by Fortysomething Fan Girl | May 13, 2018 | Talking Points, Travel
I’ve just tried to pay for breakfast with a tube of hand cream and a dog biscuit. These are the first things I came up with when I rummaged in my handbag for some cash. I couldn’t find my purse because it was buried under a heap of things I keep in my bag IN CASE OF...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | May 6, 2018 | Family, Health
We are going away for the bank holiday weekend and I am packing the bag. In it I have put, as a matter of priority, a packet of Wagtastic chicken strips, some grain free treats (steam cooked fish, potato and sweet potato), Lionel, the lion rope toy, poo bags (never in...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Apr 29, 2018 | Nature, Talking Points
I’m looking at the weather forecast for the next few days. There’s more rain on the way and yet another Met Office weather warning in place. One of the reasons I detest bad weather is because there is nobody to write and complain to. When, as now, things are...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Apr 22, 2018 | Food, Talking Points
Remind me in twenty minutes that I have a cake in the oven. It’s a parsnip and maple cake, described by BBC Good Food as ‘easy.’ I’ve made it for my friend’s birthday dinner. It wasn’t ‘easy.’ It was stressful and time...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Apr 15, 2018 | Fashion
I have spent the last hour or so perusing swimwear online. I am off for a spa day in a couple of weeks’ time, to celebrate the 50th birthday of a gal pal. I dug out my much loved swimsuit, bought on an online auction for £1 (and before you ask, yes, it was BNWT...