This week I received another unwelcome reminder of my age. An invitation to have my breasts screened arrived in the post. Women receive their first invitation to attend a free screening when they are between 50 and 52 years old. Now I have to decide whether to attend the appointment. Continue reading Breast Screening for the Over 50’s
Monthly Archives: April 2015
The Christmas Budget
Christmas can challenge anyone’s finances with the presents to buy, the food and perhaps a tree and decorations. Sadly, in an attempt to make Christmas the best that it can be, many people stretch themselves too far and end up struggling to pay for the festivities for the rest of the year. It really helps if you organise your finances in advance and you will certainly enjoy your shopping and the entire festive season more if you have the money to hand when you need it. Continue reading The Christmas Budget
What Never Goes out of Fashion?
Fashions come and go and brands hit the big time only to fall out of favour. Every season we are treated to a new colour palette and orange is the new black or some such nonsense. Designers dictate what we will all be dying to wear or celebrities start new trends when they are pictured in something new, even if it is ridiculous. However, our most enduring brands and styles, the ones that never seem to go out of fashion, have largely been clothes that began life as workwear. This does rather suggest that ultimately, practicality trumps all. Continue reading What Never Goes out of Fashion?