Recently I have been thinking about tampons and man they are shit. I’ve been prompted by this ace poem by Hollie McNish that’s been going around, and also by having my period while away for the weekend. This is possibly the thing I miss least about the monthly meetings at my old office job! […]
Advice
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How to Plan a Wedding
I got married last year and, like everyone else who has done this, I reckon this makes me an expert on the subject. So I’m dispensing my wisdom. As I am 31 years old, LOTS of people I know are getting married. Is this you? Is this very confusing? Have you suddenly gone from having […]
On The Other Hand
This morning I woke up at 5:30 to the news that we have voted to leave the EU, and that as a result, the pound had dropped to its lowest point since 1985. Worse, a lot of my friends, born in other countries, no longer feel welcome in the UK. Our Prime Minister (much as […]
Times of Trouble – Poetry Can Help
I have this one poem that took me three whole years to write. I started it as a note on my phone, when I was waiting, drunk and maudlin, for the last train to take me back to Didcot. For the next few years, every time I felt especially low, I’d open up the file […]
Self Care – Being Your Own Seven Year Old
A few years ago I was reading some article on dieting, as I am wont to do, when I came across the words – “An adult woman seeking to lose 1-2 pounds per week requires 1,400 calories per day, the same amount as a seven year old child…” I will not recount to you the […]
For Truly Terrible Colds, or Other Times Everything Is Wrong
First, find a lemon. If a wrinkled up, sad little one that’s been sitting on the kitchen windowsill is all you have, then use that. Try to be more optimistic. Select your mug. I chose my husband’s superhero mug. Pow! It’ll be fine, really. Roll your lemon on the worktop and then chop it in […]
Blogmas Day 17 – This Is Not A Review Of The Year
Last year lots of “big” things happened to me. I bought a house, I took a show to Edinburgh, I lost three and a half stone, I got engaged, I got a pet, I got a promotion. Loads of things to put on facebook, straightforward things that people can like and comment “Yay!! Congrats :D” […]
Blogmas Day 11 – Things Of The Year
As is traditional at this time of year, I have been reflecting on the things I have achieved and enjoyed through the last 12 months. Today, a tour of things I have enjoyed. Achievements is more of an essay than a cute list to scroll down while you’re meant to be proofing the end of […]
Blogmas Day 9 – Three Irritating Questions You’ll Be Asked At Christmas Parties
Christmas is a time of socialising, which is both good and bad. Boozy night down the pub with beloved old friends you haven’t seen for a year? Good! Cheeky after work prosecco with your besties just because it’s Christmas? Good! Pretending you’re going Christmas shopping with your Dad but bunking off and going down the […]
Blogmas Day 6 – Yoga for Period Pain
Not Christmas themed, but if you have periods this is my main advent gift to you. I actually meant to put this up a FULL YEAR AGO. Where does the time go, eh? Sorry guys. Right. Obviously, suggesting that if you’re having period pains you should “do some nice yoga” is a smug and terrible […]