Tag: make-up

Heels, hemlines and hopes…

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Hi, My brain is all of a spin at the moment. It’s been a little full on at home and that’s even with leaving work slightly earlier than usual. There’s no major drama going on – thankfully! – I think it’s more just one of those evenings where it’s 60mph all the way until after tea. Then we’re into teeth brushing, PJs and story time. I also had a surprise visit from a friend, Sophie, who was in the area. Having not been 100% well, she missed the Chameleons Xmas Do (more on that in a bit), but didn’t want to miss saying hi before Christmas and returning the favour with the festive gifts. I’d dropped mine off last week, […]

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Not so much back to black

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Hi, Am I glad it was pay day! The Jones Massive have nearly completely the Christmas shopping – yay, Interwebz! – and we will soon be moving on to the wrapping. By all that’s unholy, the mountain of wrapping… Yes, I know it’s not yet December, but we start early. Mainly to spread out the cost and also to avoid the seasonable comedy mess ups and risks of: I’m not sure what I want  The well loved (!) I’d quite like so-and-so, which you can’t get in the shops, or on-line.  Nothing really…. Thanks, very helpful! 🙂 Spending each morning at the Post Office, queueing for a recorded delivery that has hidden itself at the back of the sorting office. […]

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Judgement

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Hi, How are you all doing? After last week’s blog birthday celebrations, I am quite worn out. 🙂 Then again, maybe it’s the late night I pulled, after being out at Chameleons and then visiting the all-night supermarket to grab some supplies. When will I learn eh? 🙂 Return On the way to work, I listen to the radio – Radio 4 in the main, because I’m incredibly middle class and a bit farty. As in arty farty, rather than just full of gas, although… But self-depreciation aside, it might well be more because I don’t like a lot of the music they play on the radio. Even as a yoof I didn’t, but I’m drifting off topic. 🙂 This […]

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Standing up to the fear

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Hi, There’s a bit of recurring theme when it comes to Friday night’s blog. During the week, I store up ideas for things to write about, or rifle through my stash on drier weeks, and yet, oftentimes, I find myself staring at this empty white box. Not stuck for something to say, but running a monologue, trying to find a way to start the conversation – such that it is – and get going. It seems, as I read in a writing tips newsletter, to just ‘have at it’ – well, it was International Talk Like a Pirate Day, last week – and get going. As per, that seems to have done the trick. Umm… yarrr? 🙂 Part One There […]

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Personal choices

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Hi, It’s been one of those quiet, yet busy weeks this time around. While not much has happened, work and home life have been a bit of a blur. The Ever Lovely Mrs J has been away for work, which means Yours Truly has been wearing the parent hat full time. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to do so, although it did mean I was a lot more tired than usual. I suppose it’s the mix of an earlier start – to make sure Wee Man gets dropped at his friend’s house – and then the rush through work, before it’s time to pick up and make the tea. How do working women manage eh? With Mrs J away […]

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The case of the ironic applause

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Hi, After last week’s post about music, I’ve been wandering YouTube’s dusty halls of albums of yesteryear. It’s a strange journey. One that takes you through disbelief (geez, did I actually buy this?), guilty pleasures to happy days and old favourites. A lot of the earlier stuff seemed to be rather shouty, but maybe that was the era. 🙂 There certainly didn’t seem to be much of a pattern, but then, I think that’s like the best things in life. Here’s to eclectic. Is this how middle age starts? You start looking back, rather than being in the now – whatever that is… ?Would it be wrong to say hashtag down-with-the-kidz?! 🙂 Frankly, if “the now” is X Factor and […]

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