Behind door 6 I have a special treat for local readers, or for those of you willing to travel to Norwich for £200 to spend at Dr Martens! The Norwich store on Castle Street is apparently the largest Dr Marten store in the UK, so it’s well worth a visit if you’re a fan of
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
Hello! Welcome to day 5! Behind todays door is a gorgeous faux fur collar from independent designer The House of Handmade. The collar is made from a golden brown faux fur with a pussybow ribbon and looks gorgeous worn with your outdoor coat, or just teamed with a simple high necked dress. You have 3
Hiding behind day 4 of the advent calendar giveaway is a super generous gift box of goodies by illustrator Alice Tait from the gift shop at the prestigious Westminster Abbey. Now, I have to confess that I have a HUGE soft spot for gift shops at Tourist attractions. Nothing disappoints me more than to get
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 I have a real treat for lovers of mid century fabrics as the amazing 20th Century Cloth has offered to give you a make up bag and wash bag twin set if your choice, made from one of her fabulous mid century design fabrics. I have the Bamboo set myself, and they are lovely
Earlier this year I got the cutest little Foxy handbag from Nica Bags. And today I have a Foxy bag for one of you two! Todays prize is a Venice Tote from Nica. Nice and roomy, in a bright blue to perk up gloomy January days and with a cute stylised silver fox detail on
Wheeee! It’s that time again! Welcome to the third annual Retro Chick Advent Giveaway! I would love to pop round all of your houses with a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine to say thank you for reading, and for another lovely year, but I can’t. So instead I have 24 prizes, behind
Welcome to Day One! Being a Lenovo Insider has many benefits and one of them is that behind the first door of my advent calendar I get to give you the chance to get your hands on one of their fabulous Yoga 2 tablets. The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 can be used in four different