How to Live the Good Life

There’s nothing I like more than a get together with friends over a glass of champagne. What better way to do this than to combine it with raising money for a cause? With the help of 12 [...]

I’ve been keeping this under my hat, because there were times when I thought I might crack, or regret the decision, or fall completely apart. We kept on asking should we, or shouldn’t [...]

I’m all for saving money where I can, and I do quite a lot of shopping over the internet. But it wasn’t until my daughter and her boyfriend bought a camper van, and my son  bought a [...]

This post contains affiliate links. Remember the days of burnt toast and runny eggs, when your small children would bring you breakfast in bed when they were little? So special! Talk about [...]

Sponsored post and prize in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures. Going in Style is an American heist comedy. I can’t wait to see it because I’m sure it’s going to tickle my [...]

One of the great things about blogging is the lovely people you get to meet. People who very often have the same outlook on life as you do, and are into the same sort of things. I’ve known [...]

I’m a big lists person. I make lists all the time. The sad thing is making to do lists doesn’t seem to make me more organised. Far from it. Rather it seems to have the opposite effect because I [...]

The lead up to Christmas isn’t always bright lights, champagne and laughter, is it? Do you often find yourself asking: “How can I spend less on housekeeping?” and “How can [...]

  It’s all to easy to lapse into default at Christmas isn’t it? When you’re wondering what to give the woman who has everything, or who appears to have everything, [...]

We’ve just had a lovely weekend away down south. Not in five star luxury, not in three star convenience … but under canvas in a tent. And it was brilliant. Which has led me to think about [...]