Christmas Countdown

How is this for an advent calendar?

Selfridges 24 Days of Luxuries Exclusive Beauty Advent Calendar has a different beauty product behind each window. 

The Ultimate Coat

I guess it does look like something out of the film "The Matrix" and I'm not one for buying much quirky stuff. My coats in the past have been more practical and well really the same style. I've liked the military style and of course over here in the UK you have to have the trusty coat with a hood.

Sarah Loves... Yankee Candle

From first moving in with Spurs boy he started noticing these jars kept appearing... everywhere! It started off a bit of a joke as he kept telling me he could afford the heating bills and there was no need to rely on candles!

This weekend on our little shopping venture I probably pushed Spurs boy to the limit, first by going to Lush (He cannot stand the smell and quite openly holds his nose when he goes in there, very embarrassing!) he doesn't mind waiting outside though and of course carrying the bags :-)

Wanted: Knuckle Duster Clutch Bag

Time to bring out the inner rock chick in you with this fabulous clutch bag! The Religion Feisty Knuckle Duster Clutch is a great addition to rock up your outfit for a night out.

September's Secret Post Club

Another month, another parcel :-) I always love getting my Secret Post Club parcel and this one came from the USA and from the lovely Mumof4.

Giveaway from The Silver Giraffe

It's always nice to treat yourself, I'm one of those people who loves nothing more than a little pampering (Ok I like a lot of pampering!) and these days I find I'm struggling to balance work and home. Making time for me seems to be low down on my list, this is just not good.

Wanted: Old Style Telephone

I have an iPhone and our main home phones are the cordless type that is now the modern way to go. So why would anyone buy a phone like the above one these days?

Well I did.

Old notebooks

I did a spot of tidying as I had lost an important book that I needed for work just had the urge to have a spring clean, or should that be summer clean ;-) Anyway, I found one of my old notebooks from last year. As you may have realised I am one for writing lists and as such people think I am very organised. Although friends know this isn't always the case as I can be quite scatty. Which I guess illustrates why I need the lists.

And The Winner Is...

My One Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway ended last Friday and yes I'm only just getting round to announcing the winner, I'm seriously slacking. AGAIN!

Anyway the winner is *drumroll please*

A parcel for me?

You may remember I'm part of the Secret Post Club scheme. I love it. The scheme has been on a bit of hiatus recently as poor Heather who set it up and got inundated with people joining and what seemed a small idea in principle has suddenly grown. We now use Elfster to help cut down the time Heather needs to spend organising it all.

OPI iPhone Application

As an iPhone user I have often blogged about good and bad applications that I have used. You'll also notice that after my completely upsetting update with my iPhone I am now back in love with my iPhone. Phew! Also now that the weather is much better :-) I have noticed that my feet are in desperate need of some TLC. I spend a lot of my time in trainers doing my coaching and teaching but also for my volunteer work that I do I need to wear steel toe capped boots. So my feet are in need of love.

Pretty things

You might remember me saying I'm not a real girlie girl. In fact typing those words makes me cringe. Yuck! But sometimes it's nice to add a touch of femininity to your clothes. As I've said before I spend quite a lot of my time in sportswear but I still have meetings to go to that need to look a little less like I'm on a mission of war.

Recently Dorothy Perkins have forced me kicking and screaming into buying some clothes emailed me their monthly newsletter of offers and I have bought a few things ;-) This time it's all about ruffles and lace :-O

Another Giveaway Winner

I've been a bit late with announcing the winner for the Laura's Jewellery giveaway. Naughty me!

And so the winner is *drumroll please*

An alternative to sending flowers

Sending flowers for special occasions is a very thoughtful thing to do but my Dad sent me a link to biscuiteers. There are many different types to send in very cute tins, obviously after my New York trip I have my eye on the above New York biscuits.

It's Giveaway Time!

The lovely Laura's Jewellery have given me some gorgeous jewellery items for another giveaway. :-))

@Tempsec Giveaway Winner

So it's time to reveal the winner for the @Tempsec giveaway, who will win all the goodies in the picture!

Just gotta have shoes...

It's always very sad to see another shop head into administration and unfortunately Faith Shoes have announced that the administrators are in. Some stores have already closed and others are continuing to trade, for the time being.

I've worked in a shop awaiting closure and it was the strangest and saddest feeling. Luckily I was able to move branches and it eventually did work out well, but I felt like I was cheating on the shop that had closed by being happy about moving on. Silly I know.

Becoming a WAG

With everything that's going on at the moment I probably was more than a little surprised that Spurs boy has joined a Sunday League football team. I asked on Twitter if this meant I had now become a WAG, and apparently it does!

So a WAG I must be. Immediately my head was full of premieres, shoe shopping, perfumes, my own clothing line etc. In reality though my life doesn't change, I was just getting carried away for a few minutes hours.

Another Giveaway featuring @TempSec

I said I would do another giveaway didn't I?

Well this one is fantastic and it involves some lovely jewellery items from Temporary:Secretary. They have recently launched their new website and are looking into future expansion plans.

Sarah from Temporary:Secretary says

"Temporary:Secretary’s ethos will remain the same; we want to make people happy and inject a moment of sparkly fun to their day. We want to offer products that will make girls smile, get people talking and build a strong brand which inspires and promotes individuals to stand out from the crowd. That it is ok to stand out from the crowd, and be your lovely kooky self"

So onto the giveaway:

Which colour Filofax should I get?

I have decided to buy a new filofax...or two. Anyway my dilemma is which colour so this is where you come in. I've decided on the Filofax Classic Personal Organiser in A4. It comes in black, brown or cherry and I just cannot decide. Help. Please.