In broad daylight, I flirted with a man.
Having departed the office this sunny afternoon, I was driving into the city to meet a couple of girlfriends for a cocktail or two and a funny movie. Shedding the multitude of office stresses, and free from my parenting responsibilities for the evening, I was in high spirits.
I [...]
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Lipstick singleton
Posted in Beauty, Dating, Funny of the week, Humour on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Single grey hair (I’m getting old?!)
Posted in Beauty, Life, tagged being a woman on April 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It started with a single grey hair.
My partner and I were staying with friends on the Easter weekend. Getting dressed the next morning, I noticed a single, solitary grey hair amongst my fulsome head of stylishly salon-coloured, bob-styled locks. In an instant, I felt the spunk drain right outta me. As women do in these [...]
# Top 5: Ways to spend a partnerless evening
Posted in Beauty, Feminism, Life, work life balance, tagged girls' night in, taking care of yourself on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whether you’re sans-family for the evening, your partner is out of town, or you’re single and looking for something to do, here’s my Top 5 list of things to do with your night to yourself!
1. Curl up with your favourite DVD and a bottle of wine.
Sex and the City. West Wing. Bridget Jones. Frasier. Whether [...]
Top 5: Reasons it’s hard being a woman
Posted in Beauty, Feminism, Humour, Life, Relationships, Top 5, men, work life balance on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
# Top 5: Reasons it’s hard being a woman
1. Promoted on your back vs pat on the back
When a woman gets promoted, men assume it’s because you used your charm to get there, or your appointment smacks of tokenism. In fact, women are more likely to apply for a job that’s ‘beneath’ them, than a [...]
Beauty Queen at size 16
Posted in Beauty, Feminism, Life on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
News reports of Chloe Marshall making it into the Miss England finals is *ahem* BIG news.
Chloe is finding what women, and men, (outside of the fashion industry and celebrity world) all over the world have always known – you don’t have to be a stick-figure to be attractive.
Well, duh!
Despite all of this recent fuss; intelligent, charming, sassy, witty, funny [...]
