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The Ghostwriter of Christmas Past is Out Now
13 Things to Do in Caithness, Scotland
An Orkney Adventure
Gift Guides for Absolutely Everybody*
Can a radio frequency device give me my face back?
REVIEW | Our stay at the Ulbster Arms Hotel in the Scottish Highlands
How I got my Facebook account back after Meta suspended it
Wild deodorant, and other things TikTok made me buy…
What it’s like staying in a converted abbey on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland
Where to See Lavender Fields in Scotland
What to Wear to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour When You’re Old and It’s Cold…
I wrote a book about Fairy Godmothers, teenage diaries, and Taylor Swift…
Our Stay at H10 Playa Meloneras Palace, Gran Canaria
My Top 10 Tracks on Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department
The Best Places to See Cherry Blossom in Edinburgh, Scotland
AD | Three different make-up looks with No7
6 Things to Do Near Loch Lomond
Our stay at Stuckdarach house, on the banks of Loch Lomond
Dear Diary, I went to Loch Ness and almost burned down the hotel*
AD | Changing Up My Wedding and Engagement Rings
Girl Meets Body Lotion
ASOS are accusing me of “abusing” a pair of trousers: WTAF?
The Absolute Awkwardness of Being a Gen-X Taylor Swift Fan
AD | Give Time to Give Joy
Black Friday Savings at Lands’ End
The Little Rental House of Horrors
A stroll through Glasgow with Lands’ End
Updating My Capsule Wardrobe with Very.co.uk
Substack is bringing blogging back, and I’m there for it…
Introducing the leggings brand I live in…
I got rid of 70% of my clothes and now I have a capsule wardrobe. Pray for me….
The 43 Stages of Buying Taylor Swift Tickets
Vinted isn’t nearly as good as everyone says it is, and I will die on this hill
A Day of My Life In Pictures | June 2023
Everything I’ve learned about beauty from growing up ugly
Things My Five Year Old Wants to Remember
9 Everyday Mysteries That Must Be Solved Immediately
Nailed it: Sistaco Mineral Bond Nail Powder Review
Things I Learned from Reading Grimms’ Fairytales to My Five Year Old
My blog might be shutting down: here’s what I’m doing to save it…
Can an LED device really give me plumper lips in 3 minutes per day?
Seeing Concorde at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune
Duvet (Coat) Days on Dungeness Beach
New year, new bedroom…
Random Acts of Christmas Stupidity
A Hazy Shade of Winter
Winter Warmers from the Fine Bedding Company
Things I Hate That Other People Love
I finished my second novel and all I got was this lousy repetitive strain injury…
Will this perfume make people chase me down the street?
Words and Phrases That Should Be Banned With Immediate Effect
Seeing the ‘Harry Potter train’ at Glenfinnan Viaduct
A Drive Around the Isle of Skye
I Tried An LED Face Mask So You Don’t Have To
Highland Road Trip: Days 1 & 2 – Glencoe, Spean Bridge Commando Memorial and Eilean Donan Castle
Where to Stay in the Highlands | The Whispering Pine Lodge & Black Sheep Hotels Cabins
Dressing for the Weather With Lands’ End
Where to stay on the Isle of Skye: Duisdale House Hotel Review
Visiting the Highlands: Isles of Glencoe Hotel review
Our 7 day Gran Canaria Itinerary
A week in Gran Canaria: Lopesan Costa Meloneras Resort Spa & Casino
AD | Styling an oversized shirt, with Ralph Lauren
A Picture That Says a Thousand Words*
Getting Ready to Start School With Very.co.uk
Two Toys Your Child Will Like Better Than The Box They Came In
14 Things to Do Near Perth, Scotland
Occasionwear Q&A | What to wear to a wedding (or other special event)
Little Life Changes for a Better Night’s Sleep
My baby starts school at the end of the summer, and I’m not ready
Holidays before kids Vs. Holidays after kids
The £30 Eylash Serum That Actually Works
A warm welcome back for Amber’s health anxiety (plus a bonus act of awkwardness!)
I’ve got new workout clothes, and that means I’m definitely going to work out, right?
Here’s What Was Inside My Lookiero Personal Styling Box
Four Things That Stop Me Being a Minimalist
Our 7 Day Tenerife Itinerary
Let the Record Show That We Flooded Our House Yet Again
Neighbours Might Be Ending and I’m Not OK
Spring Capsule Wardrobe for Classic / Minimal Style
File Under: ‘Why Do These Things Always Happen to Me?’
AD | A Coverless Duvet Has Changed My Life, and I Need to Tell You About It
And Then We All Got Covid, The End.
My child has destroyed my house and now I need a new one. Is it just me?
A Comprehensive List of All of the Things I Cannot or Will Not Wear These Days
What Happened to Dorcas Hamilton?
Things I Learned About Scotland from Historical Romance Novels
My Secret Side Hustle Ghostwriting Romantic Fiction
‘Tis the Damn Season…
The Toys Are Taking Over, Send Help. And also wine.
How the Foreo Bear changed my skincare routine (and my face…)
7 Things I’ve Learned The Hard Way About Parenting a Three-Year-Old
When An Introvert Parents An Extrovert
Little Ways the World Has Changed Since the Pandemic
The Covid pandemic has normalised video calls for everything, and I’m not OK with it
I Hopped on the Olaplex 3 Bandwagon – Here’s Why I Regret It
What the coronavirus pandemic tells us about attitudes to mental health
Our First Childfree Mini Break in Five Years
The Unbearable Awkwardness of Blogging About Your Life
Kabourophobia, and why I’m terrified of crabs
Over-Thinking Ordinary Things: When is it OK to play music in public?
I’m fighting climate change imperfectly – which is the only way I know how, really
How to Prevent Sleep Lines
Can L’oreal Wonder Water Really Give You Perfect Hair in Just 8 Seconds? I Put It to the Test…
9 Ways I Ruined My Toddler’s Life Recently
Take me to the beach…
Is this what summer is supposed to feel like?
Reminder: You CAN still socially distance after “freedom” day, and CEV people would really appreciate it if you could do that.
A Day at Dungeness
Exploring Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
AD | Life in Loungewear at Margate, Kent
AD | How music helped me survive the pandemic
I’m splitting up with skinny jeans, and it’s pretty much the hardest thing I’ve ever done
The Lockdown Diaries | The ‘Old’ Normal?
