Just in time for the new academic year, and courtesy of my dear friend S, I bring you just the thing to help out any errant husbands, lovers or sons who may be having trouble distinguishing the floor from the laundry basket …. I think there is a discount available if they have to take …
Well, yes, I know it’s not long since the last review time … but this is a special Bank Holiday/Back to Schooly type review …. including two fantastic giveaways. I’m spoiling you. So here we go: First of all, one of you can win a lovely FREE £15 voucher from my gorgeous friends at Tesco …
Well, I’ve spent most of this week in the garage, delving into boxes. Boxes which I brought with me when I moved back to the UK five years ago, and which I have been rigorously avoiding opening ever since. I do rather wish I’d left them closed. Among the sad discoveries were all the cards from …
Here are your musings on our first Book Club choice, Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took My Dog. Looks like we pretty much all loved it, though it is really nice to hear that I’m not the only one who forgot some of the characters’ names and got a bit lost in the plot twists! Thanks …
Thanks to lovely Ben Shaws, who have lavished us with fizzy drinks this month. When they asked me to try them out, I remembered having seen the name in my youth. Turns out that even my grandmother could have been slurping back some of their flavours, as they’ve been carbonating away for 140 years. The …
Dear Nice Man at Blockbuster (I’m sorry, I don’t know your name), Ten days ago I stood in your shop with my daughters, choosing a couple of DVDs to watch before we went on holiday to Sweden. As usual, we faffed around a lot, with my daughters laughing at ‘inappropriate’ DVDs when they thought I …
Hello lovely Book Club people! As you know, we set off on our merry literary path together way back last month with Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took My Dog. Here’s my take on it, but what I’m really looking forward to is hearing your views. I found the book a really enjoyable read. I must admit …
Well, I’m very sorry, but it’s just not on. There is nothing on telly in the evenings. Nothing. Not One Thing. Outrageous. Like many hard-pushed intellectuals *hmmm* I find it essential to wind down of a soiree with a bit of TV before I retire to my boudoir. But last night I was reduced to …
Well, it’s been busy so far, this summer holiday. I had visions of relaxing weeks unrolling in front of me, with only the distant, very veeeery distant, text pings of the teenagers’ phones interrupting the calm …… but so far we have driven to Wales and France, had one high-speed tyre blow out, seen two West End …
For us, the holidays began last Thursday and we’ve already been to France and back. In fact, we may have peaked too soon … there are an unfeasibly large number of weeks looming ahead with only the occasional half-baked plan wobbling around in them. If you, too, are now looking down the barrel of the …