Non-Working, Not Broken
I need to change my relationship status. We’re separating. Yes it’s sad. It’s taken me a while to get my head round it. You see, it…
Unleash your inner scarlet woman
If there’s one colour that cheers me up instantly, it’s red. I think that’s why I prefer flying with Virgin over BA (that and the occasional…
Beauty products I use everyday
I was going to write a fashion blog this time round – after all it’s the change of seasons and all that. But this year, the…
Mrs Mutton Answers Random Beauty Questions
One of the things I very, very much enjoy is when followers of this Blog or my Instagram write to me for advice. Over the last…
My Mother and Me: A Clothes Hoarder’s Tale
I’ve been thinking a lot about clothes recently. Who am I kidding? I’m always thinking about clothes – wearing them, storing them, buying them. I have…
5 Things I Didn’t Think I’d Ever Wear Again (but I do)
There are times when the fashion gods smile down on us middle-aged women. They flood the high street with gifts like midi length skirts, flared sleeves, chunky heels.…
Trinny London’s Little Pots of Happiness: Mrs Mutton Gets a Makeover
That Trinny Woodall! What a woman! Back in the nineties and noughties I was very excited by Trinny and Susannah’s “What Not to Wear” TV show – I loved…
Reasons to be cheerful – January edition
Oh January! We’ve been together for two and a half weeks now and it’s really not working for me. I’m sorry, really I am. I’ve thought…
Beauty Products To Try Right Now
This is a time of the year when I find myself all out of sorts with my skin, hair, face, the whole shebang. Obviously candle light, dark…
Shoes that mean you SHALL go to the ball…
My mother always used to dismiss my complaints about going to school dances in my brown school shoes. “No one”, she would say, “EVER notices your shoes at…