AD | My Current Skincare Favourites
Why redheads are bad luck on ships, and other things I was forced to explain to my toddler this week
Cherry Blossom Season in Edinburgh
After a full year of lockdown, we no longer know how to behave in public, apparently
365 Days of Lockdown
Why We Have to Make a Fuss About Women’s Safety and Sexual Harassment
31 years ago today…
I got my Covid-19 vaccine, and I have never been so excited to be stabbed in the arm
The pandemic has changed the way I dress, and I don’t think I’m ready to change back
The Lockdown Diaries | The Vaccine Cometh
Why the pandemic has made me dread my birthday even more than I usually do
Please stop telling people who are struggling that it “could be worse”…
Living through a pandemic is a bit like being in The Shining, only less interesting
The Lockdown Diaries | File Under “Times Our House Has Randomly Flooded”
When New Year Isn’t a New Start
Christmas, Birthdays, and other things we didn’t want to have to celebrate during a pandemic
Contemplating a Covid Kinda Christmas
AD | How to Shop for the Awkward People in Your Life This Christmas
Why I won’t hesitate to get the Covid-19 vaccine the second it’s offered to me – and think everyone who’s eligible should do the same…
AD | UTIs, health anxiety, and a simple solution
Seasonal Affective Disorder hits different during a winter lockdown, it turns out
Celebrating a Socially Distanced Halloween
Things to Do in Scotland in October
Taking a Toddler to a Pumpkin Patch: Expectation Vs Reality
AD | Autumn Skincare Saviours from Very.co.uk
The 10 Scariest Movies Ever, According to Me
19 Things You’ve Probably Done if You Have Social Anxiety
6 Things To Do In Scotland in September
The Lockdown Diaries: Week Whatever-The-Hell-It-Is-Now, Who Even Knows Any More?
Can we please keep some aspects of social distancing even when the pandemic is over?
Looking Back on the Strange Summer of 2020
Reminder: It’s Totally Fine Not to Have Achieved Anything of Note During the Pandemic
Exploring Scotland | The Pretty Pastel Streets of Pittenweem, Fife
16 Reasons My Toddler Cried
7 Things I Bought for the House During Lockdown
A Socially-Distanced Day Out at Hopetoun House
Cottagecore inspired style for spring and summer
14 things you absolutely should not do when visiting Scotland
A Post-Lockdown Walk Around South Queensferry
9 Things You’ll Understand if You’re an Introverted Parent
The Lockdown Diaries | We’ve officially stopped shielding, and I’m feeling predictably anxious about it
Dealing With Health Anxiety As Lockdown Eases
AD | Five Toddler Beds for Kids With Amazing Imaginations
The Lockdown Diaries | It’s fine. We’re FINE.
Can we just admit that parenting can be boring sometimes?
My attempts to exercise during lockdown are not going well, surprisingly
Things People Say About Parenthood That Are Blatantly Untrue
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 14: In Which We Try to Explain Social Distancing to a Toddler
AD | Creating a Calming Nursery (for Babies and for Mums!)
The Playmobil People in Our House Officially Have More Interesting Lives Than I Do
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 13: In Which Everything We Own is Broken
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 1 vs Week 12
Parenting in a Pandemic
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 11: In which the healthy people would like the vulnerable ones to stay locked up forever, apparently
A Day of My Life in Lockdown
The Lockdown Diaries | We’re breaking the shielding guidelines to see my parents this week, and I don’t even feel bad about it
Are the shielded group in danger of being forgotten as the lockdown eases?
AD | 5 Sweet Smelling Hand Creams To Soothe Your Lockdown Hands
The Lockdown Diaries | Covid Isn’t the Only Thing You Can Die from These Days
AD | The Top 10 Design Resources and Fonts for Bloggers
14 Strange Signs of the Apocalypse*
Lockdown Achievement Unlocked: We gave our child a home haircut
AD | Holiday Memories with My-Picture.co.uk (Plus discount code!)
AD | Mealtime Milestones with the doddl Cutlery Set
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 5 | The Endless Elephant
Conversations With Toddlers | Ghost Baby and The Big Man
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 4 | Easter in Isolation
7 UK Blogging Networks to Help You Find Paid Blogging Opportunities
How We’ve Been Entertaining our Two Year Old While Stuck at Home
Lockdown Diary | Week 3 | The Sadness of the Orange Slices
5 Things That Are Helping Us Cope With Lockdown
The Lockdown Diaries | We Still Watch Neighbours
The government is telling my husband to isolate himself from everyone – including me – for the next three months, and we’re not quite sure how to deal with that, really
The Lockdown Diaries | Week 1 | Don’t Dead Open Inside
The New Normal
6 Ways Motherhood Has Changed Me
Review | TIMIO screen-free educational toy
Are you prepared for a Coronavirus pandemic?
Yet More Ways to Make Me Feel Awkward
Video | Our first family holiday abroad
I refused to feel guilty for sending my toddler to nursery… so why do I feel guilty anyway?
Are skinny jeans over? And what do I wear, if they are?
11 Things Not to Say to a New Parent
Winter is the absolute worst, and I will fight you on this
7 Great Products for People With Pale Skin and/or Red Hair
The Awkward Files # 3 | When Things Go Wrong
30 Things I Couldn’t Even Have Imagined Doing Until I Had a Baby
An Overnight in Edinburgh | Bedtime Stories With Novotel
9 Ways to Make an Introvert Hate You
Overthinking Ordinary Things : Do you make visitors to your home remove their shoes?
Why It’s OK Not to Enjoy Every Minute
Wardrobe Essentials | Lingerie
Buying a wedding ring online
11 Things I Didn’t Know About Toddlers Until I Had One
9 Awkward Questions About Hair Extensions
The Awkward Files # 2
Over-Thinking Disney Movies: Frozen
Anthems for Awkward Girls | 10 Songs About Being Awkward (plus Spotify playlist)
If your kid is wearing a half-assed Halloween costume today, come sit with me…
Trying to leave the house with a toddler is like breaking out of Alcatraz
The Hardest Thing About Parenthood is All the People You Have to Talk To
Would you ever replace your wedding / engagement ring?
Visiting the V&A Museum in Dundee, Scotland
A Scottish Staycation at Landal Piperdam Lodges, near Dundee
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Yankee Candles
A Quick Guide to Old Nessebar, Bulgaria
Cramond Beach in late September
11 Things I Miss About Life Before Children
14 Things to Do in Orlando, Florida, That Aren’t Theme Parks
A Week at Wave Resort, Bulgaria
My Pregnancy Diary is Now Available as a Book!
A Ride on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
A Visit to Hever Castle, Kent
What’s the hardest stage of parenthood?
A Day at Almond Valley Heritage Centre, West Lothian
Exploring Scotland | Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, Perthshire
Florida with a Toddler: Our Tips
What happens when a pale girl tries self-tanning drops
Florida With Kids | A family day at Volcano Bay water park, Orlando
Pale Girl Problems: 12 things people with pale skin will understand
Exploring Scotland | Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff
18 Months of Max
A Stroll Down Diagon Alley at Universal Studios, Florida
Can you still call it ‘baby brain’ 18 months later?
