Winter Mornings

These cold winter mornings, oh how they look so pretty when you’re snuggled up in bed all toasty warm. But most days we can’t lay around daydreaming and, actually, we need to get up. But, oh, what an effort it can be! Throwing back the blankets invites goose bumps and chilled toes as they touch… View Post

Going back to work

I wrote this blog post the day before I went back to work after my maternity leave. As I write this post, I sit on the sofa with nippy, puffy eyes and a slightly fuzzy head thanks to the two large glasses of Malbec I inhaled over the last 90 minutes. Today, the day before… View Post

The fashionable piece that will stay in style

The word ‘fashionable’ isn’t one I aspire to. Yes, I love fashion – I love the shows, fashion editorials, planning outfits, shopping… but I’m not actually very ‘trend aware’. To me, being fashionable is hard work; you’re forever chasing the latest trends and creating a seasonable wardrobe around them. I actually admire people who pull… View Post

Wear what you want

Why is it we always want what we don’t have? I’ve always wished I had a tall, narrow figure and straight hair, which I’d wear with a shaggy, eye grazing fringe, but I’m the complete opposite: curves and dry, curly hair, not the hair for a fringe, not at all. It’s taken a long, long… View Post

Spending wisely with Livingston Designer Outlet

If you follow me on social media you’ll have noticed that I visited the Livingston Designer Outlet a couple of weeks ago. The downside was that the day I arranged to go was the same day the impressive new Queensferry Crossing bridge opened – adding an extra two hours onto my round trip, I was… View Post