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Life in Ireland

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Brrrrrr! My love-hate relationship with winter

They say that talking about the weather is a conversational nadir. Oh god, I’m blogging about THE WEATHER. Well, never fear, I previously blogged about my love of autumn so I’ve already hit a blogging low (until I get that piece on Cat Fashion up here). I know for a fact I’m not the only … Continue reading »

Not so painful confession time: I heart staying in. And you do too.

Wanna know what I did this weekend? I stayed in and cleaned the flat. Worst bit is I enjoyed it. Not the cleaning, I’m not completely bonkers, but the staying in bit. I read an article recently about people lying about their weekend antics, mostly to have an interesting Facebook status come Monday morning. That’s pretty … Continue reading »

Go your own way: the pros and cons of living alone

“Do you like living alone, Lisa?” a friend asked me recently, with a note of concern so heavy it could’ve flattened a Scania truck – and then some. Thanks to the extortionate cost of renting even box rooms the size of your bathroom, we all have to suffer the modern hell that is living in … Continue reading »

When life hands you lemons…a delightful encounter with an Irish begrudger

As someone who voluntarily entered herself in a beauty contest, Rosanna Davison is not the type of person I’d agree with in a million years. Until I came across her now famous comments about Ireland being  a nation of begrudgers and for the first time ever I thought hmmm she’s on to something. Something that … Continue reading »

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