Three Days at Highland Heather Lodges, Crieff
Confession: I iron everything and I don’t care what you think about that
Florida Travel | Disney’s Boardwalk at Dusk
Visiting The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando
A Quick Update on Max…
Baby’s First Trip to Accident and Emergency
Can you get a fake tan in the shower?
The Awkward Files # 1
How I Protect My Super-Pale Skin in 100 degree Heat
How I Deal With Misophonia (Or try to…)
Visiting Plodda Falls, Glen Affric
4 Things That Make Holidaying With a Toddler Harder Than Nuclear Physics*
Things I Wish We’d Done Differently in Our First Year of Parenting
Stair Remodel | Before & After
Decorating Mistakes We Made With Our Baby’s Nursery
Turtle Tots Baby Swimming Lessons | Review
The Outlander Standing Stones location and two more things to see in Perthshire
The baby equipment we didn’t use
Our Ultimate List of Toddler Essentials
My Smile Makeover | Before & After Porcelain Veneers
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Having a ‘Nice’ Day Out With a Toddler
Diary | Easter 2019 in Photos
6 Things I’ve Never Done That Always Seem to Surprise People
The Truth About Travel With a Toddler
Review | Loch Lomond Waterfront Lodges, Scotland
How to Spend 4 Hours on the Isle of Skye
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to DIY
Visiting Clava Cairns near Culloden – standing stones with an Outlander connection
Exploring Scotland | Eilean Donan Castle & the Road to Skye
My dad found a box of my old stuff in the attic: here’s what was inside it…
Is this the most beautiful castle in Scotland? Dunrobin Castle, Golspie
Exploring Scotland | A drive through Glencoe
Classic Winter Outfit: Camel Coat and Tan Boots
Review | Eagle Brae Log Cabins, Scottish Highlands
A Day in the Life | March 2019
My C-Section Recovery Tips
Awkward Girl Does DIY
25 Things Parents Think at Soft Play
Max at 14 Months
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Toddler Swimming Lessons
HOME | A New Look for the Nursery
We’re starting baby swimming lessons!
The Mortifying Reason I’m Scared of the Dentist
What I Wore in Tenerife in December
Smile Makeover | Update & The Importance of Temporary Veneers
Stair Remodel Part 1 | Planning Permission & Demo Day
Memories for Max | 13 Months
The Life-Changing Magic of the IKEA Skubb Box and Friends
Do I really need to join mum and baby groups, even though I have social anxiety?
Hotel Review | Panoramica Heights, Costa Adeje, Tenerife
7 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Postpartum Self
Max’s First Birthday
Max’s First Christmas
Visiting the Edinburgh Christmas Market
Max Meets Santa | Goulding’s Winter Wonderland 2018
We survived our first flight with a baby, but only just
TRAVEL: A Winter Week in Tenerife
A Cautionary Tale About Eyelash Extensions…
How to Find Your Signature Style
Why I’ve Stopped Caring About Instagram
Why I Can’t Live Without My Great Lengths Hair Extensions
Outlander Filming Locations in Scotland | The Ultimate Guide
Parenting When You’re Sick
How We’re Preparing for Our First Christmas With a Baby
Autumn Style Essentials: The Biker Jacket
Smile Makeover Part 1: Gum Contouring
Outfit: Brand new leopard-skin pillbox hat
My New Approach to Shopping & Fashion
Max at 10 months
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Autumn
In Search of the Perfect Smile : How I’m Fixing My Gummy Smile (& other issues)
24 Hours With a 9 Month Old
How I’m Organising My Life With My Erasable Planner
An autumn outfit and a Glasgow restaurant recommendation
Banishing the Ghosts
Max at 9 months
OUTFIT | Return of the trench (plus a new set of wheels)
Choosing an elective c-section for tokophobia: my thoughts and advice
Kitchen update – and an update to the kitchen
OUTFIT | Polka dots in autumn
Exploring Scotland | Aberdeenshire and Beyond
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
5 September Resolutions for a Fresh Start
24 Hours With An Eight-Month Old
Exploring Scotland | A Day in Aberdeenshire
Our first hotel stay with a baby | Sandman Signature, Aberdeen
Max at 8 Months
Amber Vs Philip Kingsley Elasticizer: A Play in Three Acts
TRAVEL | A Day Trip to Bruges, Belgium
31 Things About My Childhood That My Baby Will Never Experience
I’m the Sucker Who Bought Those Magnetic False Eyelashes from Facebook: Here’s What Happened
Everyone told me parenthood would suck. Were they right?
Our First Holiday With Max | Kent / London / Bruges
9 Things You Should Never Say to Anyone
6 Ways to Make Me Feel Awkward
14 Things That Tell Me I Am Not A Real Grown Up
We’re Taking a Road Trip With a Baby: Pray for Us
Alpha H Liquid Gold: is it as good as everyone says it is?
Max at 7 Months
Hanging Out in Garden Centres, and Other Things I Do Now I’m a Mum
I thought I was an asshole: it turns out I just have misophonia..
Trying out the personal shopping experience at Mamas & Papas, Edinburgh
Amber’s Adventures | Culross Palace, Fife
Embarrassing Extracts from My Teenage Diary
Review | Maxi-Cosi Pebble Plus Car Seat
A trip to Loch Leven, Fife
Max at Six Months
Exploring Scotland | Falkland and Seacliff in the Volvo XC60
Great Lengths Hair Extensions at Taylor Ferguson, Glasgow
Overthinking Ordinary Things: Is It Ever Appropriate to “just pop in” on people?
Afternoon Tea at the Signet Library, Edinburgh
Awkward Girl’s Guide to Staying Married When Your Partner Is So Messy It Makes You Want to Cry
House Tour | Our modern garden makeover
Parenting | On Pink Ponies, and Learning to Let Go
7 Strange Habits I’ve Developed Since Becoming a Parent
Overthinking Ordinary Things : Is it weird to give people a tour of your house, even when you’ve lived there for years?
