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If a global pandemic can teach us anything, surely it’s that nobody should be ironing anymore?

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Perfume & Trumps

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Ironing

If only one good thing emerges from the covid pandemic, surely it will be mass rejection of the domestic slavery of ironing? Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Popular Culture Tagged covid, domestic drudgery, emancipation, ironing, pandemic

Positive Mental Aldi-tude

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Perfume & Trumps

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Woman shopping

For many years I avoided going to supermarkets in actual person, favouring the virtual reality world of online shopping (as previously covered here) but something has come along that has made me u-turn on my very clear position. That temptress … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Shopping Tagged Aldi, shopping, supermarket shopping

Crap at sports? Useless at PE? We want YOU!

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Perfume & Trumps

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bad at sports

I am totally useless at all sports. I was useless at school and I’m useless now. I once, not that long ago, got invited to a picnic with a ‘fun’ game of rounders. I thought ‘maybe I’ll be ok at … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Exercising, The reality of... Getting Older, The reality of... Our Bodies

Hello Buoys

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Perfume & Trumps

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Carry on camping

Now, I am no stranger to revealing more of myself than is strictly decent in a swimming pool. I have come a cropper attempting to do aqua aerobics abroad in an inappropriate halter neck holiday cozzie that failed to offer … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Exercising, The reality of... Our Bodies

The Past-it Passport Picture Pickle

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Perfume & Trumps

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My passport runs out next month and it’s been on my to do list to renew it for several months now yet the task remains outstanding. It’s not that I haven’t had time. It’s not the expense. It’s not finding … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Getting Older, The reality of... Parenting Tagged ageing, parenting, passport photos

Life, oh life, oh liiiiife, oh life… lessons

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Perfume & Trumps

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Woman singing

Singing my daughter off to school My elder daughter started high school in September so she had to get used to going from sitting in one classroom all day at junior school to having a timetable of different subjects and … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Parenting

Sex sells but can I sell sex?

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Perfume & Trumps

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Shocked woman

Sex toy enquiry brings out my inner prude As a freelance marketing consultant I often get new enquiries from businesses looking for marketing support and one such opportunity came my way today. It was a gentleman from a small local … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Our Bodies, The reality of... Working Tagged marketing, prudishness, sex toys

A message from beyond the grave

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Perfume & Trumps

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Seance

Being a fairly committed atheist, I have never really believed in life after death or ghosts or even guardian angels yet something happened to me a few years ago that made me question my beliefs in the form of a … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Relationships Tagged death of a parent, message from beyond the grave, seance

Binge Abstinence

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Perfume & Trumps

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drinking water not booze

The fashion for self-denial Already this year we have had Dry January and Sugar Free February and now that it’s apparently OK to booze and stuff down cakes, we’re straight into Lent which encourages a whopping 40 days of giving something … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Boozing Tagged dry January, sponsored abstinence, sugar free February

If we’re going to perpetuate the Santa myth, shouldn’t we get our stories straight?

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Perfume & Trumps

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The Santa myth

Before we start, I want to make it clear that I really don’t have a problem lying to children: I’m not coming at this from a high moral standpoint; it’s just that I think we could all make our lives … Continue reading →

Posted in The reality of... Parenting Tagged believing in Santa, children and Santa, Christmas, Santa, the Santa myth

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