With a lot of personal matters and deadlines to deal with in January the new year has started slowly for me. Despite that, I have been actively adding to my ‘portfolio’. Before Christmas I went out with the aim of documenting the decline of ‘real’ retail using my new 68-megapixel camera. It was low cost Read More
Unfortunately, I’ve been ill over the whole festive period. A very disappointing time, including missing out on a trip back home. Alas, it was not meant to be, and I was just stuck in bed with more than sniffles so not much fun at all. Tired from reading, I decided to work through some DVDs Read More
Well, I got them both for free, so I can’t really argue. One I found on a bus, which was the Wallpaper magazine R.R.P. £10 and Stylist, which I’ve not seen for absolutely ages. I used to get this free once a week at the tube station, now I found it dumped on a newspaper Read More
Over the summer many places I went, either through a train station, in a shop, or just walking down the street. A beautiful scent captured my thoughts. It was all-powerful, intoxicating, mesmerising, and unforgettable. I just had to find out what it was? I was in olfactory suspense…it wasn’t an obsession per se, but more Read More
Like the ol’ Hall and Oates song, “I can’t go for that…no..no can do”. What am I talking about? Well it’s the tacky ‘fashion’ shops that I’ve encountered lately. There’s at least one in each town. (Don’t know if that’s a ‘good’ thing – suppose it keeps some people off the streets…but definitely couldn’t see Read More
On a bus journey in London, passing Chinatown, I spotted groups of young people queuing outside a café. There was nothing unusual in that, except the sign on the café declared it sold bubble tea. Intrigued, I wondered what bubble tea was? I then decided to look into this further. I’m a big fan of Read More
At the moment, I’m trying to sell 14 items on Shpock so far I’ve no takers, no luck and not one enquiry! Help? What do I need to do? I don’t believe they are overpriced, some are as new. Very disappointed. I can’t be bothered with eBay just too much work (working out the postage Read More
Walking past a charity shop a face in the window beckoned to me, a face of pure ‘perfection’…from the darkness it seemed to glow. Admittedly it was a beautiful face + a young face…(like always..) but it wasn’t that which drew me in. It was the fact it was on a box for a product Read More
Well not really as not a kid anymore…Easter Eggs unfortunately just mean weight gain to me now (struggling with ‘middle age spread’ and a muffin top? LOL). I could get involved in an active Easter Egg hunt perhaps? Yep…I’d be the oldest ‘kid’ on the block! Though this has not stopped me indulging in one Read More
From banks, insurance, utilities, communication companies to GP surgeries = NHS especially. What do they all have in common? An absolute obsession with asking, requesting and recording your date of birth and I hate it. I object to being subjugated to a number. I mean how many times do you need your age rubbed in Read More
And I resent the insinuation, the accusation, the inconvenience, the test, the tracking, the “you must comply”, the assumption, the infuriating challenge & the total insult! I could go on & on…I flaming hate I’m not a robot! And all the tests, challenges, pop-ups, agreements, privacy notices, cookies, security questions, codes, passwords etc. I find Read More
I have to admit and maybe because being a ‘certain’ age now I’m having major dramas with my feet…a bunion in one foot and in the other arthritis in the ankle (I’ve been told no there are no ankle replacements unlike hips…so what do I do?). Basically I’ve been struggling on now for over a Read More
From a ‘nothing’ November to a dull and painful December I certainly did not get into the Christmas Spirit at all. Unfortunately I was struck down with a dreadful cold/flu suffering a totally blocked nose, a cough and a very sore throat…meaning the lead up to Christmas was not good. I had no energy or Read More
Why? Because I didn’t really have anything to report, I’ve also been very busy with a practical matter that’s been taking up most of my time. So the only item of interest I found was a pair of shoes (pictured above) with the potential to be ‘Cinderella’s slipper’…that’s it. No wait sorry there was also Read More
For someone like myself who really likes to make money last and squeeze the value out of every penny even I’m not at all (I repeat not at all) tempted by some rather dubious magazine ‘offers’. I can’t imagine ever wanting a ‘Carry the magic’ shoulder tote unless my fashion radar has been severely impaired Read More
With the cost of living crisis still rumbling on and the purse strings all over the country tightening I escaped by reading one of my ‘real life’ magazines (it provides me with some light relief). Flicking through (can’t think of a better word to describe it sorry) I came across an item that I thought Read More
