As well as our homemade wedding present (which I will blog about soon) I decided to make something a little more personal for Maddie. There was no subtle way of getting a leg measurement other than asking if I could take one, I made sure this was a couple of months ago over some wine so there was Read more about DIY garterment[…]
So this weekend the chicks (is that the correct terminology?) and our Hen headed to the big city for a weekend of pampering before the big day for her in August. As good Bridesmaids should we had lined up a couple of non embarrassing surprises along the way. Each bridesmaid brought a bottle of fizz Read more about A weekend in the smoke[…]
After 6 years of working for my current publishing company I’m off to pastures new! I have been offered a job at another very prestigious Oxford publishers and so had to say my goodbyes. This was my leaving lunch at the always lovely Steveton House hotel. Instead of a leaving present I asked my colleagues Read more about I’m no good at goodbyes…[…]
We decided to try somewhere new for the Christmas work party this year and this beautiful house is just down the road from us. There was a warm welcome. and we got dinner and dancing inside the marque. These are my beautiful friends I was wearing a beautiful dress that I found in a charity Read more about Christmas party at Kingston Bagpuize House[…]
This weekend we visited Boscombe in Bournemouth to catch up with Ben & Jiwon (remember them?). Well they are now living in the UK so we loaded the car up with beer (for Ben) & local bakery bread (Jiwon, she is obsessed with bread, I had promised to make her some but was ill the Read more about Weekend catch up with Ben & Jiwon[…]
So this weekend we were lucky enough to have Mr Alexander Wood to visit for the day. As it was a Sunday some of the places we would have taken him were shut, so lunch in the kings arms and a leisurely wander round the Pitt Rivers were decided on. I fell in love with Read more about Alex comes to visit[…]
It is with great sadness I have to report the passing of another of our ex-batts, yesterday morning. Bellatrix (so named because when we took her out of her carrier she tried to peck my finger) did not turn out to be dastardly she did however turn out to be lovely. This is her just Read more about Bye bye Bella[…]
It was Maddie’s birthday on the 2nd so this weekend her better half Jonny, Jam & I, and some of Maddie’s friends from Yorkshire (including the most excellent Ruth & Worldly (with whom I shared a house at uni)) went out to celebrate (it was a surprise to Maddie until the Yorkshire lot arrived on Read more about Rock the Kazbar![…]
You may remember my friends Beth and Nick got married the other weekend prior to moving to Dubai. What you may not be aware of is that Beth kept 3 ex-batts (inspired, she says by me and my chicken keeping exploits). Unfortunately one of them died shortly after being declared a free girl. However on Read more about Hello to Bea[…]
The final wedding was my friends Nick & Beth. I first met Beth in the loos at work crying her eyes out over her missing cat. Although the cat didn’t come back (alas) and although there were many more tears (mostly from my side as I was dating some very unsuitable boys at this Read more about Beth’s wedding[…]