I had a damn fine couple of days over the May Day weekend. After an entire season of enforced hibernation, it was just what I needed to kick start the rest of my 2016. I had Friday afternoon off so sped down the A3 to Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth. I wasn’t really intending to buy a … More It’s French, he said. From M’aidez.
I have been waiting to post this for weeks. It’s my adorable I Am Acrylic collection which has a couple of recent additions. I fell in love with them a couple of years ago. Ruth and Brendan’s designs are so iconic and I dragged Husband into Hannah Zakari‘s shop in Edinburgh when we visited in 2015 … More It’s official, you’re fantastic
I feel extraordinarily tired, incredibly grimy, and I’m not convinced my legs work anymore. This morning, I queued for almost 3 1/2 hours for the Tatty Devine Sample Sale (and spent another hour crammed inside). It was my first sale, and the first hosted not in the Brick Lane shop but around the corner at … More Tatty Devine Sample Sale 2016
I think it’s fair to say that there is one band responsible for the person I am today. One specific album even. And that album is 20 years old. Good grief. The story of how I found 1977 and the band Ash is a bit odd and starts with Formula One. My Dad is very into motorsports, … More I sometimes wish it was that summer again
I seem to have built up an excess of leave at work so I need to start take odd days here and there until the end of July. It’s quite nice in a way – I’m barely going to be working a full week for the next three months (which I could get dangerously used to). … More What do we treat ourselves to?
Uh, Sophie Conran, have you been reading my Not Another Bill blog posts? The above quote was essentially the theme of my March 2016 review. And the good news is, April 2016 item is 200% more useful than last month and a smidgen more beautiful. It’s a lovely pair of secateurs, a collaboration between Sophie Conran … More Not Another Bill – April 2016 review
Normal blogging service will resume at some stage. Probably when I start doing things again (believe me, I’m going to blog the shit out of my Miami trip). I get a week off work for Easter, and it was mainly spent watching American Crime Story, eating Hotel Chocolat sale eggs, and window shopping for holiday … More Sniffle sniffle snuffle
After almost three months, my Dad is out of hospital. He still not fully well, but he is at least able to stay in his own house so we’re calling it a bit of a win. There are certain phrases which I don’t ever want to say again however (a non-exhaustive list): We’ll cross that … More There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things
I’m struggling with this month’s gift. Again. It’s an elaborately designed magnifying glass (again no collaborating brand). Quite weighty, good optics (?). Mine is actually filthy and covered in sticky stuff though – my hands were black after I put it together and you can see some of the black stuff in the above photo. … More Not Another Bill – March 2016
My Project 365 photo albums are full up of hospital photos. Yep, Dad is still there. I think we’re at week 8, week 9? We’ve lost count. I’m so oddly used to the ward now. I know the nurses from the sound of their footsteps, I know their shift patterns (“No no, Rachel isn’t on … More Someone turn me around
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