Unleash your inner elf
Christmas shopping. My two favourite things, joined at the hip. What’s not to like? Well, everything, actually. I am very much a free range shopper. I…
How not to be made redundant
So. It finally happened. The ‘R’ word. But just as, it is said, all political careers are doomed to end in failure, sadly it seems quite…
Rome without ruin
Ciao ragazzi! I’ve just come back from a couple of days in Roma, the Eternal City, Caput Mundi, Urbs Sacra (you can see I’ve been reading…
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…