March 2010

Lovely Awards from Lovely Bloggers

31 March 2010

I’ve been given three awards recently by other bloggers, so I thought it would be nice to throw my own little awards ceremony. Behold my superior photo shop skills. (You’d never know it wasn’t real, right?) Firstly The Maddy Chronicles has passed on this award. Secondly both Rhona from Rose Tinted Uncertainty and Karen from [...]

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Stocking the Bookshelves (and the cocktail cabinet)

30 March 2010

I spend as much of my spare time as possibly ransacking Boot Fairs and Charity Shops. Normally I merely scan the Bric-a-Brac and books, just in case, before moving on to a good rummage through the clothes racks. I occasionally pick up a new novel, but not much in the way of exciting new additions [...]

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Magic Shoes….

29 March 2010

Remember this? Following on from last weeks post about being a Princess I was suddenly reminded of this advert for Clarks shoes that massively influenced my childhood desires to be a Princess. It also, I suspect has something to do with my unshakable belief that new shoes are the answer to all life’s problems. I [...]

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The Lazy Girls Guide: How To Be A Little Princess

25 March 2010

I’ll tell you a secret. when I was little I wrote to Jim’ll Fix It asking to be a Princess for the day. Of course, what I had in mind wasn’t opening fetes and visiting the sick. It was more Giselle from Enchanted and less Princess Di. A bit like this. Of course, Jim never [...]

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Where’s Retro Chick?

24 March 2010

I’m here. Hello! As well as being here, I’m also in lots of other places that you might want to catch up with me so I thought I’d do a quick round up in case you missed them. Some of these places, like Facebook and Twitter are great places for me to get to meet [...]