I’ve recently finished the Vivienne Cardigan from Wool and the Gang. It was my first kit from them, and my first ever cardigan. I think it turned out really well! The kit contains 9 balls of Shiny Happy Cotton, a pattern, a sewing needle and a crochet hook. You can get them to send you […]
Life
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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 […]
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 […]
Facing Friday – Self-Kindness
It has come to my attention that, over this past week, I have been being unkind to myself. On Monday, despite being omgreallygoodIwenttothegymFOURTIMES I stayed the same weight as the week before – a week I had used to consume everything I could get my grubby mitts on. On Tuesday I got up for yoga […]
Crappest In The Class – My Yoga Journey So Far…
There is a lot of chat, in yoga circles, about “building a daily practice”. Or people will tell you how long they’ve been doing it for – “I first started yoga in 2010…” But this is a bit misleading. This implies that doing yoga is a smooth, linear process, where you get better in a […]
Facing Friday -Kicking Bums On All Fronts
This week has been a Good Week. That’s a nice thing to write. I think the reason I stopped blogging for a bit was, I felt a bit panicky and out of control – with food, with writing, with life in general. I felt like I never had enough time or energy for everything – […]
Facing Friday – New Term
It feels like the start of a new term to me at the moment – partly because of the changing seasons (spring is finally here YES!!!) but mainly because I have changed my working hours, and now only do 3 days per week at my day job – leaving me a LOT more time to […]
Facing Friday – I’m Fricking Thirty
Hello team, and welcome to my 30’s! Expect me to get wise AF from now on. Pretty sure that’s how that works. I read Nothing! Sorry gang. I did three last week though, be fair. I saw As part of a wonderful Birthday Treat Weekend, Paul took me to see Richard Herring’s new show Happy […]
Facing Friday – Back with a Bang
I AM BACK properly now. Did you miss me? What? NO? Get out. Anyway. As regular readers will know, I recently got married. It looked like this – And made me feel like this – I’ve already done my gushy marriage post and there is a lot more content to come on this, so I […]
Facing Friday – A Week Off
I’m on honeymoon! No time to write an amusing round up of the week’s activities – this plate of cheese isn’t going to eat itself. Instead, a selection of photos of my new husband, drinking.