Knilly Frickers

I'm not sure how interesting my post about my favourite things in January actually was for anyone who read it,  but I enjoyed writing it so I decided to do it again this month....or again this month lol.  It was kind of cathartic, not only to focus on some positive thought but also to reflect on how fortunate I am in times when I feel a bit sorry for myself - I have a lifestyle that allows me to have favourite possessions - I don't take that for granted. I've linked to them where I can in case anyone is interested. Clothes  February was the month of skirts - I've acquired two this month!  And they both have pockets!!! I love pockets!!! Pockets!!! This little beauty came from Cath Kidston , I really like Cath Kidston stuff but some of it can be a little out of my price range so I my purchases there are generally now and again - this was an early birthday present from Mum. The print reminded me of London - I've been a few times with my friend but I've never a...

Dear Wee Rachel,  Learn to say no. No is a great word, use it! You are great at using it! Whether it’s your brother asking if he can use your room to watch TV (the TV you have in there right now is pants, so for context, you end up with Gran Brown’s big ass telly at some point, never mind why) or Mum asking if you have or will tidy your room.  At some point over the years, I can’t really remember when, you develop this compulsive need to please people, to have them think that you are effortlessly nice and will always say yes and find a way to help them if you can.  Don’t misunderstand me, it’s not a bad way to be but sometimes Rachel, I could have kicked you hard in the face with a thousand stilettos - you’ll never own any because you’d break your neck and you’d look like an idiot, but that’s irrelevant.  Saying yes is fine, being nice is a fantastic thing to be, but this fear of saying no is not even close to being acceptable.    People will still lik...

I've been singing a lot of songs from The Sound of Music over the week or so as it seems to be the only thing that settles my baby nephew Harry when I'm looking after him.  That's possibly his way of saying 'Okay Auntie Rachie, if you stop singing....I'll go for a snooze!' Seeing as 'My Favourite Things' has been going round my head on a loop it gave me some inspiration  to do a blog post on some of the things I've discovered in the month of January that I've really enjoyed.  Yes, I know it is February......but I'm only a day late!   I don't know if it's something I'll do more of, I'll see how I feel, I thought it would be a good way to mix 'feel good' with doing something productive like writing.  Food and Drink Caveman Cookies I came across these by chance while browsing my local Wholefoods for some Dairy Free snackage and was pleasantly surprised.  The idea behind them being that the ingredients were all materials a...