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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 9: 40s Grable Tea Dress from House of Foxy

Door 9 of the Retro Chick Advent Giveaway hides a beautiful 1940s inspired dress from one of my favourite ever repro brands, House of Foxy. Todays prize is the Grable Dress in Peony, it comes in sizes 8 to 24 and is a perfect 1940s inspired style. It has flutter sleeves in a peony print

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 8: Vintage Bargello Embroidered Wooden Pendant from Twin Made Things

Welcome to door 8 of the Retro Chick Advent Calendar! Todays prize is from creative duo Twin Made who sell their quirky cross stitch designs on Etsy. It’s a vintage Bargello embroidered wooden pendant on an antique style chain. This laser cut wooden pendant has been stitched following a vintage bargello embroidery pattern. Bargello is

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Cocktails Food & Drink

3 Festive Gin Cocktails

Have you been to the Advent Calendar today? Behind today’s door is a bottle of Tanqueray Gin and a rather swish notebook from Smythson with some cocktail recipes for you to make with them. I confess I don’t like Gin & Tonic (unless, apparently, it’s the most expensive Gin & Tonic as the amazing Gin

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 7: A bottle of Tanquery and exclusive Smythson Notebook

We’re a week into our Advent Calendar and today I bring you some festive booze! Over the weekend I’ve been trying out some festive cocktails from Tanqueray, and now it’s your chance to win a bottle to try some out yourself. Todays prize is a bottle of Tanqueray London Dry Gin and an exclusive Tanqueray

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Dear Diary

This Week I….

Well, happy Sunday everyone! I’m feeling particularly Sundayey today (Yes spell check, I know that’s not technically a word) and my plans include drinking lots of cups of tea and watching Netflix, and possibly Minions, if the mood happens to take me. While you are enjoying your Sunday take a few moments to pop over

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 6: £30 voucher for vintage store What's Your Tale Nightingale

Welcome to day 6 of the Retro Chick Advent Calendar! Today we’re going back to the sites roots, with £30 to spend on something fabulous from vintage shop What’s Your Tale Nightingale. What’s Your Tale Nightingale sells a selection of vintage everything; mens and womens clothing, homewares, accessories, books, sheet music; you name it, they

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Day 5: Hotel Chocolat Christmas Wreath Box

SOME people I hear put Christmas wreaths on their door. I much prefer this one as it’s made of chocolate! Behind Door 5 is Christmas Wreath chocolate box from Hotel Chocolat. Makers of incredibly tasty chocolate treats. The box contains 43 delicious Christmas truffles, a chunky cookie wreath and two large chocolate snowflakes, one cast

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Fashion & Beauty

Festive Fancy Dressing

I thought I would have to start this post with a disclaimer about how I had a coat. But actually I didn’t have a coat, and it wasn’t actually that cold. After 3 days in freezing York at the start of this week, Norwich feels positively balmy right now, but I was only outside for

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Advent Giveaway Retro Chick Competitions

Day 4: £50 voucher from Dolly & Dotty

I have a real treat for you today! The New Year is a great time to spruce up your wardrobe and treat yourself to something nice. Because, well, January is depressing. It’s also the time of the year when we are all most poor and unable to treat ourselves, so behind door 5 is a

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