How is your bank holiday going reader? Currently I feel like I need a bank holiday to get over this one but I’m hoping that too shall pass soon.

So what have I been up to I hear you ask…oh ok I don’t but I shall tell you anyway for posterities sake. Are you sitting comfortably reader? Then I’ll begin…

Did you watch the Royal Wedding shenanigans? I ( Read more... )

best friends + good wine + lots of laughter [so. much. laughter] = wonderful evening

It’s been a while reader, have you missed me? Don’t all shout “no” at once, I’m not expecting a huge flood of welcome back wishes, though if you should so desire then maybe something à la this…

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Seriously though I just wanted to apologise for sucking so badly recently; I have neglected every form of social media from e-mail to livejournal and... ( Read more... )

Last night I went with two of my favourite ladies to see John Barrowman in concert at Liverpool Phil. His choice of songs were varied, his guest Jodie Prenger was lovely and his band and dancers faultless.

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Apologies for my absence yet again reader but I do have valid reasons (read excuses). I spent most of last week unwell in bed but enough of that, I’d much rather focus on this weeks adventures in the West Country. Last weekend was my niece’s christening, my parents had decided that since they’d be driving down for the weekend anyway they might as ( Read more... )

It's been a busy weekend reader and I'm hesitant to type too much because I'm not sure I could do it justice but I feel it needs to be recorded at least a little bit for posterity she couldn't be there *ahem* especially as I seem to be already experiancing senior moments (more worryingly with increasing frequency)

Yesterday was the wedding of my ( Read more... )

Did you have a good bank holiday reader? I hope you did.
This weekend some friends and I went to Slattery’s, or as it has previously been dubbed "That Wicked shop in Whitefield", where we marvelled at intricately designed bespoke wedding and celebration cakes, spent far too long deliberating over which chocolates to buy in the gift shop (small_bob ( Read more... )

Hello reader, yes, it is another of those long rambly entries about real life, the universe and everything- well the former anywho. I’ll understand if you want to skip it and wait for normal service to be resumed.

This weekend was living_yen ’s hen do. Since our nearest and dearest friends are not geographically near we decided on a weekend because it ( Read more... )

I just got back from a wonderful weekend away with some of my favourite people. It was three and a quarter days of wine -drinking, chocolate eating, sunshine picnicking, belly-laughing and several strange conversations about Square Wombat poo (thank you bbc news). The latter of these leading to the quote of the week by my dear friend bettyboop84  ‘reasons to ( Read more... )

I’m an auntie again!!!
(Yes it's a three exclamation mark moment)

Given the last few months of ‘The- Year- Which- Must -Not- Be- Named’ I’d been almost superstitiously scared to mention the pregnancy in case something happened but I am please to announce that my niece was born a healthy bundle (6lb 6oz) at 22.17 yesterday. Mother and baby doing well
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