by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 19, 2017 | Family
I’ve hidden this month’s credit card statement from my husband. This is something I have to do from time to time or run the risk of his leaving me. Or worse, leaving me to pay the thing myself. I know that I won’t be the only person who disguises...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 12, 2017 | Fashion
We’re well into November now and everywhere I look moustaches are establishing themselves above the lips of men of my acquaintance. Movember is here again and stuff is sprouting under male noses in the name of men’s health awareness. You’ve got to hand it to the...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 5, 2017 | Family
November already. The season of fog, fireworks and frankfurters. No sooner have we recovered from the halloween cocktails than it’s time to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. Time to ignite excitement for firework displays, hot punch and jacket potatoes. I find I can really...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 28, 2017 | Entertainment, Family, Food
Halloween in the twenty-first century is how I know I am not a genuinely modern person. I am a twentieth century person in disguise. Yes, I love some of the innovations of this millennium. Park Assist is just great, Netflix has changed my life and I’m genuinely...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 22, 2017 | Fashion, Health
Until this week I had relatively little in common with the Duchess of Cambridge. Yes, we both come from a long line of coal miners and sure, we’d both bought pieces from Hobbs’ Dalmatian print range back in 2013, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end....