by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Dec 10, 2017 | Nature, Talking Points
I have glitter in my pants. This is how I know Christmas is nearly upon us. It’s not glitter from the pants themselves, or indeed from any kind of genital adornment (my genitals are perfectly fabulous without Swarovski, thanks all the same). No, it’s general jazzle...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 26, 2017 | Talking Points
Black Friday has been and gone. I hope you survived. I was planning to resist this commercial contrivance but I caved in at the last minute. I didn’t want to be tempted by the offers so I deliberately deleted emails alerting me to the discounted prices at online...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 17, 2017 | Family, Nature, Talking Points
I have it on good authority that once they’ve seen my Frilly Echeveria, people won’t stop talking about it. Captivated by its crinkly edges and entranced by its pink blush it is the stuff of which certain dreams are made of. Horticultural dreams, largely. My Frilly...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 10, 2017 | Family, Talking Points
Walking into the large shopping mall near the offices where I work, I was overwhelmed by a new scent… the smell of bergamot, geranium, soapy nipples and foaming navels. Lush, the handmade cosmetics store, has arrived with its top notes of lemon, apple pulp and ylang...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Aug 20, 2017 | Talking Points
Clark Kent uses a phone box for his transformation. I use a bath. And I’m not saying that I clamber out of the bath as Superwoman (never gone in for red pants, for a start), but I do find a hot bath restorative and, on occasion, inspiring. (Where do you think the idea...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jun 25, 2017 | Family, Talking Points
When he was five or six, my younger son came home from school singing a song. The ‘Shopping Song’. “We’re going shopping,” he warbled, ‘we’re gonna shop, shop, shop ’til we drop, we’re gonna spend some money...
