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12 Days of Christmas : Day 2

It’s Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Yesterday I started the Christmas Stocking off with a few goodies from the new film Deep Blue Sea. You can still comment on that post for one entry, but today I’m introducing another prize, and another couple of chances to enter! Todays prize is courtesy

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Retro Chick Competitions

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year again, that I try and come up with something lovely to give you for Christmas. As ever, I’m not actually Santa, regardless of what it may look like in my fancy Christmas header, and without an army of elves at my beck and call I

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Travel & Events

7 Dials Christmas Shopping

On Thursday night I mentioned I was headed to 7 Dials for a blogger reception and Christmas Shopping Evening. Seeing as my posting schedule is all messed up this week I thought I might as well tell you about it now! Prepare for a post quite heavy on festive photographs full of twinkly lights! The

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Dear Diary

Innocent Smoothies Hat Tag for Age UK

Just a quickie today (oo-eer!) My posting schedule (how organised does that sound!) has been all thrown out by the lost days buying and recovering my laptop, but I wanted to let you know about this before it’s too late! You might have seen Innocent Smoothies adorning their bottles with cute little wooly hats. Well

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Dear Diary

Historical Saucery

Did you notice I was missing yesterday? Twitter followers definitely know why, as that’s where I like to whinge and rant, and I did mention it on Facebook too, but the reason was my laptop decided to have terminal meltdown on Friday. It didn’t matter how many times I pushed the on button, how long

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Lingerie Love – The Modern Panty Girdle

It’s Party Season. I know this because every single magazine cover, TV advert and advertising email I receive tells me it is.Christmas seems to be the most irritating season of people virtually pushing yummy food on you, then expecting you to look hawt in a sechsy frock for a night out. And that’s where shapewear

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Dear Diary Vintage

The Lazy Girls Guide to Winter Dressing

Don’t you just love Summer? You leap out of bed in the morning, add a dusting of make up, sling on a pretty summer frock and wedge heel shoes and you’re out of the door looking like getting ready took you hours, not minutes. Well tough. Most of you reading live in the UK and

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Fashion & Beauty

Ways to Countdown to Christmas

End of November is fast approaching. That must mean it’s time for me to start looking at all the exciting advent calendars I’d like someone to buy for me. Like every year I imagine I’ll end up getting none of them, and then buy myself one from the pound shop containing deformed looking cheap chocolate

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Fashion & Beauty

Warm Winter Coats

Last week it was capes, this week it’s coats. The more intuitive amongst you might draw from this the conclusion that Retro Chick is cold, and they’d be right. I can’t think about much else but gloves, scarves and hats at the moment. A good smart winter coat is a lazy girls essential. Lets face

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