Year: 2009

Hiya,This week has been…. somewhat odd: a mix of highs and lows. The slightly ironic title will make more sense as you read on. Well, assuming you wanna read on. :-)The start of the week – or the end of the last one if you will – was truly top. Good company, a trip to the park with the nippers and a blue sky of early summer. A sky so blue and perfect that it seemed to fit in my childhood memories of summers passed.Tuesday I felt the familiar creeping of the black dog; that fug of disinterest that cloaks you… (Ed: your ability to bullsh*t seem to be okay tho)… and I put it down to just tiredness. However, […]

Hey y’all, Today I’d nipped out of the office to grab a sarnie (sorry: sandwich) and while I was out and about, I dropped into Boots. Well, they do do nice meal deals and there’s the make-up section. Food and fabness, what’s not to like? 🙂 So as I pottered about basket in hand I wandered through the shiny packages of nail varnishes and lippys available. One thing that struck me about the promotional posters though, was this: the amount of BS beauty product adverts seem to contain. Is that a bit harsh? Let me explain. What I mean is, if you watch an advert for… say… mascara, the small print will zip along the bottom saying something along the […]

Hi folks, How’s things? Looks like I put the mockers on the good weather by talking about summer fashion last time! 🙂 It’s rained on and off for most of this week. However, the bright side to that is that it’s not too hot to get dressed up, so some small mercies eh? Last week the work canteen was alive with cute dresses and bright shades. Whereas this week, it almost looks like the womenfolk have returned to the winter wardrobes. Opaques, boots, dark trouser suits, etc. That said, I saw a lady in a very fetching linen business suit. She stood out against the sea of black that we all gravitate towards. So what else has been going on? […]

Hey y’all.Another week rolls by. Tear down a strip from the calendar and toss (Ed: fnarr) into the recycling bin of history. :)Summer rolls ever closer. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying the fact that I don’t have to dress for the Arctic and the fact that the kids are not cooped up indoors is a good thing (as any parent will tell you).The only downside with summer is… summer fashions. More flesh on show and hem lines are, of course, up again this season. Being summer, and it’s almost t-shirt weather, the War On Hair is currently on hold. My eyebrows may be neat and my nails tapered, but you have to try and blend in a bit […]

Hi, Do you Twitter or tweet or whatever it is? I’ve seen a few sites of fellow Bloggers who do. What about Facebook? Bebo? MySpace? Do you use those? I don’t do the former – at least in Lynn mode – but I seem to have been hit (Ed: infected?) with their update meme. Allow me to explain… 🙂 For those of you who don’t know, Twitter et al let you upload a short phrase as an update status. Now maybe you have a far more glamourous or jet setting life than mine, and while I am a self opinionated blogger, I’m struggling to find enough to say to warrant a twitter feed. Some people do and they do it […]

Hey y’allAnother week flits by eh? Last Saturday was Record Store Day. A special event in the UK celebrating the diversity of music available at your local music shop… At least, one in the eyes of the indie retailers. It’ not like we had flags and street parties. Hell, we didn’t manage the latter on St George’s Day (although I’m guessing we [Brits] did drink a lot 😀 ). I must confess, the whole record shop thing passed me by in the rush that is the family weekend. Y’know – trips to the park, lunch, a shufti* around town and then home for a lark in the garden, tea and bed. After that, maybe a spot of blogging and a […]