I am winging this a bit. I don’t like shops. But I will write about them anyway. If you know me, you will know this. I make a fuss about it. Some of my reasons; 1. I have no patience with queues 2. I do not like to smell other peoples breath or armpits any… Read More >
Archives for November 2014
Countdown to a GORGEOUS Xmas
You’re busy right? It’s Christmas You haven’t got time to be taking on a new regime and spending ages navigating through reams of info, right? Totally agree, lady. This is the month – we know it is all going to go dreadfully wrong… the eating, the drinking, the PARTAYYYYYS! Boxing Day is the… Read More >
30 Day Detox
Groupon * Wowcher * Living Social?
I love a bargain And I get all the Discount Voucher Emails I have had a passionate relationship with Groupon, had the odd cheeky weekend away with Wowcher and had a one-night stand with Amazon Local. This “It’s not you, it’s me” falling out of love has ended with me dumping (unsubscribing) from them all. 1) I’ll… Read More >
I Feel Guilty…
I feel guilty sometimes. My daughter is training to be a nurse. So we all know that nurses work hard, and are unsung heroes and all of that. Everyone can remember a time that a nurse showed a special kindness. Or went the extra mile. Or dealt with something that we just couldn’t possibly do… Read More >
Why Stay-at-Home Mums Make me Angry
Lucky them. Who wouldn’t want to stay at home? I have blogged on this subject before, so I hope I don’t bore by revisiting a bit of that. Let’s start here. Alice (name changed), 35, 2 children Sarah and Emily aged 2 & 6. Husband: Senior Level IT Consultant. She used to work as a buyer for John Lewis. A… Read More >
Grandma. She’ll Kick Your Ass
Turns out… Oldies know stuff. (She wasn’t called Super-Gran for Nothing!) “First you are young; then you are middle-aged, then you are old; then you are wonderful” Everything is getting WAY too complicated; Slimming clubs, diet supplements, milkshake for dinner, low/high/no/all-carbs, Atkins, 5:2 those tablets that make you poo yourself when you cough, cabbage soup… Read More >
Friends. Choose Wisely.
This week has Been all about friends…. ..Driving back from the school run yesterday. It was like watching the World with the colour turned down, and in low-definition. Grey faces, grey buildings melting into a half-arsed cement coloured sky. All the faces said: “Same Sh*t, different day” That’s the thing about Britain. Glorious fresh technicolour… FOR TWO WEEKS A YEAR followed… Read More >
Cold Weather. Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That
Look at that Weather.. Utter bum. Good old Blighty. Grey. Drizzly The promise of a long Winter of freezation. It’s easy to let your head go down. Wrap yourself up in layers of clothes. Leave your hairy bits as they are. Have permanent ‘hat hair’. Battening down the hatches. (actually I have no idea what… Read More >
Betsy’s Healthy Soup
Someone Said this week.. I can’t cook! Wouldn’t know where to begin with soup. So I asked my 9 year old to show everyone how simple it is. (and a nice simple recipe for those of you that collect them) Here’s what she made Let me know if you like it. (its not half as… Read More >
Good Knickers. Very important.
Imagine this: You’re in your undies… Standing in front of a full length mirror… And you LOVE what you see! Things have tightened, shrunk, sculpted… You’ve been eating great and sleeping well. You’re wishing you had done it YEARS ago. Can you imagine how hard THAT must have been? I have just got back from… Read More >