16 Things I Do That My Husband Finds “Weird”
Max at 5 Months
ABOUT
On The Outlander Trail | Lallybroch – a.k.a Midhope Castle
Beside the Seaside
Don’t Call Me ‘Ginger’…
The Importance of Documenting Memories
REVIEW | A cordless Vacuum Cleaner With an Unlimited Run Time
Please stop telling me how much parenthood is going to suck…
Postpartum Hair Loss and How I’m Dealing With It
Photo Fails in South Queensferry
Miffy Starts a Revolution
How I Keep My House (Relatively) Tidy With a New Baby
One year ago today…
Lunch at The Stables Kitchen, Hopetoun House
My Current Skincare Regime With Vivo Per Lei
Max at 4 Months
All About the Shoes
Embarrassment isn’t the only reason some women fear smear tests, and we need to stop pretending it is
How to Look Polished When You’re Naturally Scruffy
6 things no one tells you about parenthood
OUTFIT | Trenchcoat Weather
6 things that make me irrationally angry
Diary | Max’s First Easter
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Organising Your Kitchen
Max & Me Style: Spring Sunday
Surviving the Newborn Stage | A Look Back at the Fourth Trimester
Surviving Pregnancy When You Have Tokophobia and/or Anxiety
I Got My Eyebrows Microbladed So You Don’t Have To
Things That Change
Actually, I Can’t
5 Things That Happen When You Push a Baby in a Pram
Please Don’t Call Me “Mummy”
There’s No Such Thing As A Pink Monkey
Back to working from home, 6 weeks after giving birth
Hospital Bag Checklist: What to Pack for an Elective C-Section
Review | Shnuggle Dreami Moses Basket & Baby Bath
17 Reasons My Baby Cried
How to Dress Like Audrey Hepburn | An Audrey Hepburn Style Capsule Wardrobe
It Never Rains…
Things That Surprised Me About Pregnancy | The 3rd Trimester
If Heaven Was Like Canada
My C-Section Recovery
10 Ways to Wear Red Shoes
Raining in Baltimore
Max’s Birth Story | My Elective C-Section
Parenting | The First Two Weeks and a Giant Dose of Mom Guilt
The Diary of a Failed Jedi, Age 7 – 8 | Part 2
The One Where Terry Ends Up in Accident & Emergency
My Health Anxiety Story
7 Things I Learned in My First Week of Parenting
Say hello…
A Different Kind of Christmas
Pregnancy Diary | Week 37
After the Flood
The Final Bumpshot
Pregnancy Diary | Week 36
Why is it suddenly such a bad thing to have a clean house?
The Great Flood of 2017
The Diary of a Failed Jedi, Age 6 – 7 | Part 1
Pregnancy Diary | Week 35
I Tried Maybelline Tattoo Brow: Because What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Pregnancy Diary | Week 34
Inside the free Scottish baby box
Pregnancy Diary | Week 33
House Tour | Our Scandinavian-inspired neutral nursery
Roomba Review: Can a Robot Vacuum Cleaner Really Clean Your Floors?
Betsy: The Reveal
Getting Organised for 2018 (plus discount code)
The Search for a Stylish Changing Bag
Pregnancy Diary | Week 32
Where Should Betsy Live?
Why I Chose an Elective C-Section
Maternity Style | The Cream Dress
Everyday Sexism, and other things that suck about being pregnant
Pregnancy Diary | Week 31
26 Ways to Make Your Instagram Account More Interesting
Why I Won’t Be Posting a Fruit as My Facebook Status in the Name of Breast Cancer Awareness
Maternity Style | What Would Audrey Do?
Pregnancy Diary | Week 30
Choosing Artwork for Our Baby Boy’s Nursery
Maternity Style | The Green Dress at 30 Weeks
Everyday Luxuries from Gordon Castle
Pregnancy Diary | Week 29
Shopping for a Good Cause at Homesense
Maternity Style | Black and Blush
Pregnancy Diary | Week 28
Maternity Style | Mint coat and butterfly bracelet
8 Things That Surprised Me About Pregnancy | The 2nd Trimester
A Very British Hygge, and how to get it
Pregnancy Diary | Week 27
House Tour | Master Bedroom
Little Things That Have Annoyed Me Lately, And Some Things That Have Cheered Me Up
Pregnancy Diary | Week 26
Maternity Style | Midi dress and ankle boots
Making Memories with Nikon | A Day in Edinburgh
Maternity Style | The Black Ankle Pants
Pregnancy Diary | Week 25
How to get background blurring on photos
Pregnancy Diary | Week 24
Should you have an elective c-section for tokophobia / pregnancy anxiety?
Maternity Style | LBD, Take 2
Pregnancy Diary | Week 23
I Wrote a Book About Personal Style
Pregnancy Diary | Week 22 | The Pressure to be Perfect
Should I have the same last name as my baby?
Pregnancy Diary | Week 21
Maternity Style | The Basics
A Mattress Fit for a (Super) King
I Like Big Beds and I Cannot Lie
Pregnancy Diary | Week 20 | Halfway There
Maternity Style | Pink & Grey
Pregnancy After Loss
Another Bedroom Makeover
Maternity Style | Sporty Chic
Pregnancy Diary | Week 19 | The Shifting
Gender Reveal: We’re having a…
Can old wives tales really predict the sex of a baby?
On the Outlander trail: Blackness Castle, Scotland
Maternity Style | Little Black ( Spotted) Dress
Pregnancy Diary | Week 18 | All Quiet
The Search for Petite Maternity Jeans
Pregnancy Diary | Week 17 | Heartbeat
A Brush That’s Also a Hairdryer
The Best Maternity Dresses in All the Land
Write the things you want to remember
A Maternity Wear Caspule Wardrobe
Pregnancy Diary | Week 16 | Gas or baby, baby or gas?
Maternity Style | The Stripe Tube Skirt
No one wants to admit to having a gender preference for their baby, so why do people keep asking what mine is?
Pregnancy Diary | Week 15 | Baby Brain
Why are people so negative about parenthood?
A Non-Maternity Maternity Outfit
Pregnancy Diary | Week 14 | Kicking the Bucket, Only Not Like *That*
11 Things Not to Say to Someone With Health Anxiety
If you’re struggling with body image in pregnancy, you’re not alone…
A Shopping Date at Livingston Designer Outlet Mall
How Pregnancy Turned Me Into a Compulsive Liar*
Pregnancy Diary | Week 13 | The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Bump
Things That Surprised Me About Pregnancy | The 1st Trimester
Pregnancy Diary | Week 11/12 | Harmony Results and 12 Week Scan
Pregnancy Diary | Week 10 | Harmony test and difficult times
Pregnancy Diary | Week 9 | Impostor Syndrome
A quick life update
Pregnancy Diary | Meeting the Midwife and Obsessing Over Hospital Stays
Pregnancy Diary | Week 8 | Morning, noon and night sickness
Extremes of Emotion
Great Expectations
NEW SKINCARE REGIME WITH BIO-EXTRACTS
OUTFIT | Soft pinks and floral prints
Further Adventures in Organisation | Lingerie and Nightwear
OUTFIT | Casual Nautical
Good Things Are Going to Happen. In our hall. We hope.
