Talking Scents… Exploring the Signature Fragrance

by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 11, 2016 | Fashion

Paralysed. That is the only word to describe how I felt while fingering a rather lovely cashmere jumper in a rather lovely boutique shop in my local town. (This is how the impoverished get their kicks, you know.) It wasn’t the jumper itself that stopped me in my...

I Left My Bra in Bali: Part 2 – Dipping a Toe in the Waters

by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 3, 2016 | Travel

When I agreed to go on an ‘adventure holiday’ with some fortysomething girlfriends there was a raising of spousal eyebrows. “Kayaking the Pacific?” My husband said. “Snorkelling coral reefs? Do they know you don’t like getting your hair wet?” “I don’t like...

I Left My Bra in Bali: Part 1 – Squatters’ Rights!

by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 26, 2016 | Health, Travel

I’ve just checked out the top ten phobias. Spiders are number one, shortly followed by snakes and heights. Can’t see ‘unreliable flush’ on the list, but that is what I fear most of all. Is it a Catholic thing? The terror of the turd bobbing about in the pan? The...

Nights in White Satin – What Not to Wear in Bed

by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 8, 2016 | Fashion, Tips

On rare occasions I am asked what I wear in bed. It’s one of my favourite questions. My actual favourite is, ‘When were you born?’  Because then I can answer,   “ ’69. Year of the Cock.” The gratuitousness of which gives me enormous satisfaction. But ‘What do you wear...

The Great British Bake Off – or What Brown Owl Never Told Me

by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Aug 31, 2016 | Family, Food

The home page of today’s Daily Mail online has stark news for its readers. Brits are over-baking their cream horns by up to ten minutes. It’s Bake Off season! Which is why cream horns have made it to the top of the agenda. What has happened in the world of baking is...