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fancies the idea, simply drop me an
email as I always say you can
never have too many friends, too
many pairs of shoes, or too much
wine....and what better way is there
than to combine all three?
TOTALLY TRACIE
Sex & Ooooh,
Chelmsford City...
Chelmsford Girls - it’s time for us to
put on those Manolo Blahniks and
grab those designer handbags,
because Chelmsford is now officially
a city, thanks to Her Maj who, as
part of her Diamond Jubilee
shindig, has decided to honour our
former little town with grand old city
status. Oh yes, we are now officially
‘City Girls’. We beat Colchester. We
beat Southend. And, best of all, we
beat ‘Towie Land’ (Brentwood)
hands down. Carrie Bradshaw, eat
your heart out (shoes off). My only
concern is where on earth are we
going to find all of these Mr Big’s to
fulfill our requirements?
Dress For Less
My very good friend Lynnette, who
is just back from a huge globetrotting
holiday and is bursting full of
ideas, recently threw a ‘Clothes
Swap Party’ where she invited lots
of her women friends to bring items
of clothing they no longer wanted to
her home, plus the obligatory bottle
of wine or two. The idea being that
we could all gossip (naturally) and
swap our unwanted clothes and
shoes and revamp our wardrobes
amongst ourselves for very little or
absolutely no cost whatsoever.
What an AbFab idea, hey?
Particularly when money is a bit
tight as it is at the moment for us
all. After a bottle or two of wine,
everyone totally lost their inhibitions,
the chit-chat and giggling
positively flowed and everyone
became fashion stylists, dressing
each other with fashion parades
and strip teases going on in
Lynette’s very own front room!
Women who had never met before
suddenly became firm friends and I
have never laughed so much in a
long time. I ended up wobbling
home in some mismatched ‘get up’
that would have even made Bjork
tremble. Much better than a car
boot sale! I can thoroughly recommend
it as the best night out/in I
have had in years and it’s such a
fantastic way to meet new friends
and let your hair down and get lots
of new clothes at the same time.
Honestly, it was like shopping without
cash. Marvellous! So if anyone
Rattle Those Pots & Pans
According to new figures out this
week - it’s now official, 8 out of 10
women do more housework than
their partners (honestly, did we really
need a survey to tell us that?).
In my experience, men are pretty
good at washing a few dishes and
generally tidying up, but most do
not even know where the washing
machine is, let alone how to use it.
But why is it that whenever a man
does any housework, they seem to
have an in-built need to give us
women a blow-by-blow account of
exactly what they’ve done and
clearly expect us to thank them
profusely for them picking up their
own clothes or tidying up the mess
they made in the first place?
So, for the benefit of the 80% of
women out there who find themselves
in exactly the same boat as
me, I thought I’d share this greetings
card with you that I found in a
shop the other day.
George turned off the vacuum
and waited for his medal.
Unless they invent a vacuum cleaner
with a remote control, the
chances of men ever doing the hovering
will remain but a pipe-dream,
I am sorry to say.
My Big Fat Belly
Spring is well and truly here, so it’s
high time to do something about all
those extra pounds that have accumulated
over Christmas and the
dark winter months, so’s we girls
can all fit back into our little summer
dresses. If you’re like me and you
need a little bit of inspiration to help
kick start the process, check out
http://www.redbookmag.com/healthwellness/virtual-body-makeover
Upload a picture of yourself, press
a button and hey presto - you can
instantly see what you’d look like
5lbs, 10lbs or even 20lbs lighter.
I’ve printed out the picture and
stuck it to my ’fridge door to help
me stick to my diet. The only problem
is, I should have printed out
half a dozen more. One for the biscuit
tin, one for the chocolate
drawer etc. etc. etc.
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