I had a very busy weekend – Mr Smaggle and I totally gutted our little apartment. I swear we took about 20 bags to the charity bins so I was a bit frazzled by the time we finished on Sunday night so I decided to resurrect one of my favourite kinds of posts. I write little lists of lovely things to do to brighten your week. It’s a tribute to the late great Diana Vreeland who had a column in Harper’s Bazaar called ‘Why don’t you…?’ where she’d write a decadent and beautiful list of life suggestions for her readers. We don’t usually take enough time to just do nice things for ourselves so here are 9 lovely little things that will make your week wonderful…
Why don’t you?
1. Have a hot chocolate instead of your usual afternoon latte? Two marshmallows? One pink, one white?
2. Wear a leopard print scarf? Looped through your denim jeans as a belt? Wrapped around your head in a turban? Tied to your leather shoulder bag?
3. Have an artistic friend ink a beautiful design on your skin for a special occasion? A silver feather just below your shoulder? Worn with a backless dress?
4. Go horse riding? Go karting? Paint balling? Anything that would have delighted you as a kid?
5. Make your food fun? Cut your sandwich into a heart shape with a cookie cutter? Add a decorative toothpick to a plate of olives?
6. Evoke a little Dorothy into your day? Paint your toenails bright sparkly red? All winter long?
7. Have snacky left overs for dinner tonight? A boiled egg? Some carrot sticks? A few slices of cold turkey? A handful of potato chips?
8. Save some cash and just go out for dessert? Eat dinner at home and splash out on a fancy slice of sticky date pudding? Donuts? Crepes?
9. Volunteer one evening a week? Walking dogs for the RSPCA? Collecting tickets for your local amateur theatre company?
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What are your plans this week? Have anything fun pencilled in your diary?
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Tennis is on – two weeks of the year I get to be in charge of the remote. What a treat! xx
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I only watch Nick Kyrios in tennis and only because Mr Smags went to school with him and he’s hilarious. Otherwise I have no idea what’s going on.
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