OUTFIT | Yellow gingham dress-as-skirt
The Things You Don’t See On Instagram
9 Things You Only Know if You Have Health Anxiety
House Tour | Kitchen (Before & After)
Style Your Trash
We Have a Floor!*
Kitchen Remodel. Week 2: Stairway to Hell
What We’ve Learned About Choosing a Floor
How to Be Comfortable in Your (Pale) Skin
Like Watching Paint Dry
Call It Spring
We Are Changing Everything* (*Our Kitchen)
Cherry Blossom Season
Ten Years, Ten Photos
Jeans and a blazer (and a stripe top…)
The End of An Era
The Hardest Day
Gin 71 , Glasgow
I tried the Dyson hairdryer so you don’t have to
An Arran Adventure, Part 2 | Exploring the island
An Arran Adventure | Auchrannie Resort
How to Look After Your Clothes
Outfit | Low Winter Sun
How to use Pay After Delivery on even more websites
Home | Mini Updates for the Master Bedroom
A Day at Siam Park, Tenerife
A low-key Valentine’s evening at home, plus giveaway
Deciding Whether to Try Again After Pregnancy Loss
Amber and the Amazing Mint Green Coloured Dreamcoat
Wardrobe Essentials: Trying some pieces from the Boden S/S 2017 Collection
Where to Sell Used Clothes for Cash?
The Ultimate List of the Best Modern Gothic Novels
Crying over spilt coffee
New Year’s Eve Reprieve
Christmas Day 2016
NEWSLETTER
Defence Against the Dark Arts
The smell of hospitals in winter, and the feeling that it’s all a lot of oysters, with no pearls
Ectopic Pregnancy Story: The ‘Blip’
Diary | And I might be OK, but I’m not fine at all…
Why We Need to Talk About Miscarriage
The results are in…
In other, non health-related news…
Dark Passenger
My Ectopic Pregnancy Story
Why You Need to Stop Shopping for Your Imaginary Life
Eating Vegan at Treacle, Edinburgh
Visiting Maison De Moggy: Edinburgh’s Cat Cafe
A Micro Break in Edinburgh
House Tour | Home Office
The Pursuit of a Pinterest-Worthy Home Office
Real-Life Morning Routine
Quick Rubin/life update
Insert Title Here
All is well
When pets get old
A powder foundation that’s perfect for fair skin
The Pictures Tell Lies
When Fashion Blogging Goes Wrong
What I Learned About Money at University
Polka dots and pockets
Friday Five (+ Boden Elsa Ottoman Dress)
A Flying Visit to Doune Castle
Rule Britannia
Double-Mint
Seacliff in Summer
Practising What I Preach
My Style Evolution | Before the blog
There’s a great big world out there
A new way to fight sleep lines
Things I Learned from Reading My Childhood Diaries
A Day of Happiness in Millport
Secret Diary | Ponies Galore
Can a mascara dye your eyelashes?
Capsule Wardrobes and Style Essentials
Throwback Thursday | When I Was Brave
Styling a Statement Necklace
Throwback Thursday | First Photo
Aveeno Inside & Oat Challenge | Recap
The Village Post
A Week of Healthy Living
On Top of Mount Teide
Artax! Artax!
How The NeverEnding Story Ruined My Childhood
Let Me Entertain You
A Day of My Life in Pictures | April 2016
Everything I wore in Tenerife this March
Dressing for the Weather
Foundation for Pale Skin | Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation in ‘Shell’
Easter: The Sequel
The Auditorio de Tenerife
Outfit | Biker Ballerina
Thoughts on A Decade of Blogging
Monkey Business
The Mystery of the Memory Card
Postcards from Tenerife
Watches for the Boys (and girls)
A Day of My Life on Holiday
50 Things We Learned from Neighbours
Wardrobe Essentials: 10 Pencil Skirt Outfits to Try
Quick homewear wishlist
35 Things We Learned from The Famous Five
Holiday Nightmares: the worst things that have happened to me on holiday
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Getting Eyelash Extensions
5 Items of Clothing I Pack for Every Single Trip (and the things I should leave behind)
A dress made of sunshine
How to have the confidence to wear whatever you want
Let’s talk about swimwear…
Hey, I wonder if I could fit my entire body inside a suitcase?
How many ways can I wear these red capri pants?
Reading Anne of Green Gables as an adult is weirder than you might expect, and other observations from my week
13 Things Pale People Are Sick of Hearing
Black watch tartan skirt style: two options to try
If Wishes Were Watches
No faux fur coats were harmed in the making of this post
How to Get a Salon Blow Dry at Home
Outfit: Blanket scarf and biker jacket
Christmas Day 2015
The Perfect Dress for Christmas Day
T-Day + 10
Why I’m Scared of Hospitals
Dreams of California
3 Must Have Products for Redheads
The Old Wooden Toy That No None Wanted, and other stories from my week
Four Ways to Wear a Pink Tulle Skirt
Wardrobe Essentials for a Classic Capsule Wardrobe
A Very Special Something … for the home
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Midi Skirts
Girls Who Wear (Retro) Glasses
Should you buy contact lenses online?
California Diary | Peggy Sue’s 50s Diner
Party Dress Inspiration with Fashiola
Pumpkin Carving & Trollbeads Winner
When the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing
Glamour Bunny, Take Two
California Diary | Hollywood Boulevard & Rodeo Drive
I Tried Prescription Coloured Contact Lenses So You Don’t Have To
It’s all fun and games until someone gets peed on
Standing on the Edge of the Hoover Dam
Subtly Spooky (& Trollbeads Giveaway)
What Happens In Vegas
OUTFIT | Glamour Bunny green wiggle dress and high heels
BOOKS
That one time I was on a flight with Christian Slater, and then I wrote a blog post about it
California Diary | Warner Bros. Studio Tour L.A.
That Time I Was an ‘Extra’ in La La Land, and Other Snapshots from Los Angeles
California Diary | Griffith Observatory
California Diary | Sequoia National Park and General Sherman
A Swimsuit Called Bill
California Diary | The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
California Diary | The Getty Center
California Diary | Santa Monica Pier
California Diary | Palm Springs
OUTFIT | Dinner at Madeo
That time I visited the Modern Family houses in LA
OUTFIT | Stars & Stripes
California Diary | Mount Wilson and the Cosmic Cafe
Postcards from Pasadena
California Diary | Escape from LAX
The Holiday Book
What to Wear on a Plane – My Travel Clothes Obsession
The Best Fake Tan for Pale Skin (On a budget)
Skincare Tips for People Who Know Nothing About Skincare
Why I Never Go Out Without Makeup
The Gelly Sandwich – or How to do gel nails with regular polish
Watergate II
Does Rimmel London Provocalips Lip Colour really last for 16 hours?
