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Thanks for stopping by! 19 Mar 2013 | 09:50 pm
Hi everyone! I’m not here any more. I’m over at Planes, Trains and Plantagenets now, writing about travel, literature, history and (of course) cocktails. Hope to see you there!
Adios and a new beginning 23 Jan 2013 | 04:21 am
A few weeks ago, The New York Times’ Hugo Lindgren had some great advice that got me thinking: Be wrong as fast as you can. I started this blog almost a year ago to stay motivated in my student loan p...
Happiness on sale, 60% off 15 Jan 2013 | 10:17 pm
The January sales were a bit rubbish this year, mostly because shops had moved them up into December to try and get their pre-Christmas sales figures up – to varying success. I appreciated this, since...
Just Say No, how to take incredible travel photos, and surprising facets of ‘Les Miserables’ 9 Jan 2013 | 01:18 pm
I know it’s well past Santa season by now, but he looks so happy on his skis – I couldn’t resist! Yes and Yes starts off 2013 with No and No: When ‘No’ is better than ‘Yes’. We’re so alike, Sarah Von ...
My favourite way to save money, which might make me go blind 3 Jan 2013 | 02:08 pm
Maybe it’s a little weird to have a favourite way to save money, but I do! It’s my contact lenses. (This isn’t a sponsored post, FYI, especially since it’s kind of secretly about ripping off contact l...
2013: The year of the considered ‘No’ 31 Dec 2012 | 02:00 pm
I started this blog in March 2012 to track my student loan debt payments and talking about how I am changing my life to make them, and pay off my debt by my 30th birthday. Since my first post, I’ve pa...
Swooping in on a good deal (or two…) before Christmas 18 Dec 2012 | 03:53 am
Ever since I moved to London, I have dreamed of having leftover money for the epic January sales. I have fantasised about being able to pick up smart new clothes for up to 70% off, which they are at m...
Caramel apple punch: a warming drink for winter 12 Dec 2012 | 09:53 pm
ATTENTION EVERYONE I have invented an AMAZING drink. It’s a cross between Harry Potter’s butterbeer, Halloweeny apple cider and very, very grown-up festivals. This is a sitting around a bonfire with s...
Hanukkah, the benefits of irony, and Google Street View oddities 10 Dec 2012 | 02:00 pm
Winter has been crawling inexorably forward in London – the high streets have Christmas lights all up and down them, there are people selling trees at the end of our street and (my favourite signifier...
Kate Middleton, non-existent islands and the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill 4 Dec 2012 | 02:00 pm
News and picture of the week for December 3, 2012… So Kate Middleton is pregnant with a tiny royal baby! And the world knows this because she’s been hospitalised and the Palace figured they’d better b...
