Reasons to be Cheerful – Grown Up Treats

Strange but true - in my 35 years on the planet, until very recently, I had never really bought a sofa. Not a proper one anyway. Until my 20's everywhere I rented was already furnished, bar the house I spent a year in with some friends from work - we couldn't afford one so we [...]

Reasons to be Cheerful – Birthday Surprises

Oops, went a little AWOL there for a couple of days! It was all for good reason though - I'd planned to use the weekend to catch up on scheduling the weeks posts, but little did I know Dan had concocted a plan with my sister and her boyfriend to whisk me away for my [...]

Reasons to be Cheerful – Getting Into Shape

You guys - I went to the gym! Me! The eternal gym avoider! Look, see: Don't worry, I haven't become one of those annoying people who takes pictures at the gym, I just wanted to be certain you believed I actually went. I don't put on a full face of make up and hang around [...]