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Thinking Frugal for Frugal February.
You know how I don’t do Valentine’s Day? Well, what I do seem to do every February is decide to make it a month of frugality and pledge to cut spending more severely than the Euro Zone and the US economies combined. It’s my credit card statement that does it to me. It never fails…
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La Clinica Skin Care Heroes Giveaway
La Clinica have recently launched a new range of serums and treatments and I was lucky enough to receive a care package from Julia and Rita-Marie. We’ve also decided that another La Clinica giveaway is in order and are squeezing in this one just before Valentine’s Day. So if you’re interested in self gifting this…
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Childhood Dessert. The Good Wife Returns.
Of all the simple pleasures in life, nothing brings more contentment than that favourite dessert of your childhood. For me, the dessert that takes me to that happy place is vanilla ice cream, canned lychees and a good couple of tablespoons of the syrup from the can. My childhood consumption of lychees and ice cream…
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Cocooning. Celebrations Are In Order.
You know I’m serious about spending the weekend cocooned from the trials of the outside world when I don’t even leave the house to have Saturday breakfast at my favourite cafe up the road. Coffee this morning was hand scooped from this jar of Moccona. I pride myself on how I actually used a teaspoon…
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Australia Day 2012. Grey Skies and Reflections.
Happy Australia Day! In my mind’s eye, my little corner of Australia will aways be a place of clear blue skies, sparkling water and dazzling sun. It’s pure cliche but aren’t so many cliches based on at least a grain of truth? Even when I find myself cooped up indoors because of the rain and…
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I’ve Hit Bottle! French Onion Soup Roast Turkey.
I’ve hit the bottle. The very bottom of a bottle of a hair styling product, to be precise. It’s only taken me about 5 years but by golly I’ve done it. I now have a sneaking suspicion that in the 5 years I’ve been out of the hair gloss loop that this product may now…
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Mi Goreng Is Mr August. Hamptons in the Workplace.
First up tonight, thank you to everyone who’s given me great food and shopping ideas for London. It’s only a matter of weeks before I’m meant to be flying out and now that you’ve given me places to be, I can concentrate on the big issues like whether I’ll need wellies and whether I should…
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Chinese New Year At SSG Manor.
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year, everyone. I hope you’ve had a wonderful, food and family filled time of it. It’s the year of the dragon and I hope this year brings us all good fortune, happiness and nothing but happiness. The good last minute Reunion Dinner hostess always remembers to put her…
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London Calling. Who Now Knows.
Half the weekend has now disappeared while I’ve been attending to a desk full of personal admin. It was all that rain this morning that started me off. Before I knew it, I’d completely cleared my desk of bills and filing. Then the rain didn’t go away so I started on my holiday plans. What…
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The Righting of the Ring. More Is More.
Well, what a difference a bit of blog based pep talk and a night out makes. Thank you everyone for tackling my post of utter despair and hopelessness and then being able to leave such uplifting comments afterwards. Life just is unfair and awful at times and there isn’t much to be done about it…