November 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Inspiration & Lifestyle

Dress With Style – Or Why I Treat my Wardrobe Like a Dressing Up Box

A clear out is under way. Between Christmas and New Year saw the commencement of phase one of operation “OMG there is so much stuff in this house I can hardly move” (snappy, I know). I am one of life’s natural hoarders. So is Mr Chick. As pairings go that is pretty darn terrible. Let

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Top of the Retro Chick Pops

Well hello there! How was your Christmas Day? I hope you are all still wallowing in a world where it’s ok to drink booze for breakfast and eat chocolates for lunch? I plan to wallow in that world for as long as possible! I shall be back to talk about Christmas very soon, but in

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Retro Chick Reviews: Poison Panic

When I was little I loved to read. I would read the back of cereal packets, road signs (even when we went to France and I didn’t understand what they said) and hundreds and hundreds of books. As I’ve got older, I still love to read, but I’ve got significantly fussier. Reading tends to be

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

5 Ways to Take a Break Without Going Anywhere

Sometimes you just really need to take a break. This post seemed particularly relevant today, seeing as I know a lot of people who really would quite like to take a break from the world right now. In my dream life whenever I need to take a break I leap in my private jet and

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

My Netflix Picks : The Halloween Edition

I have decided that Halloween will last a whole week. I plan to spend it wearing all the Halloween items in my wardrobe. Fortunately they’re not as extensive as my Christmas wardrobe, so a week is plenty, I don’t need a whole 12 days. Then I plan to spend it working through my Netflix list

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Dealing With Change

I’m terrible at dealing with change. Apparently I’m supposed to have some sort of 5 year plan that sees me living in a bigger house, or in a better job, or just generally better. Mostly, though, I just think I would like things to stay as they are. Where I am right now is comfortable

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

What I Learnt from #GlamorousJuly

Hey! Welcome to August! For those of you that weren’t paying attention, in July I set myself a challenge. I’ve always believed that “glamour” is something for every day, not just for special occasions. It’s not about fur coats and champagne, the very definition of glamour is simply a quality that makes people or things

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#GlamorousJuly Week 4 – In Which I Go to the Shops without Make Up and Smear Banana on my Face

  Oooh #GlamorousJuly is just 2 days away from being over. Life is going to seem weird without a daily challenge that involves me doing something ridiculous and attempting to take a photo to represent it. Maybe I’ll start from the beginning and make August Glamorous too? This week has been pretty stressful again, for reasons that

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

#GlamorousJuly Week Three – In Which People Think I am Crazy and I Learn to Save Lives

Well, howdy Glamorous folks! It’s hard to be glamorous when it’s a bajillion degrees outside, but I’ve been doing my best! 2016 is turning out to be a hell of a year, I have to say! I’m actually super glad I decided to do this project. It’s given me something to focus on and a

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