1) Happy New Year everyone! I trust you all had excellent Christmas holidays and are now picking your way out of the debris, bleary-eyed and doughy-skinned, empty wine bottles crunching beneath your feet and Quality Street wrappers tumbling from every pocket. Making...
1) I have spent an entire week breathing through my mouth because I still have the world's most persistent cold. Honestly, it's becoming very distracting. I've taken to sipping water every five seconds to stop the inside of my throat drying out - I feel like I need to...
1) I'm featured in Red Magazine Online this week talking about top beauty tips. You can take a little look here - just a small mention, but I'm always happy to pop up in magazines and I hardly ever remember to tell anyone about it! So yes, Red Magazine, beauty tip,...
1) I have been having great fun this week, putting together a "Christmas Decorating" advertorial for B&Q. You can see the video over on Youtube here, but just LOOK at these Christmas jumpers you can get to hang on your tree! They were a pound each! It's a shame I...
It's my birthday weekend and I'm having a well-earned rest. It has been a truly terrible week, with Dexter in and out of the vet hospital (he's still not better) and various other stressful things going on. Today I'm taking a leaf out of Mr Bear's book and just...
1) Mr AMR and I decided to give Homeland a go, as we'd exhausted pretty much all other TV shows on Netflix apart from the really rubbish ones. We were quickly hooked into the fast-paced story line and devoured two series in just under two weeks. Trivial fact: Jess,...
1) I bought Mr Bear some new catnip toys - sardines squished into a tin! I find this "Yeowww!" brand to be the best, the cat nip lasts for ages and the designs are fun. Which doesn't matter to the cat, who would go completely out-of-this-world crazy whatever the stuff...
1) Crying: oh God, the John Lewis Christmas advert. It gets me every single year. This one didn't catch me out until quite near the end, but I still had to go for a little "quiet moment" afterwards and re-do my eye makeup. A lot of people online have voiced their...
1) I don't even like Nutella that much*, but I love the idea that you can personalise your own jar! I found this little gift idea when I was browsing about on the newly re-launched Selfridges website (they have a "favourites" button now so that you can save things to...
1) My big brother Dan is currently exhibiting his art work at Bold Street Coffee in Liverpool. If you are in the area, then please do pop in and have a look! He has also finally put some of his pieces online - here's his website: dancrilly.co.uk And here's the man...
1) I must say that I am struggling slightly with The Goldfinch. It is taking a hell of a lot of time and effort to wade through it, and I'm starting to lose heart! I know that it's probably sacrilege to say so, because this was "book of the century" or what have you,...
1) Wooo! This week I have achieved a massive personal goal and finished the first draft of a novel. I started it when I was at uni, doing my MA, and it was starting to drag on so I bit the bullet and got through to the end. I don't know whether anyone will ever read...