Last week I got struck down with a nasty chest infection that totally wiped me out. In my old life, I would have simply called in sick and enjoyed a couple of days curled up in a duvet watching Netflix & drinking warm Vimto. These days in my self-employed life I don’t have that luxury so I soldiered on with every intention of spending Saturday in bed. Anyone…

Its been 16 years since I have been on the dating scene and times have definitely changed. When I started dating Lee there was no Facebook, everyone had paid as you go brick phones and text messaging was only just being launched. A trip to the movies or a few drinks in a bar was the standard first date. Ferratum’s commissioned a survey into the modern way of dating…

Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend When you receive an invite from Peter Jackson The Jewellers to spend an evening drinking champagne and trying on expensive diamonds, you don’t turn it down! Then throw in food by Bite Club   , a makeover by Sonara Parker  and a photo shoot courtesy of Jenny Higgins  and it starts to feel like you are at the Oscars. A Diamond In The Rough I…

Mrs Hinch and her cleaning ways have taken Instagram and the media by storm. At least 70% of the women in the UK have stopped shopping for shoes and are trying to track down the elusive Minky M Cloth. Just so I can clarify I am not one of these women. What I can say is Mrs H has inspired me to brush up on my…

Pre-Loved & Not Forgotten We all love a bargain and where possible we all love a bit of designer fashion. I decided to celebrate my 1st year anniversary of being self-employed by treating myself to a Gucci handbag. Now it would be lovely to have a spare £800 to splash out on a bag but that would mean beans on toast for the whole family for the…