I had an amazing music moment recently - such as I’ve not had for some time. It’s very rare for me to hear a song that stops me in my tracks, mouth open, astounded at how good it is. I was watching Shall We Dance (crap movie, don’t bother) and at the end of it there was a Peter Gabriel song that I’d never heard. Given that he’s my favourite ( Read more... )

Having another jeans disaster. There is exactly ONE brand of jeans in ONE style that looks fabulous on me, and they’ve STOPPED MAKING THEM! I am gutted - I thought I’d be wearing these things forever. I would have stocked up, but at $250 a pop I can’t exactly do it. So if by chance anyone has a pair of Nobody jeans in size 11 with boot cut in ( Read more... )

I have a serious fashion problem. Not my own, thankfully, but something I’m observing daily all around me. It is the travesty of… the skinny jean. It’s bad enough on girls. If I have to see one more skinny-jean-tucked-into-boot-with-floaty-tunic combo I’m going to go nuts. But it’s when it comes to the lads ( Read more... )

Had the most FANTASTIC night last night. It was my friend Jane’s hen’s night, and although it was fairly sedate by hen’s night standards, we just had the best time. The theme was “drama queen”, so I decided to be “Eighties Prom Drama Queen”, and got to break out my hot-pink strapless ruched short-in-the-front-long-in-the-back eighties prom dress ( Read more... )