house is spotless so

Winter is lovely, especially up to Christmas. All twinkly lights and cosy fires and candles. It makes for beautiful photos of things like mugs of hot chocolate and rain slicked streets. What it does not make for is lovely outfit posts. I have a fairly fancy camera, but while I can take some lovely atmospheric

Recently a shoe company called Treds took one of my sidebar ads. They’re one of those more “general” shoe companies, not specifically vintage inspired, but with a broad range so you can find some lovely styles if you have a hunt round. They obviously chose some nice enough shoes to feature in their ad to

Today is the day I mark as the anniversary of the day I became self employed. It was actually about a week ago that I walked out on the job from hell but today was the first entry on my accounting spreadsheet, so it’s the day I count as “officially self employed”. So to celebrate,

I kind of went blonde gradually. But even taking that into account I’ve had very light blonde bleached hair now for for nearly 2 years, apart from a few forays into pastels and my recent vibrant pinks and purples. My hair is naturally a dark muddy blonde and I colour my hair myself at home

Happy Friday! Well, today’s weather can safely be described as “changeable” I think. This morning when I took these photos it was bucketing with rain outside and I lurked in an alleyway in my back garden to get some photos. Then I came inside, grabbed a coat and went to the shops. By the time

Today I’m addressing one of my winter wardrobe holes. Well, technically I’m not addressing it because right now I can’t afford to actually BUY any of these boots. But there’s nothing like writing a fantasy shopping list and weighing up all the pros and cons to make you feel totally prepared to fill that hole

Yes, another outfit post. They’re like Buses, I don’t do one for ages and then a gazillion come along all at once. This is normally because I haven’t had anything new to wear for ages and haven’t worn anything old in a new way and repeating outfits is pretty dull for me and you! But,