One of the most annoying things that people ask you when you're single is "how are you single?" It's a double edged sword. On one hand it's a compliment, as though the person cannot fathom HOW you've become available on the market because you're so goddess like....
In my previous job I lived a grand total of 15 minutes from my office, 10 if I walked really quickly or didn't mind being a couple of minutes late because I didn't want a wonky lipstick line. This meant I could get out of bed between 8:15 and 8:27 dependent on how...
Sick days. There was a certain Oscar deserving performance involved in the scoring off a sick day from school from those years of yester. You would peer up from beneath the bed covers to your mum or dad, hair ruffled, big sad eyes and mumble with that "I woke up like...
As the clock approaches the countdown to a close on one year and the beginning of another it's easy to be swept along in the flurry of people planning and plotting to make this the best year yet ever. Along with the Facebook posts at 4pm to make sure their update...
Just like woolly jumpers and berry lips are part pf the unofficial requirements for winter, it's the winter months that I find myself reaching for candles to add a glimmer of a flame into my living room, bedroom or bathroom to add a firey glow and an aroma that...
I think I've become the single gals fairy godmother of late. More than twice in the last few weeks I've found myself in the position of being a shoulder to cry on or a confidant for friends who've recently separated from a partner and found themselves newly single. In...
After the streaming of the much hyped Band Aid 30 charity video on Sunday nights X Factor, was Twitter awash with sympathetic words about what a great cause it is and how much money should be raised? No. The Twittersphere threw their hands up because Zoella, Alfie...
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine. Wine? Marvellous. At the moment I'm at the "keep your mistletoe and your Christmas time but hand over the bottles of wine" stage of Christmas and festivities. Not because I'm a long lost relative of the Grinch or because I'm a...
It's no secret to the internet, my friends, family (and the woman who works in the local chippy) that following the demise of a 6 year relationship I was single for a year and a half-ish (almost two). In those two years BB (before boy) I entertained* you all with my...