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This post has been sponsored by Hotter Shoes who have also kindly gifted me my boots and handbag. I love fashion – and I like to think of myself as a plus sized over 50 fashionista.  Why not?  We are…

I love to travel.  There is something about visiting a place that is not home that captures my imagination and quite simply excites me.  I had to find a way of travelling on a budget. We are on a very…

Packing for a week in a carry-on bag is the biggest holiday challenge for me.  I want to be comfortable, feel fashionable and pretty and still not incur excess baggage costs. It starts with shoes … Shoes are the most…

Everyone has different expectations of a holiday and of course different budgets too. We were so excited to be visiting Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife.  Endless hours had been spent on YouTube looking at travel videos.  I was very…

I have always wished I had different feet.  Prettier smaller, slimmer feet.  The kind of feet that Manolo Blahnik would like to grace. Extreme Foot Make-over Fantasy In the nineties there was a TV programme being aired called Extreme Makeover. …

On Tuesday last week I waved my son off on a journey that will propel him into the real world.  I closed the door and burst into tears. I could not really explain the tear. They just came and the…

Afternoon tea is my favourite meal.  I know that it might not be the healthiest meal but it trumps on the luxurious indulgence stakes. I was delighted to be invited to the Carlton Hotel in Blanchardstown to celebrate the launch…

Stress is part of my life.  It is part of all our lives and relieving stress is high up on my list of things to deal with. Over the past couple of years I have learnt to deal with my…

This week I deleted over 50 000 emails and 20 000 text messages – a massive digital declutter. Digital mess is different to normal clutter.  For the most part it is invisible and takes up very little space in the physical world. …

Being brave is huge!  It means different things to different people really but it is really a very powerful emotion that can propel us forward in a really good and positive way. What does brave mean to you? For some…

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