The True Story of Collectif’s Dolores Doll Pencil Dress
17 Reasons Facebook is awkward now
Why you should wear what you want – whatever your age
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Fair Skin
OUTFIT | Summer Classic
7 Brutally Honest Reasons I Unfollowed You On Instagram
Pretty dresses, dirty secrets
My Retro-Inspired Capsule Wardrobe
The low-cost dupe for Chanel UV ESSENTIEL Daily Multi-Protection Facial Sunscreen SPF50+
Things I Thought While Trying Aveda Dry Remedy Conditioner and Damage Remedy
Golden Hour
FOOD | The Corinthian Club, Glasgow
Fashiola and the Search for the Perfect Dress
Let’s pretend these Lindybop dresses are people
UK Online Clothing Stores | My Favourites
A Dog’s Dinner
A Sunny Day at Scone Palace
Unique Vintage Style Society | ‘Golightly’ polka dot bow dress
Makeup for Redheads: 8 of the best beauty tips
This Is Why I Write
I Dream in Green
Ikea Malm Dressing Table New vanity makeup storage
Outfit | Chi Chi London ‘Cerys’ skirt
How to Walk in High Heels
Five More Random Facts About Me
12 Things Women With Long Hair Are Sick of Hearing
Outfit | Collectif ‘Cordelia’ top
More Things That Make Me Feel Uncomfortable
How to Build a Wardrobe That Works and Always Have Something to Wear
Outfit | Boden Vintage Halterneck Dress
I Touched An Electric Fence So You Don’t Have To
OUTFIT | Sakura Skater Skirt at Strathclyde Country Park
VIDEO | A trip to South Queensferry
Bloggers Who Don’t Disclose Are Giving Us All a Bad Name
Unique Vintage Style Society | Stop Staring ‘Abbey’ dress
How to Take Outfit Photos in Public Places Without Feeling Awkward
Diamonds
Unique Vintage Style Society | ‘Vivien’ floral midi skirt
Do you remember…?
OUTFIT | Trashy Diva ‘Honey’ dress in Jade Watercolor
Realistic Get Ready With Me…
Amazing Illustrations by Natalie Dyuk
A Day of My Life in Pictures | March 2015
How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Random Things People Have Said About My Red Hair Over The Years
Current Skincare Routine | Caudalie Polyphenol C15 Range
Weird Scottish Things Only Scottish People Will Understand
12 Scottish Stereotypes that are Blatantly Untrue
Gnome Surrender
OUTFIT | Camel and Tan
The Gnomes Are Increasing In Number
How I’ve Been Keeping My Nails Healthy Between Gel Manicures | OPI Nail Envy
Outfit | Green Joules Raincoat and Bow Wellies
The Rubin Brooch by Eternal Collection
6 Stupid Things I Thought When I Was Young
How to Tame Flyaway Hair With Argan Oil
It Runs in the Family
How to Style A Midi Skirt in Winter (And Other Seasons!)
BLOG
Old Hollywood Inspired
Christmas Day 2014
Stilettos in the Snow
Steam Cleanin’
So, I’m writing a book
5 Things You Can Probably Do That I Can’t
The Goodie Bowl
I’d Rather Be Reading
Who would have thought the old glass would have had so much juice in it?
Review | Is the Babyliss Curl Secret worth the money?
Can redheads wear pink? (And other questions about red hair, answered…)
Not-So-Handy
The Observer’s Book of Horses, Revisited
A Tale of Three Toilets
Things People Have Said to Me Lately
At least we know why the pipes blocked now*
Humankind is about to be wiped out, and I have two sofas in my kitchen, which is also annoying
Hall Hell: Now With Added Bathroom Hell!
My Hall Looks Like This Now
Yes, the hall is totally going to have to be dug up
The Ground Floor of My House Might Be Getting Ripped Up
I went to Ikea for a plastic organiser and came home with a sofa
Another Gnome
Vote (X) Only Once
There’s No Place Like Gnome
Amber’s Illustrated Guide to What Not to Wear in the Country
HD Brows: Before and After + Review
10 Random Facts
How I Became a Professional Blogger
Pawsome: absolutely Pawsome
Can’t sleep in rollers? Here’s what to try instead…
Please excuse the length of this blog post; I didn’t have time to write a shorter one…
Outfit | Blooming Rose 50s inspired full midi skirt
Riding the London Eye When You’re Scared of Heights
London Calling
The True Story of a Day at the Beach
Visting Inchmahome Island and Inchmahome Priory
Review | Dean Jones Hairdressing, Edinburgh
Pass Plus
Forever Amber in the Office Shoes Magazine
The Mystery of the Thing That Was in the Garden
Trixie.
The Nancy Dress
Gone With the Wind
Review | Nicky Clarke DesIRED Rapid Heat Roller System
Review | London Retro ‘Eliza’ cat eye glasses
Come Fly With Me
It’s my party and I’ll burn my face if I want to
New Year, Not-So-New Me
A Happy Christmas and a Series of Unfortunate Events
The Season of the Skirt
Edinburgh in December
Walls come tumbling down
Cherry cherry boom boom
Halloween Costume Idea | Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
Halloween Costume Idea | Tippi Hedren in The Birds
I believe in pink
You asked for it.
Small Dressing Room Ideas: My Custom Shoe Shelves
Fred’s House
The Waldorf Astoria
You Can’t Go Home Again
Visiting Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
The Biltmore
Skeletons in the attic
The Nevermores
Palm Beach, bringin’ the heat
Summer turns to high
Third Time Lucky
Summer Outfits Inspiration
Old Bahia Honda Bridge
See Naples (Florida) and die
Independence Day
Our Miami rental house is probably not haunted, even though it totally feels like it’s haunted
Five hundred degrees in the Caribbean seas…
Bienvenido a Miami
Let down and hanging around
Spring Outfits for a Classic / Minimal Wardrobe
Forever Amber in Essentials magazine
Cherries & Gingham
OMG-Day
Twenty four little hours
Foundation for Pale Skin: Mac Studio Fix Foundation in NW10 reviewed
Can’t Get There From Here
Perfect Ten
Dressing for Dinner (and Hilton Hotels giveaway)
Monarch of the Glen
Highland Fling
Two households, both alike in dignity…
April Flowers
Forever Amber featured in Company Magazine
The Saga of the H&M skirt
Home is where the heated towel racks are
Rose coloured glasses
Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time? The sky won’t snow and the sun don’t shine. It’s hard to tell the night-time from the day…
The Phantom of the Opera Singer
Back to Black
How to Look Glamorous Even in Cold Weather
How to wear jeans in winter | Winter Outfit Inspiration
How to Wear Dresses in Winter
New Year’s Day
All that glitters
Obligatory Christmas Day photo overload
Discontinued: Boots Botanics Radiant Red Shampoo and Conditioner
Backwards
And it was all yellow
Daylight fading, come and waste another year…
Autumn Outfit, take 2
End of the line
Gingernut
Here be pirates
Wardrobe Essentials on a Budget
SHOP
How to Enhance Natural Red Hair
A Person of Interest
This week I…
In the Nude
How I Started Blogging
Veruca Salt
The ’59 Sound
Icebar Orlando
East Coast, represent
A Scottish Summer’s Day
Heart-Shaped Shoes at The Grand Floridian
Jupiter Artland
Surf n’ Turf
The Accidental Dress
That Time I Got Locked in the Bathroom
Playing hookey on Cramond Island
Poolside Style | Double Dotted
What not to wear on a windy day
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
If in doubt, wear green
The Ducks
The Don CeSar, and a wardrobe malfunction
Polka Dots & Cherries
Kabourophobia in Action
Sand in my shoes
Freshly squeezed Florida orange
Red, white and blue
Clearwater Beach, June 2012
Wedding Guest Outfit: Trashy Diva Honey Dress in Green
As Happy as a Dog With Two Tails
One gingham skirt short of a picnic
The Story of Clothes
An International Man of Mystery No More
The Nancy Drew That Never Was
Outfit: Yellow 50s-inspired skirt
I Quit the Gym
Seven Random Facts About Me
Nigel Cometh
What’s black and white and red all over?
