Make lemonade

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Life has given me a horrendous dose of the sniffles so I am in fact consuming vast quantities of hot water with lemon and ginger in an attempt to be fighting fit for a work trip to Paris this weekend.  I do love my job, yes! Still obsessed with my happy coat and…
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Soupe a l’oignon (et cognac)

It’s not healthy but it’s still soup so it can’t be all bad right?  And it tastes of ski holidays.  Fact.  And that’s all good I promise. Soupe a l’oignon et cognac (serves 4) olive oil & a knob of butter 7 medium onions, halved and sliced 2 tsp sugar 150ml white wine 850ml beef stock (I used cubes, so…
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Signed up

Thank you guys for all your feedback about the hat – and if you didn’t feed back in time and you proposed to be negative then you, my friend, are too late.  Forever hold your peace.  For you will see, there atop my noggin, is the sparkliest woolen riding hat.  I have signed up for pony club. Today a spell…
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Instadiary & the UGG winners

Morning bread runs to Kember & Jones and feeding my yellow obsession with the coloured door in the bluebellgray studio and the ugly truth about late night dog walk fashion (clue: pyjamas) and keeping cosy and my boy waiting patiently on his window seat and a big thank you Lucky Magazine and my favourite chicken raspberry salad and dog walk…
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Hems are dropping

‘Are hems dropping?’, asks Auntie Pat.  Well yes, I do believe they are. Whilst she informs me that a young lady’s hem should end at her fingertips, I am inclined to disagree.  A shift is coming, or perhaps it’s just me, but my pencil skirt purchasing currently knows no bounds (aided by the sales, thank you).  A loose, chunky knit…
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