Why all the fuss about Arket?
In case you haven’t heard, everyone who is anyone is all over Arket – the newest offering from high street titans H&M. It has the fashionati going wild.…
What I pack when I travel
My day job, aka my only job, involves a lot of travel. Any fule kno that means lot of hanging around in airport security queues, trying…
The Not So Ordinary “The Ordinary”
What’s in a name? I don’t like to think I’m too much of a sucker for the argot of beauty care and fashion. I struggle with…
Grief & Grown Ups
A few weeks ago, my mother died. Oh well. I’m a middle aged woman. She’d been ill for a long time. It happens. But it has taken me…
More Fashion Trends: Yellow, Tops You Can Read & Frumpy Shoes
So…last time we looked at what the high street is trying to flog us this Summer – mainly it seems, gingham (Hilly billy, hipster or horrendous for…
Spring has Sprung: Mrs Mutton comes out of hibernation (& goes shopping)
Forgive me readers. It has been so many weeks since my last blog you probably thought I’ve been sleeping in a log with moss up my bum.…
Faces, Falls and Fifty Somethings
I didn’t expect to wake up with a black eye last Monday. But there it was – as purple as Pontius Pilate’s pyjamas. Not a classy look on…
Mrs Mutton Goes Gangnam: the Best Korean Beauty Products
As part of my day job (aka THE job) I have recently had to get myself up to speed with the trends in beauty and skincare, especially…
Just Bloody Wear It!
Getting through January is easy peasy. It’s a month for picking the nuts off the top of panettones, finishing the Baileys and eating Christmas cake for lunch. The…
The Best Things I Bought Last Year
As a borderline bonkers shopper, always picking up a little something unless I keep an eye on myself, I do buy a lot of clothes in any year.…