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Mary Queen of Charity Shops – Final Thoughts

By Retro Chick ⋅ June 17, 2009 ⋅ 19 comments

After the first part of this 3 part series I wrote a post in which I hoped Mary Portas wasn’t going to make Charity Shopping a bland and unexciting experience. Last night I saw the final installment of this, and, unsurprisingly, Mary achieved her stated aim of getting the Orpington shop to take £2000 a [...]

5 Ways to Spend your Summer Days

By Retro Chick ⋅ June 15, 2009 ⋅ 13 comments

Now that the Summer is here, on and off anyway, you’ll want to make the most of those days when the sun does peek through. When the sun shines I feel there must be something I can do to make the most of it without spending a fortune, or resorting to just spending the afternoon [...]

Links à la Mode 11th June 2009

By Retro Chick ⋅ June 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Edited by Jennine of IFB & The Coveted Oddly enough since we moved over to the editorial selection, I’ve never selected the links, and I really have to tell you choosing this week’s roundup was tough, so many great links, I had a hard time picking! Well, here we are in the midst of summer, [...]

ANOTHER Goodie Bag to Giveaway? Retro Chick is Spoiling Us!

By Retro Chick ⋅ June 10, 2009 ⋅ 21 comments

In fact this time I have not 1 but FIVE Goodie Bags to give away courtesy of fellow Blogger Vikki Chowney. Vikki recently organised a Swishing event in association with Global Cool. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it, but was kindly given some goodie bags from the event to giveaway to Retro Chick readers. The bags [...]

Under £50 Outfit – Summer Casual

By Retro Chick ⋅ June 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Dark Denim M&S Shirt Dress – SOLD Retro Chick Red Chain Handbag – SOLD Retro Chick Red Nine West Mules – SOLD Retro Chick Todays under £50 outfit is a perfect smart casual Summer look. Total cost? £40.97 These Nine West mules have a nice moulded footbed which is really comfortable to wear, and the [...]

Fit and Fabulous – The Retro Chick EA Sports Active Review

By Retro Chick ⋅ June 5, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

So, yesterday I received my copy of EA Sports Active, following the blogger event I went to on my Birthday. It was a great event, with demonstrations from Austin Healey and Emma Forbes and a chance to try the product and sign up for the 30 day challenge, which is what I began yesterday. Created [...]

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