It Could Have Been Worse
A retro-inspired casual outfit for Spring
A Walk in Winter
Only a Nigel update if you want it to be
A Stranger Calls
The Incident
Christmas Day, 2011
Happy T-Day
Random Acts of Hair-Related Stupidity
Colour Depositing Conditioner for Red Hair: Superdrug Colour Effects Conditioning Colour in Warm Copper Gold
Halloween Costume Idea | Classic Witch
If you read this blog post you will die in one week…
The Edinburgh Vaults Ghost Tour
Rock n’ Roll
The White Mark of Death
It’s the end of the world as we know it
Ten Years Ago Today
Albert Martino of Hot Igloo Internet Marketing/TheThinkhouse.com/NEPA web design: an update
An Open Letter to Albert Martino of Hot Igloo Internet Marketing and Web Design
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Creating a Messy Bun Hairstyle
A Day of My Life in (Instagram) Pictures
Review: Soltan Invisible Dry-Touch Transparent Suncare Spray SPF 50
Planes, Boats and Crop Tops
Teddies on the Freeway
11 Things To Do in L.A. (And nearby)
In Praise of Esther Williams Swimwear
Goodbye, Norma Jean…
Our vacation rental in Encino, California
Driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles on Big Sur
Thanks, Terry…
The One Where I Dye My Hair Orange
The Night Tour of Alcatraz
A Walk Across the Golden Gate Bridge
Seeing San Francisco on Foot
Flying By Numbers
And it’s one more day down in the canyons, and it’s one more night in Hollywood…
Snapshots of San Francisco
Do you like scary movies?
The Trouble With Dresses
Rosslyn Castle & Traquair House
Exploring Scotland | Glamis Castle, Angus
Amber’s Adventures in the Magic Garden Centre
ALDI Lacura Face Care Multi-Intensive Serum
Climbing Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh
A Lesson to Children Everywhere
Dear Fairies…
At least I got it out of my system.
Invisalign Braces Review UK: Before and After
Sandra The Great
Terry’s Holiday Journal: Tenerife 2010
What I Learned from Wearing Dresses Every Day for a Month
Secret 70th
Dressember Day 24: The Night Before Christmas
Back to Reality
Dressember Day 17: Bow Time
Dressember Day 16: Gone With the Wind
Dressember Day 15: The Curse of the White Dress
Dressember Day 14: Green & Gold
Terry’s Transplant Story: Part 3 | Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid
Terry’s Transplant Story: Part 2 | Two Weeks
Dressember Day 12: Anniversary
Terry’s Transplant Story
Ten
Dressember Day 9: All That Glitters
Night of the Living Crabs
Q&A: The Truth About Being Copied by Other Bloggers
Meeting the Mouse
Sleep Talk and Teeth
How I use Lush Caca Rogue to enhance my faded red hair
4 Things I Was Scared of as a Child
Bucket List With a Twist
The One Where Rubin Goes to the V-E-T
Bedtime in the Forever Amber household
Taking the Long Way Around
The Best Foundation for Pale Skin: a roundup plus colour swatches
Pale and Proud: Why I won’t be getting a sun tan, no matter how much you tell me I “need” one
Red Lipstick for Redheads: MAC Ruby Woo matte lipstick review
Awkward Family Photos: Florida Edition
High Tea at the Grand Floridian
Whoops, I did it again…
Coming Home
Nigel Update! Nigel Update! Here come the men in black…
Return of The Panic
She sells seashells by the sea shore
Firefighting
Amber’s Adventures in Invisalign: First Brace
My Life in Fashion, Part 2
My Life In Fashion, Part 1
Things the Dentist Did
Rubinman Strikes Again
How I Met My Husband
Team Mouse!
Wardrobe Malfunction! Wardrobe Malfunction!
Of Mice and Men from the Council
Things That Go Bump In the Night
The One Where We Spend 17 Hours in an Airport
NIGEL ALERT! NIGEL ALERT! Not as exciting as it sounds!
They don’t make cars like they used to
Nigel, the International Man of Mystery in my attic
The Story of My Life
Yet another catastrophic failure
How Heart Internet web hosting almost destroyed my business
Friday Photo: It’s Chico time!
The one where Terry runs 10k and I embarrass myself in public
Gym Etiquette, revisited
The Day I (Almost) Died
The one where I say the words TAX DISC a lot
Wake me up when September ends
Crime Scene, Do Not Enter
Green Dress Update
Five Go To Lindisfarne (via North Berwick and Cove)
Stuff. In the form of a list.
How I lost a dress, a top and my mind, all in the space of a week
Holiday Shorts: Now you know where I get it from
Nuthin’ mo’ betta
Horses, beaches and crustaceans
Swimming with dolphins (and jumping really high…)
Packing a Suitcase: an excercise in procrastination
Twenty Kilos of Clothes
Being child-free makes you “cold, calculating, sad and mad”, apparently
Inside the mind of a dog
More minor phone annoyances
It’s all fun and games until someone needs to get an anti-tetanus injection…
Walking in the Countryside: ur doin it rong
Susan Boyle of Britain’s Got Talent: I knew her when…
On the trail of lost ancestors in Helensburgh, Scotland
The results are in…
Two years ago today…
Three Go Down to the Sea
Twitter Titters: a new book for Comic Relief, featuring yours truly
Everybody Hurts. Especially in February.
