Category: Inspiration & Lifestyle
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My Vintage Confession
I have a confession to make. I’m not really a vintage blogger. When I started this blog I ran a vintage and second-hand clothing eBay shop. I posted little collages of clothes I had for sale, jazzed up with a few modern accessories, and sometimes of modern clothes given a retro look. I had the…
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Retro Chick Gets Outspired
So spending a bank holiday weekend doing DIY is a massive cliche. But never the less, that’s what I did over Easter. I have this little dream that I will spend the summer sitting in a beautiful sunny spot sipping Pimms. However, as of last week my garden looked like this and was not an…
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The Perils of Over Doing It.
This last month I have learnt why all exercise books tell you to build things up slowly. It wasn’t deliberate. I was just a bit stupid. Christmas is pretty much always a slack fest especially post Half Marathon, and the first couple of months of this year were also pretty light. I had a terrible…
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Helen Grant and Women in Sport
I don’t know if you’ve seen it today, but the Sports Minister Helen Grant is being quoted all over the news as having suggested Women should take up more “feminine” sports, like cheer-leading and roller skating, in which they can look “glowing and radiant”. I followed the stories back to this interview in the Telegraph,…
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Recommended Reading
As I sit here now it sounds pretty nasty out there. The wind is crazy and the carpark across the road appear to have changed it’s life ambition to become a lake, and it’s working really really hard to achieve it. I see lots of people are at home and not travelling due to severe…
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100 Happy Days
I’m feeling pretty darn moany at the moment. I’ve had the evil death cold from hell since before New Year, hell, it started in a mild way before Christmas! I had a fabulous time in Las Vegas, but I can’t say 2 transatlantic flights and 2 super hectic days have sped up my recovery, and…
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#MyLivLifePledge
So, like I’ve said before, I don’t do New Years Resolutions. It’s a fact that only 8% of people manage to keep their New Years Resolutions and setting yourself unrealistic goals is a sure fire way to end up miserable, and worse off than before you set them! Of course, having said that, there’s nothing…
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{Giveaway} A Happy & Healthy New Year!
Happy New Year folks! I hope you had a fun holiday and you treated yourself to some tasty goodies? Even if you didn’t go crazy at Christmas I think it’s a time of year when we do over indulge a little, and that’s a good thing, being in control all the time is pretty dull!…
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Top of the Retro Chick Pops 2013
As the year winds to a close I always get the urge to look back on what’s happened over the last 12 months. It’s not just me either, every December “year in review” apps pop up on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and we all enjoy reviewing our year, what’s gone well, what hasn’t, and setting…