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I will admit that this year, rather uncharacteristically, I have suffered the January blues. The big fat energy sucking, positivity zapping feelings of gloom and glumdom have hit. Big style. I never normally feel any different in January, I usually feel super-inspired in fact; full of plans and excitement for the year to come. If anything I normally feel green, or yellow perhaps … but never blue … Not this January though. Ah – That’ll be the lack of evening wine then. And weekend afternoon beers … coupled with crisps …and pork scratchings. And Friday night brandy (which usually starts to excite me on Wednesday) … Yes, Tis true.…

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I’ve got to face the facts. I’m old. I’m not getting old. I simply somehow got old. And to be honest I don’t like it very much. This is my first blog post of the year for ZmG and, I don’t know about you, but the first post of a new year always feels like a hard one to get out, as the actress said to the Bishop. It’s like the Christmas break robs you of inspiration, makes you hypercritical of your abilities, and you sit and question whether to ever put fingers to keyboard again. Surely a New Year…

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organizations invited

  I was recently in conversation with Anna and I happened to mention that my wife and I would be celebrating our silver wedding anniversary soon. We talked on about the subject of marriage and she asked if I would put to paper my thoughts on being married for so long. I agreed, but I must say that it has been a hard process because it is something I have never actually considered. I have always thought that marriage was just that. It was something that you did. You went out together, became engaged, got married, had children and grew…

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Star Wars

The most important decision we make for our children isn’t their name, nor choosing whether to feed them by bottle or breast. It isn’t which school to send them to, nor when to teach them about sex or savings or both. No. The most important decision any parent will make when bringing up a child is the order in which the child should watch the Star Wars movies. By the way, if your child hasn’t seen them yet, it’s all about to go off like a frog in a sock as the new movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, comes…

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Happy smiling family at home celebrating Christmas

  I’m going to be honest with you. After all, it’s what I do best (for those who are remotely interested!) Social media this month –more than ever-  is making me want to puke. We are talking the rare and proper, heaving kind of chunder (y’know, the cheap white wine kind?) And I think the place that is riling me the most right now is Instagram. Actually, I’ve stopped looking at altogether to be honest … Because let me tell you, If I see one more carefully composed flat lay of festive accessories paired with a cheeky seasonal Starbucks (being…

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Happy Friday everybody! This week, a good friend of mine asked me to help her track down the perfect top for an occasion she has coming up this Christmas. It needed to be blue (navy or royal) , and ideally a halter neck in style (as she likes to show off her cracking shoulders!) Now you know what its like ladies, with zero spare time and very specific requirements, finding the ideal top in a sea of high street shops could end up taking some time and still result in finding nothing or having to compromise or change outfit plans altogether. Fortunately, I am basically…

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  I killed a man, years ago. He was a Danish political and environmental activist fighting a one man war against the status quo of globalisation and dirty energy corporate muscle. His name was Jesper Rasmussen. He was, to be totally honest, an idiot. He missed the point constantly, made an arse of himself on a weekly basis and his inability to decipher the subtleties of information frequently had him barking up wrong trees and upsetting people. He was a walking disaster, all told. Yet, people had loved him. One person especially loved him and that person was my husband.…

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  Meet Johnny*, Johnny Clash, who at 35 years of age, has spent more than a decade living abroad; travelling the world and dating every different nationality of female in existence. (He won’t confirm exact numbers for me, But I suspect its in the hundreds. Minimum!) Girls, its fair to say that Johnny is pretty confident he has our number. Fact. Consequently, trust me when I tell you that he has a thing or two to say about the fairer sex. In truth, this dude has a relentlessly honest opinion on everything, and I for one cant wait to read more from him … (and possibly disagree…

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Happy Friday girls! Okay, its officially party season, so for this weeks Stylefinder post, I have found my favourite bits for December. Like everyone, I’ve got lots of nights out on the horizon – You know, not just out, but out out! and like most parents , I always have to rush myself ready super-quick around feeding the five-thousand, putting them to bed and reading more Mr Men than you could shake a stick at. So, it always pays for me to have some outfit combinations ready for quick action! This year, I’m not really feeling all the sparkly reds, golds and greens…

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Happy Friday Girls! So, have you heard of Pepperberry? They are a sister company of Bravisimo and specialise in clothing for bigger busted women. Lets face it, if you are blessed up top, then trying to find clothing to fit can be a real pain in the shapely plump arse sometimes. With gaping buttons and over taught fabric threatening to blow at any time, this can often result in needing to go up one, sometimes two or three dress sizes. Talk about #firstworldproblems. I don’t want to go UP sizes … who does? We don’t need all that extra fabric everywhere else, Yet…

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