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They say that most of us wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time and I am definitely in that category! It’s only been the last 4-5 years that my wardrobe has really expanded, as I was a veterinary nurse for many years I didn’t have a “work wardrobe” as I had…

I haven’t done a recipe post in a long while, partly due to lack of time for trying new things out but also when I was temping and being out of the house 50 hours a week I was relying a lot on ready meals. When I have been looking at ready meals I have…

Yaaaayyyy it’s finally Friday! I have been looking forward to this weekend since erm….Monday! I have worked a lot of overtime this last week including the weekend, I have had every weekend off in the last five years so it was a bit of a shock to the system going back to working one. I…

Rabbits and chicks are often used as Easter symbols and I have seen some lovely wooden Easter Bunny decorations in the shops but these also come with a hefty price tag. I haven’t done any crafty type stuff in ages and as I’m not working at the moment have plenty of time, I thought why…

All things vintage have been making a comeback for a while. Sometimes you can get an absolute bargain (I had a 1960s Pyrex dish on a stand that I bought for £2, I ended up selling it months later on eBay for £82!) or sometimes you can end up paying a fortune for a…

As most of you know I have a love of vintage and my current obsession along with 1950s drinking glasses is Babycham collectables. Rather than have them tucked away in a cupboard somewhere never seeing the light of day I decided to have them out on display to show off their gorgeousness. I didn’t…
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