Dear Johnnie Boden It all started innocently enough between us, didn’t it? That forgiving wrap dress you sent me a few years ago, the vest top that just seemed to go with everything… But Johnnie (oh, darling Johnnie!) this simply can’t go on. I can’t deny I’ve encouraged you. I could have just picked up […]
Thinking
Swimming Pool Etiquette
I like swimming. Despite being incapable of putting my head under water without a panic-attack, I find the repetitive nature of swimming deeply relaxing and excellent for thinking. It is also the only time I am ever separated from my iPhone, which is in itself a positive thing. The only downside to swimming in a […]
Wardrobe woes
Am I the only one who’ll be relieved when autumn arrives? It’s not that I don’t enjoy the summer – such as it is – but the days when I could prance about in cut off denims and crop tops are long gone. Those breasts which once stayed firm and pert beneath a flimsy vest […]
Total insanity
I have gone insane. Not for the first time, you could say, although on this occasion retrieving my sanity shouldn’t involve medication, a course of counselling and a hundred-weight bar of Dairy Milk. The husband and I have embarked on an eight week DVD-based fitness programme which is appropriately entitled Insanity. There’s no link, because […]
Just another day?
I’m not someone who clings onto the past. Not someone who wistfully recalls first dates or even knows exactly what time each of her children arrived. Earlier this year my husband and I were bemused to be presented with a gift from his mother – we had both forgotten our wedding anniversary. My son died […]
Am I having a mid-life crisis?
“Can we get a puppy?” “No, we can’t get a puppy.” My husband is as adamant as I am beseeching. “Not even a little one?” “No.” Strictly between you and me, I fear I may have stumbled inadvertently into a mid-life crisis. In men, the mid-life crisis translates into unsuitable sports cars and eager-to-please secretaries. In women […]