Random Act of Stupidity # 539
Two heads are not necessarily better than one
25 Random Things About Me
The One With the “Twang”
Car Wars II – The Car Strikes Back
My Bedroom is Being Haunted by a Mysterious Voice, and I’m Not Quite Sure What to Make of It, Really
Sleep Talk
Tutorial | How to Dye Your Own Eyelashes
Radiant Red
That Girl
Auld lang syne
This is totally the last entry I’m going to write about being ill. No, really.
Aaaand we’re back!
National Kick a Ginger Day: say what?!
The one where I get dog vomit all down my legs
Forever Amber: the Early Years. Part 3 – “Pants”
The ~~Friday~~ Saturday ~~Five~~ Random Act of Stupidity
Forever Amber: The Newspaper Years – (Not So) Football Crazy
Forever Amber: The Early Years. Part 2 – Toylet humour
Random acts of email stupidity
Forever Amber: The Early Years. Part 1: The Blue Movie
Hairdressing Curse: broken!
If I Ruled the World
Inadvertently Ask Amber; red haired babies, The Famous Five and ponkies. Yes, ponkies.
The One Where I Wear Black to a Christening. And on lots of other occasions.
This is why I hate flying…
The Hammer House of Hairdressing Horrors
Amber and the amazing regenerating eyesight
Magic Kingdom = Totally magic. Going home = not so much
GLAST Off
So, that whole “blogging every day” thing isn’t working out too well…
The Breathless speedboat ride at Disney’s Boardwalk, Florida
Florida Photo Fest 2008
Travel & Days Out
When Fake Tan Goes Wrong
The thing I hate most about air travel. Other than the “fear of death” thing, obviously.
Haircut from hell. Sort of.
The Mysterious Incident of the Dog Turd in the Night time
Kitchen complete! Sanity lost!
How We’re Living
The Music of the Night
Oh, crap.
Spoke too soon…
Postcards from the Edge
I Tried a Body Pump Class So You Don’t Have To
Blogophobia: the fear of having nothing to blog about
Oh my holy God, it’s another freaking list…
Blogging Killed the Radio Star: a.k.a That One Time I Was On The Vanessa Feltz Show
I Love Lists
Home & Organisation
The One Where I Am Deformed
My Quest to Become a Morning Person, and How It’s Slowly Killing Me
The Radiators Are On Us! The Filthy Bathrooms Are, Too!
Car Wars
The Plumber Cometh
Sick as a Dog
Friday Photo: Still Life With Radiator
It Never Rains But It Pours
Friday Photo: “Dongledees”
Watergate
Toilet Humour*
Friday Photo: Forever the Fashionista
Christmas! New Year! Shopping!
A Very Belated T-Day Celebration
Friday ~~Five~~ Photo: Before I Was Butch
Things That Shouldn’t Happen to a Hypochondriac # 237
True Confessions
A Long November
Don’t be fooled by the towel that I got, I’m still, I’m still Amber from the blog…
Things I Have Not Been Doing Lately
The Phantom Phoner
This Pool Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us
When I Was a Boy
Not The Friday Five. Another post about the gym instead.
The Whistler
The Gym’ll Fix It
I Tried Spray-On Tights So You Don’t Have To
Not So Far From the Madding Crowd
Friday Five – Stuffed Animals
Here comes the new haircut, same as the old haircut
Friday Five – an experiment
Hair We Go Again
A family holiday to Florida
Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you
Encounters With The Others
Things to do on honeymoon when you drain the water tank in your rental home and can’t wash, drink, flush the toilet or shower
Harry Potter and the Overexcited Amber
In which I find out quad biking is not for me
Garnier Summer Body reviewed by a pale-skinned redhead
Honeymoon Report Part 3: Fuerteventura and the wreck of the American Star
Dealing With Focal Migraines When You Have Health Anxiety
The one where I try to cut my own hair
Happy Father’s Day!
Vigils and other animals
The Vigil, take 2
Pants. You gotta love ’em
Failure.
Honeymoon Report part 2: Badass camels and other animals
Stand down the vigil, follks
How to Hold a Vigil : Advice for the Anxious
Mouse! In the house!
Honeymoon Report Part 1 – Down to Earth With a Bang. Literally.
Amber & Terry Get Married – photo extravaganza!
I’m Getting Married in the Morning
Two Sleeps to Go: Travelling Light
Three Sleeps to Go
Four Sleeps to Go: She’s Not Got Bette Davis Eyes…
Five Sleeps to Go: Bright Eyes, Burning Like Fire…
Red (Weal ) Alert!
The Final Countdown*
Mothers and monkeys
Another One Bites The Dust
Oranges Are Not the Only Teeth
A Peg Tooth in a Round Hole
Dental Etiquette
Five Things You Didn’t ~~Want To~~ Know About Me
I Fought The Law And I Totally Won
My Left ~~Foot~~ Ear
The Morning After the Night Before
Not a Review of the Year
A Long December…
Caught a Light Sneeze
Nigel, The International Man of Mystery Next Door
A List: Because I’m Lazy
Old Skool Amber
Near-Near Death Experience
Awkward Things That Have Happened At the Salon
Awkward Girl Goes for a Dress Fitting
The Red Weals Are Back In Town
A (12 Mile) Walk in the Woods
One of Those Days
The Trouble With Working from Home Part Deux: The Drive-By Client
A Day in the Life
The One Where I Almost Kill Myself Twice in Five Minutes
Bowled Over
Paperback Writer
No One Loves a Red Haired Baby
The Dog with a Blog
I Shot the Sheriff (Court)*
Seeing Red (Weals)
Anyone know how to remove eyebrow dye? Asking for a friend…
It shouldn’t happen to a freelance writer
Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now
Jeans Genie
Nil By Mouth
Fourteen Years Bad Luck
Fame at Last
My new favourite place
Picture Imperfect
Rainy Days and Fridays
20-20 vision is overrated anyway
Things I’ve Done Since I Last Blogged
When Exercise Goes Bad
(MO)T-Day
The One Where I Fall Off My Bike Twice in 30 Seconds
In which I convince myself the bird flu is all my fault
My First Ever Blog Post : Friday, March 31st, 2006
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | November 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | October 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | August 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | June 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | May 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | April 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | March 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | February 1990
Re-Reading My Teenage Diaries | January 1990
Secret Diary | The Middle Pages
Secret Diary | We needed 6 to make a team, but only 5 turned up
Secret Diary | The Saga of the Three Piece Suite
Secret Diary | If this was a book
Childhood Diary | The People No One Likes
Secret Diary | A Bad Start
The First Diary: Part One
The Secret Diary of a Failed Showjumper