Happy Weekend!

I forgot it’s a long weekend in the States this weekend. Everyone enjoy their Labor Day - and check out my hints for Staying Safe While Driving Alone if you’re going to be hitting the road solo.
I’m off to a wedding so hopefully there will be some pics to post when I get back. Not [...]

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Ooh La La

The Eric Bana of shoes.

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Feelin’ Crabby

The Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival is on in London this weekend.
Think they’d accommodate someone who requests pepper crab instead?

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Wasn’t Me

So when I went to order my favourite raincoat…

…this ended up in my basket too!
It wasn’t my fault though. Someone else must have put it there.

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Attitude, Darling

This morning I waltzed into a meeting and announced what a positively, absolutely, brilliantly gorgeous Autumn day it was. Clear, bright, a little chill in the air. Amazing.
“Beth, it’s fecking August,” came the rather grumpy reply.
“Attitude, darling,” I had to sing back, “it’s all about attitude.”

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A Few of My Favourite Things

I’ve been going back over some research about Dublin lately, and I thought I’d make a few suggestions in case anyone ever decides to take them. So here they are, a few of my favorite things in Dublin:
1. Favourite Hotel - The Merrion (luxury) Kilronan House (budget).
2. Favourite Restaurant - The Bistro.
3. Favourite Hair Salon [...]

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Long Weekend

No, it’s not another bank holiday this week but Larry and I both decided to take today off to hang around and get back on top of things. And on top of things we got.
We still didn’t get around to much cleaning, but we did get the second bedroom organised using a [...]

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Bodice Rippers

I think I may need to either quit cold turkey, or write one of these damn things myself.
And by “damn things” I mean romance novels.
I was heading to an appointment directly from work the other day so I threw one of my “lustful novels” into my bag (gotta be prepared for the wait). [...]

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On A Roll

Lar’s really on a roll this week.
While we were getting some groceries the woman at the till asked if we needed a bag.
“Nope!” he gleefully exclaimed, putting an arm around me, “she’s right here!”

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Euro Chic

On Monday Larry came out sporting beige socks with his navy suit. He saw me look at his ankles and promptly explained that he had bought a number of new socks, but that I shouldn’t worry, all the rest were black.
Fair enough.
On Tuesday Larry came out sporting baby blue socks with his navy suit. [...]

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