October cold nips at thighs and calves. I wrap them, tuck them in, try to be at one with the shape of my chair. It’s a swivel chair. Once shaped, will I be able to twist, turn and spin into takeoff? And, once airborne, will I be able to land? Or, will that be meContinue reading “Silly Poem – Winter’s Approach”
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Savvy Style – Princess Cool
It’s 1.22am, and here is the moment readers of Savvy Style – Bag a Princess! have all been waiting for. Put down the red carpet for a very important guest! Cameras at the ready … Let me introduce you to our late arrival, held up by a wardrobe malfunction, on the eve of her engagement toContinue reading “Savvy Style – Princess Cool”
Savvy Style – Bag a Princess!
Update on the whole Princess-Beatrice-lookalike dress on a budget fiasco! As you saw in my previous post, Princess Budget, I did eventually achieve some success with my charity shop jaunt, with a floral wonder from Cancer Research UK – well under budget at £3! It’s true enough that it was a little short and improper, theContinue reading “Savvy Style – Bag a Princess!”
Savvy Letter – Dear Prince Harry
Written in response to Harry’s pleas to look up and appreciate the trees that sustain us, as featured in The Daily Mail. Dear Harry, You are so right – right in the way that all fellow gingers are obviously right! Have been an fan of you, since it became clear from your baby pictures that, likeContinue reading “Savvy Letter – Dear Prince Harry”
Savvy Letter – Dear Tesco
Savvy Book – Burn
‘I’m looking for a slow burn mystery that gives you that feeling of, “Something’s not right here.”’ (A quote from the Reddit user, MildlyAngryCat. Look no further, my Angry Cat, I am here! I, Jay Cool! I am your slow-burn mystery, and there’s definitely something not quite right here. I mean, who else would put themselvesContinue reading “Savvy Book – Burn”
Savvy Style – Dress to live!
“When do you think we might stop dressing the same as we did when we were twenty-something?” For a teeny bit of a moment, my much-younger (approaching forty) cousin-in-law’s question brings on a miniature wave of anxiety. Is she trying to make a statement? Is she dropping a mammoth-sized hint? I try to see myselfContinue reading “Savvy Style – Dress to live!”
Savvy Style – Princess Budget
It’s Saturday, i.e. shopping day! And I’m all excited because, according to the Metro online, I can purchase a Zimmerman dress identical to the one worn by the recently-engaged Princess Beatrice, for the mere price of £595 from Zimmerman. Tragically, my Jobseeker’s Allowance won’t stretch to it. Disaster! Alternatively, if I take advice from Hello I couldContinue reading “Savvy Style – Princess Budget”
Savvy Diary – Bottle of Wee
If the environmental issues featured in this post touch a chord with you, please also view posts by my fellow blogger The Wandering Ambivert. So I’ve given up the day job! But, almost a month into my sabbatical, how am I faring? Have a made a single penny out of my blogging? No. Have I writtenContinue reading “Savvy Diary – Bottle of Wee”
Savvy Article – Boris & Donald
Dear Boris and Donald, Overlords. Overlords and outsiders. Oppressive order. Savvy! The stuff, Boris and Donald, of dystopian novels. Or is it? Is the word dystopia really a synonym for the here and now, for your here and now? For a world in which your narcissistic selves climbed over piles of others, in your desperateContinue reading “Savvy Article – Boris & Donald”
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