http://www.retrochick.co.uk/recipe-preserved-lemon-coriander-chicken-with-fruit-nut-cous-cous/Todays recipe is inspired by a tasting event I went to a couple of weeks ago with the Women?s Tennis Association. Each year the WTA hold a pre-Wimbledon...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/a-photo-an-hour-2017/On the 23rd June 2016 I set myself a challenge to take a photo an hour. I had the idea it would be nice to document the same day every year with a photo an hour and see how things change over time....

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/pimp-your-cocktail-glassware-and-bar-accessories-for-glamorous-cocktails/There’s no point having Cocktails without all the stuff that goes with it. I am mildly obsessed with cocktail paraphernalia and barware. I pick...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/lets-talk-about-food/Yes, let?s talk about food, because if there?s one thing I?ve realised over the last few years it?s that our relationship with it is REALLY f*cked up. Like really. And I?ve fallen for it massively....

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/summer-make-up-products/I don’t know if you noticed, but it’s kinda warm. In attempts to cool down I have been sleeping with ice packs in my pillow case, keeping all the curtains closed, and generally skulking around...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/summer-playsuits/So, obviously I’ve been fantasy shopping for summer playsuits now. Now I have rediscovered the forgotten playsuit I have acquired a taste for them and have spent the last 2 days hunting down others I...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/summer-playsuit/I’ve called this post the forgotten playsuit, but it wasn’t really forgotten. More the neglected playsuit. I’ve had this for years. I think it actually came c/o of George@Asda back in the mists of...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/alcoholic-milkshake-jack-daniels/Milkshakes are lovely, right" They’re even lovelier when you mix them with booze. An alcoholic milkshake is a lovely grown up treat. You could have one instead of dessert, or just as a...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/high-waisted-summer-shorts/This Summer I might actually invest in a pair of high waisted summer shorts. I haven’t really worn shorts since I was about 20 and spent most of the summer in a pair of denim cut offs and a...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/allergy-face/Ugh, right now I am suffering from a bad case of “allergy face�. I don’t know what tree or flower causes it, but evidently it starts torturing me at the end of May and then just as rapidly moves on to...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/summer-dresses-and-hoop-earrings/ This cut out dress got worn just ONCE last year. I wore it, loved it, predicted that I was going to wear it LOADS, then promptly forgot all about it and it languished in my wardrobe all...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/tropical-midi-dresses/Aloha! Well, it’s June tomorrow, which will no doubt immediately herald an end to the tropical temperatures that we’ve been having, at least where I am, over the last few weeks. Still, I’m sure...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/summer-outfit-crop-top/Today I am pondering how many outfit posts over the 9 years I’ve been blogging have started with me talking about the weather. “A lot�. I would wager is the answer to that extremely dull...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/things-i-learned-playing-a-team-sport/Team sports is a whole new thing to me. I mean, they made me play Netball and Hockey at school, but I was never part of a team. I just tolerated it for the length of a PE lesson until...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/important-things-to-do-today/Do you have a to do list" I do, I have to have one these days or everything just falls out of the gap between my ears. What’s on yours today" Today mine includes boring regular Monday...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/make-your-own-tortilla-chips/Recently I discovered how to make own tortilla chips. I love it when I discover things that are super easy to make. I would like to think of myself as some kind of budding Nigella, baking and...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/how-i-spent-my-birthday-in-canary-wharf/Remember on Monday I promised to tell you all about my birthday adventures in Canary Wharf" Well, here it is, the post you’ve been waiting for! How I ended up on Canary Wharf on...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/beach-pyjamas/This weekend it was my birthday. Mr Chick and I share a birthday, and on the Saturday night, which was our actual birthday, we had a great time as the guests of Novotel in Canary Wharf. I shall tell you...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/5-pairs-of-sensible-party-shoes/I have a confession to make. I don’t really like flat shoes. I wear them a lot, because I don’t drive, and I live in a City and I walk everywhere. But I don’t really like them. When I...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/printable-planner-pages/I’ve always been a pretty organised person. By which I don’t mean that I have a tidy desk, or colour coded files. Because that’s definitely not true. Just that I’ve always known what needs...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/gold-shoes-outfit/I finally spent that ASOS voucher on gold shoes. I was extremely happy to note that when I claimed on my Facebook page that they were PRACTICAL gold shoes, not a single person disagreed with the concept...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/4-practical-changes-im-making-in-may-and-1-fluffy-one/So April was a little stressy. I had a lot on, and I neglected to do that thing that I used to call “looking after yourself� but these days we call “self...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/lady-b-loves-anti-chafe-shorts-giveaway/Last year I discovered the wonder of these Anti-Chafe Shorts from Lady B Loves. In the last year things have moved on, and Lady B Loves has expanded her range to also sell an...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/questions-people-ask-bloggers/I’ve been blogging now since before anyone knew what a blog was. In fact, I’ve pretty much been blogging since before *I* knew what a blog was. The first thing that could ever be called a...

http://www.retrochick.co.uk/leopard-print-weekend-outfit/I used to have a funny relationship with leopard print. I just wasn’t sure that I was a leopard print kind of a person. Then I got a pair of leopard stiletto shoes, and things just...