Weekend Reading: 19 February

Not Supermum has had a lovely blog makeover, she’s also written and interesting post on the differences between bloggers and writers. Tips on how to praise to achieve results from Michelle, an opinionated woman. Teer Wayde or Curves to Kill has a fantastic list of places to shop for plus size fashion that are fashionable [...]

Relaxing with a Magazine

Women’s Weekly Magazine I’ve always loved magazines. I love the glossy paper, the beautiful coloured photos, the headlines that promise some of life’s little mysteries will be revealed to me. Ever since I was a teenager and I started buying Dolly magazine I’ve been a magazine fan. As I moved into my late teens and [...]

Weekend Reading – Happy it’s the Weekend!

Rings by Inspired Wish Do you wear your workout clothes or ‘house clothes’ all day because you don’t want to get your good clothes dirty?  Jesslyn from Image Interpreters has an answer. End fat talk – end it now – Duchesse from Passage des Perles is leading the way. I often hear that it’s hard [...]

Weekend Reading: Never Short on Style

What made me happy this week?  Well I’m thrilled to say that I’ve FINALLY finished writing and editing my new ebook for Petite women called Never Short on Style:  Dressing and Finessing the Petite Frame. I’d like to say thanks to all of you who came up with potential titles, to Susan (contact me for your [...]

Happiness Project Update

I apologise that I’ve not written much this week.  I’ve been a bit less focussed on blogging as my son has (for the past couple of months) been going through series of medical tests, and he’s scheduled to have an operation this coming week to have a small tumor removed.  All these weeks of testing, [...]

Happiness Project Update

 s. said… OFF TOPIC: How’s your Happiness Project coming along, girl? I’m finally starting my own and would love to know what stage you’re at, yourself, at the moment. To answer S – thanks for asking: Given my busy training schedule of late (I just spent a fun week with Pauline from Malaysia who came all [...]

Weekend Reading: Literature and Luck

Last weekend in The Age newspaper, this article was reprinted from The Guardian, and it sums up so much of what is important about clothing, in life an in literature. According to F Scott Fitzgerald, it is always “better to wear a becoming dress three times straight than to alternate it with two frights”. This is [...]

Weekend Reading: Favourite Posts of 2009

I wanted to share some of the posts I most enjoyed writing or putting together over the past year of blogging. Enjoy the Power and Beauty of Your Youth Before and After How to Break the Style Rules The Movie of Your Wardrobe How to Be Stylish at Any Age How to Mix Colours How to [...]

Weekend Reading (and Watching) Happy New Year to All

. . It’s 2010, and I always find the promise of a new year cleansing – a new beginning, a fresh look a the world, the opportunity to try something new or different. Sure, 1 January is an arbitary date and I could do the same thing any day of the year, but I suppose [...]

Weekend Reading – Beauty Myths and Facts

How many of us are sucked in by the advertising for beauty products – the latest cream that says that 87% of people saw less lines and wrinkles?  I know I desperately want to believe, but also am aware, when reading the fine print that that’s only the perception of a study of 20 people. [...]