One of the biggest advantages of being self-employed and working from home is that I don't really have to leave the house very often if I don't want to. In the winter, I don't normally want to, so while we obviously HAVE to leave the house sometimes, I will actively avoid anything that puts me in contact with the icy chill of the outside world for longer than it takes to walk from the house to the car. The car that has generally been pre-heated and de-iced by Terry before I have to go anywhere near it. Sometimes it pays to be a total princess about stuff, you know? This morning, though, I w...
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Just to prove that not all beauty products have to be cute and girlie and look like flowers or cakes, this hand grenade soap from Etsy seller "stinkybomb" kicks all kinds of ass. It's cast from an actual WW2 grenade, and as well as looking good, its ingredients include aloe and olive oil, so it should be nicely moisturising too. And who doesn't want a soap that looks like a deadly weapon, I ask you? Buy
Read more →Eyeshadow kits are something I don't often buy, because I tend to find that most of them come stocked with loads of colours that I'll just never wear. Barry M's Deluxe Eyeshadow Kit is different, though, becuse for £9.95 you get a selection of colours I'd consider "staples" - black and white, of course (essential for that smoky eye look I'm quickly becoming obsessed with), four different browny/gold shades which will work with most complexions, plus a selection of green, purple and navy, none of which are too outrageous to be worn easily, and I say this ...
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Terry pointed out this morning that my last post here was not only several days ago, but was also a post in which I insinuated that if there were no further posts, er, I was probably dead. Whoops. Well, I'm not dead, although thanks for the massive outpouring of anxiety, folks! I'm just lazy busy. Also, The Voice hasn't spoken again since, and if I can't give you tales of mysterious voices which speak in my bedroom, then what can I give you? Absolutely nothing has happened recently. It's just been all work and no play, and you know what that makes Amber, right? Yes, it makes her a CHUNKY M...
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Well, it's finally happened: I've started hearing voices. Luckily for me (or perhaps not, actually), Terry and Rubin have also been hearing the voices, so it would appear that what we're dealing with here isn't so much A Descent into Madness as it is a Haunting. (We're also apparently dealing with Random Capitalisation of Words, but to be honest, that's the least of my worries right now considering I'm HEARING VOICES, people, OMG!). I heard the first Voice one day last week. I can't remember which day it was, but it was towards the end of the week. Let's call it "Thursday". Anyway, it...
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