Hello, Yes Please
For some reason, its gotten sooooo cold in Bristol this week. Its like a proper winter at home! Last year, I managed to get away with buying a winter coat and boots, because it wasn’t actually that cold, but sadly…
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The Joys of Temping
My new best friend, 15/365, originally uploaded by Manuela Hoffmann I’ve been temping since I left Chester last year, and it doesn’t really get any easier. I am really missing working in an office on a permament basis, and although…
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AGM2 – August 09
Nathan, Adam, Jason, Deanne, me, Louise This weekend, Adam, Deanne, Jason and I descended on our friends Louise and Nathan for the sporadic Accounting Geek Reunion. Waaaaaay back in t’olden days (erm, September 2002), Adam, Deanne, Louise and I started…
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Happy September!
Autumn leaves in Clifton, originally uploaded by Paul…Gibson. September has traditionally been my favourite month. Not just because its my birthday month (did I mention its nearly my birthday and I like shiny things?) but because it was always the…
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Albert Hammond Jr – “Hard To Live (In The City)”
I love this song so much. I first heard it when I first moved to Bristol last year, and thought that it wasn’t really that hard to live in the city (you see what I did there? Oh never mind)…
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Ribbons and Pearls
A quick make this evening, to match my outfit this weekend (I bought a lovely grey satin and black jersey dress, oops!) I saw a necklace in Topshop recently where it had some large beads tied onto a ribbon. It…
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Pretty Sparkly Things!
Yesterday I recieved these earrings in the post from Zoe. She’s just started making jewellery, and this was a really nice surprise! I wanted to say Thank You here :) Its making me want to use my jewellery making stuff…
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Quick iPhone Case
Its been a while since I’ve used the sewing machine (I was kinda put off since making ~20 meters of bunting for Lou and Naths wedding!) but I thought I should do something with this material which has been lurking…
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10 Years Online
I realised that whilst I’ve been blogging for 8 years, I’ve been online a little longer than that. A more complete version of my geek history can be found here if you’re that interested, but I thought I would share…
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Ode to a Sewing Machine
Oh sewing machine. I love you. You were given to me in 2006, from a very kind lady who answered my Freecycle plea. The wife and I drove 30 miles to collect you from a tiny little beach village called…
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Birthdays and Wishlists
Ooooh, its nearly my birthday. I’ll be 26 next month, and looking back at my list from last year, not that much has changed. I did get my iPhone (and how did I survive without it? Oh Apple, I bloody…
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Sponsored Posts
I’ve been contacted recently by an online vintage swap shop website who would like me to review their website in exchange for some freebies. Obviously my first thought was “Woo hoo! Free shiz!” (I am just a girl, an unemployed…
