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Xmas Wrapping
 If you know me in real life, or if you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I don't get my knickers in a twist over Xmas. Don't get me wrong, when I worked for a living I was more...
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Doing It Our Way
Hello! I hope your Xmas was exactly how you wanted it to be. William was thrilled with his present, a catnip Donald Trump, which he dragged around by the hair, chucked in the air and gnawed at for...
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In The Bleak Midwinter
Despite the bitterly cold temperatures and the dense layer of fog which hadn't shifted since Boxing Day, we felt the need for a winter walk. Our destination was the Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire,...
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All Change!
Don't worry, I'm not talking about New Year's resolutions, they're not my thing. I can tell you already that 2025 will be mostly be spent wasting time and money searching for rare and beautiful...
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The Box of Delights
I'm off on an adventure tomorrow and want to wear a piece of antique Birmingham silver, so I've been rummaging in my treasure chest. I'm not sure which of my dead relatives originally owned this...
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Tales From The City - Inside The Silver Factory
Researching cultural things to do in Birmingham, I'd found a factory tour that sounded just up our street. Normally we'd catch the train and walk the rest of the way but with the Baltic temperatures,...
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There's More to Life Than Books, You Know (But Not Much More....)
As we're six days into 2025, I'd better share what I read last year before it becomes ancient history! I managed to finish a total of 105 books, the most I've read since I started keeping a record...
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Bye Bye Baby - Charity Shopping in 2025
I fell behind with sharing our charity shop finds towards the end of last year, here's what we've found in the first week of 2025.A 1960s Tricel shift dress, made in England by Carnegie of London. A...
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SAS Rogue Heroes (& One of Our Own)
 Last night, Jon and I finished watching the spectacular second series of SAS Rogue Heroes, Steven "Peaky Blinders" Knight's adrenaline-fuelled creation, based on the book by Ben Macintyre, of the...
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Cats and Cowboys
 I wasn't intending on publishing a blog post today but I'm currently trapped beneath a cat so I shan't be going anywhere for the next couple of hours. Here's what we've been up to so far this...
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Yee-Haw! Harnessing my Inner Cowgirl
So what's Cowgirl Chic? I love a good Western, especially when it's female-led and studying the outfits worn in some of my favourite TV series & films (The Hateful Eight, Godless, The Missing, The...
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Back To The Old House - Revisiting Baddesley Clinton
Cheese sandwiches at the ready! A National Trust outing was long overdue so today, we headed half an hour up the road to Warwickshire, otherwise known as "Shakespeare's County". However, charming as it...
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Charity-Shopping, Reading and a Saturday Night Out
 So, without further ado, here's what treasures we've found this week!A 1980s sheepskin flying jacket labelled Fabrique en France; A ridiculously kitsch denim jacket with appliqued biker bear on the...
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Two Days in January
Monday kicked off with my usual 30 minute Wii Fit session and after breakfast Jon & I went out charity shopping. Destined for the Kinky Melon stockroom: 1990s suede Western cut jacket, a vintage...
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My Beauty Birthday Gifts & What I Thought of Them
Back in December, Liz who is currently sunning herself in Tenerife, bought me a selection of Beauty Kitchen products for my birthday. Freshly made in the UK using 100% natural ingredients, Beauty...
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A Complete Unknown
 On Friday we braved Storm Eoywn and walked down to Walsall Light, our town's independent cinema, to see A Complete Unknown. I can't say that I'm really a fan of Bob Dylan, I bought his album,...
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It Bears Repeating
 Sixteen years ago, when I first started my blog, I used to feel under pressure to wear something different every time I posted and I'd plan my outfits the night before so that I didn't repeat an...
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Vix's Tips - Travelling On A Budget
Yay, after a week of searching, we've finally booked our Winter getaway and the countdown is on!Malaga, December 2022Another holiday? People often ask, How on earth do you afford it? Yes, travel can be...
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Watching, Wearing, Walking, Reading
 We're currently celebrating Tony's birthday elsewhere in the Midlands but here's what I wore, watched and did during the second half of last week.On Wednesday, for a morning of charity shopping, I...
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Weekend Adventures: Warwick Castle & A Pub Crawl
For his birthday, our friend Tony & my brother had booked a couple of nights away in Warwick. On Sunday morning we drove over to meet them at Warwick Castle which, despite it being only an hour's...
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