It was the appealing advert of McDonald’s ‘Millionaire’s Latte’ that drew me in, I never usually frequent McDonald’s but I love latte’s so I thought why not give it a try? The name ‘Millionaire’s’ also got my imagination going, living very close to my ‘version’ of not only Monte Carlo but Las Vegas too, I Read More
I was recently reading about how one of Primark’s make up kit’s has been a complete sell-out, not really ‘news’ except it’s a dupe for a higher end make up brand, that’s why it’s sold out…Which made me think of a number of items I’ve spotted recently where instead of being just a ‘dupe’ in Read More
It’s a print that never goes out of fashion ever, its eternal and you can mix and match it with almost anything, it is of course and needs ‘no introduction’ Animal Print. Yes that ‘ol chestnut’ is in fashion again (though most will be ‘bewildered’ by this as it never really goes ‘out’) it’s always Read More
Ever since I spotted the Blondie vest in a Charity Shop earlier this year, I’ve been searching for any ‘rock inspired’ fashion only to find no other T-shirt to ‘match’ it for ages and ages. Until just the other week I came across a long black and white top with a ‘mysterious woman’ on it Read More
There’s a ‘drought’ on (well as far as I’m concerned) a drought of what exactly? Well only my favourite aperitif and tipple Sherry, but not just any Sherry in fact its ‘Nobleman’ from Lidl, it’s not the best at all but it’s very cheap at £2.99 a bottle. Though on my recent visit (yesterday) there was Read More
Last year it was Unicorns now it’s Mermaids I’m seeing everywhere, in fact there are still numerous Unicorns about…and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere, so demand is obviously still very high. Mermaids take me back to my favourite tale of Han’s Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid from my childhood. How my heart ached Read More
I nearly tripped up the other day over some ‘gold’ and ‘silver’ plated ‘Chanel’ tea sets (not an everyday occurrence I can assure you). I had to take a few shots ASAP (I have to be super quick as a lot of people don’t like me taking photos sometimes…Or rather ask ‘awkward’ questions that I don’t Read More
With the ever hot weather the Boot sale season is in full swing and I’ve been gadding about ‘Boot fair country’ (I know it’s not a place it just feels like it…) I just love…never knowing what you might come across will it be ‘treasure’ or trash? I certainly don’t go there expecting to unearth a lost Turner, Read More
There is a catchall that has been prevalent and pervasive across all media, that has been grating on me excruciatingly, and that is when ‘We are’ is put in front of everything and infuriatingly states and insists ‘We are train’ (how…exactly?) ‘We are festival’ again how? ‘We are tombola?!’…etc and so on…of course once one company Read More
I just wonder whether the messages on a coaster and purse I spotted in a Charity Shop recently will in the future be made totally redundant? Maybe not in the sense of ‘Shop A Lot’ lady, as she can still shop a lot online, but for ‘one more shopping day till tomorrow’ that does not Read More
I took a short break last week which I booked in the dead of winter in February to be exact..fully expecting the weather in mid April to be totally dreadful (as usual..) and well much to my (and probably the nation’s) surprise a mini heat wave hit, for which I was truly unprepared for, resulting Read More
White shoes…are they a fashion ‘sin’? Well not according to the current fashion trend, I was more than amused to see them reappear again. Many years ago when I was a teenager it became ‘de rigueur’ to wear white boots! Unfortunately in my area they were called ‘S**g boots’ not very nice at all…and more Read More
In view of my recent post regarding the shutting down of many High Street shops, and not at all being entirely satisfied with Internet shopping (unbelievable I know…) I thought I’d check out one of the most ‘entertaining’ of catalogues that I have bought from in the past. It was ‘entertaining’ because it offered items that Read More
A year ago I did a post called “My High Street is closing down” where I detailed how quite a few shops on my local High Street had closed..Now with the recent news of Toys ‘R’ Us and Maplin going into administration the question is still very relevant. Over the year a small number of Read More
I can tell you I’m so over this snow situation, that it’s becoming tedious. Being trapped indoors and not able to travel or walk anywhere without great difficulty…and…why oh why? Didn’t I buy those snowshoe grips I saw in the Charity Shop the other day? The ones I comfortably thought “I’ll never use those” and Read More
It’s that tacky time of year again…red roses, chocolates and ‘disturbing’ teddies all in aid of Valentine’s Day. When no one it seems can give a fig who or what that was anymore and singletons the nation over feel evermore single with no Valentine. Why does this day have to have such negative insinuations to Read More
