I don't cover 'Valentine's Day' as such, but I know I have Lush fanatics reading this - and you have a month to go if you want to pick up some of these Valentine's Limited Editions.
Featured clockwise from the bottom left:
The Kiss Lip Scrub - £5.50
Heart Throb bubbleroon (crumble under a hot tap) - £3.65
Cupid's Love soap - £5.25
Prince Charming Shower Gel - £4.75/£9.50£15.95 - because 'ridicule is nothing to be scared of' - which lets face it, is a winner for us 80's kids.
Unicorn Horn bubble bar - £3.25
Floating Flower bath bomb - £3.50
I won't make any jokes about them all smelling 'Lush', but I could.
21 years ago this year! I thought the red was an appropriate link... :)
Yeah yeah, laugh away. It WAS the 80's you know. Yes that's a perm (on me, his is natural. The swine.)
Regular readers of the blog will have seen a few of these photographs before, so I apologise in advance but they are necessary to set the scene so please bear with. :)
Mr Hirons and I met in 1989. That whole 'when you know, you know' thing? Tis true.
The tanned and thin years.
We were two kids in to our final tally of four when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. It came out of nowhere. There was no history in the family, it appeared he was just unlucky.
That was 15 years ago.
The care Jim received from the NHS was second to none (#savetheNHS) - and a lot of that was made possible by campaigning from Diabetes UK.
This November Jim and our boys are taking part in the London Bridges Challenge to raise funds for Diabetes UK.
Nine miles and twelve bridges. (After my Moonwalk experience I'll be providing tea, emotional support and donating on this occasion!)
If you have can spare a few pounds and are feeling generous, Jim's JustGiving page is listed below.
It would mean a great deal to our family and the funds raised will make a great difference to the lives of sufferers of Diabetes. And they do suffer, it's a relentless day-in-day-out pain in the arse (literally).
Thank you for reading and allowing me the indulgence of basically hitting you all up for cash.
Four score and twenty years ago - a woman in red married a cute floppy-haired musician in West London.
OK - 18 years ago. Just setting the scene. I did wear red - we had two boys by then - the jig was well and truly up - and anyway, ivory is not one of my colours.
My brief to the florist was red, big, fabulous, wild and show stopping. Step forward Mr Timothy Dunn - whose shop (at that time) was across the road. He surpassed himself. It was full of barcarolle roses, red berries and eucalyptus as a nod to the season. He even added red chili* peppers in it as a nod to my musical tastes. It was genius. And I let it dry out and kept it in the kitchen for years afterwards.
So today of all days, the Candle of the Week has to be Timothy Dunn's Arabian Fig.
'A blend of wild fig, basil and clove enhanced by frankincense, cassis, rose and jasmine intertwined with radiant base notes of sandalwood, cedarwood and musk.'
It is the absolute perfect candle for this time of year. Mr Hirons and I will be burning it this evening when we get back from school pickup and doing the big shop. We still lead rock star lives.
Congratulations Tim. I love it when a grafter does well.
