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Fashion & Beauty

Lingerie Love – Gossard Oh La La

Just in time for Valentines Day….. While I was writing an article about some expensive underwear at Rigby & Peller a couple of weeks ago I came across this fractionally more reasonably priced and equally lovely set available on the site from Gossard. The set is called Oh La La and on the Rigby &

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Fashion & Beauty

Fancy Frocks and Thrifty Bargains

This weekend I *thought* it was Boot Fair season again. Sadly it seems I was mistaken and the big fair at Arminghall doesn’t start up again till March. Judging by the number of cars turning round as they got there it seems I wasn’t alone in thinking it was February. At least it means a

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Red Lipsticks

Retro Chick Reviews: Bare Minerals – Red Velvet Cake

The hunt for the Perfect Red Lipstick continues….. I’m trying to alternate my reviews roughly between lipsticks at the premium end of the scale and ones more toward the “every day” end of the scale. I’m hoping that by the time I’ve reviewed as many lipsticks as I can get my hands on I’ll be

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Fashion & Beauty

Librarian Chic

It’s that time of the month again…. No, not THAT one. The one where I have to take out my contact lenses and look like a librarian for a couple of days in glasses. I decided to embrace the look and go for camel shades, sensible low heels and a nice round neck blouse. Is

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Fashion & Beauty

Lets Talk About Boobs……

Last week I got an email from Bravissimo. It was inviting me to go and get measured for a bra in my local Bravissimo store and see what I thought of the fitting experience. Plus, get a free bra set to takeaway. I was interested for 2 reasons. Firstly, you did see free bra right?

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Dear Diary

A World of Coincidence

On Saturday I spent the day trawling the charity shops and antique markets of Norwich. This is one of my favourite pastimes when I’ve actually got money to spend (nothing more depressing than not being able to afford something in a Charity Shop!) Sensibly dressed in my Heyday trousers and a jumper I wrapped up

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Dear Diary

Norwich Gets a Fashion Week!

I do London Fashion Week, but it’s not always that inspiring for me. It’s trend driven, rather than style driven and while I’ve found some amazing new companies and seen some amazing things, I find all the self conscious, over styled Fashion Students and hangers on a little depressing. Well, this year the Evening News

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

10 Question Style Snapshot – Lottie Loves

I started chatting to @LottieLoves1 on Twitter sometime last year. It feels like forever ago! We got chatting, we had a lot in common, I realised she also wrote a blog called Lottie Loves and started following that too. We met for drinks, met up at Twinwood, and then she moved to California. I didn’t

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Vanity Sizing

Emotion, Shopping and You

In case you missed it, I was on Woman’s Hour last week talking about clothing sizes. You can listen to the interview on listen again. I’m only bringing it up because I’m now calm enough to have a think again about that final question. If you can’t be bothered to listen I shall tell you!

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