Material Girl

Carrie Maclennan

Posted on October 16 2015

Recent Posts
• No Friends Friends Mar 02 2016 You want to buy a house? Go to the bank. Meet with a mortgage adviser. You want to travel the world? Go to the trav...
• Arse Alarm Feb 22 2016 I took what turned out to be my first Ill-Fitting Rooms photograph in September 2013. But before all that, I wrote t...
• Ill-Fitting Rooms Feb 17 2016 Without even thinking, I lifted it, the candy pink knitted two-piece, from the rail and took it directly to the fitti...
• You Pure Love Yersel' Jan 31 2016 'You pure love yersel'', she scoffs through a dry, powdery mouthful of Tangy Toms. Head down, I do my best to fake l...
• Electrolysis Jan 12 2016 I originally published this post, 'Does Electrolysis Last Forever? DOES IT?' on my old Carrie Not The Kind of Girl Y...
• A Few Gentle Suggestions Jan 06 2016 I'm not sure how I feel about people who wake up on the 1st January, hop out of bed and immediately set about success...
• New Year Growing Pains Jan 06 2016 I originally posted this to my old Carrie Not The Kind of Girl You'd Marry blog on 13th January 2013. I can confirm ...
• Happy Christmas! Dec 24 2015 Thank you so much for joining in with my Not The Kind project.  You've bought things from my shop, you've said nice t...
• Last Christmas Dec 15 2015 I started recording at 5.30pm.  I finished recording at 9.30pm.  There must have been nearly 40 takes and there was d...
• Carrie Keeps Fit Nov 15 2015 So, Beardy and I have finally admitted aloud to each other and to our pals that we have, munch by munch, become a pa...
• Couch Potato Nov 09 2015 I've never considered myself a couch potato. Though, actually, a quick think about how I've successfully avoided any...
• Material Girl Oct 16 2015 (1) Today is Friday. (2) I ate squished up bananas and chocolate chips for breakfast. (3) I coloured in a bingo card ...
• Rolling Down The Hill Oct 07 2015 Sitting around the kitchen table at 5am, just me, my dad and a spicy chicken and pineapple pizza, we somehow got to ...
• The Shopping Show. Part 1. Oct 02 2015 Now, you must understand. My intention here was, quite simply, to make a series of little videos about how much I lov...
• Things My Mum Says Oct 01 2015 Before I left London to spend the weekend with my mum in Glasgow, I saw this and I said, 'Thanks, Buzzfeed! That's ha...
• Working 9 to 5 Sep 21 2015 When you sit down at your desk to compile a special, motivational, Monday morning playlist to share with everyone o...
• Questionnaire Club Sep 12 2015 'I've made this form for you to fill in', I say, handing over a piece of A4 paper. The A4 paper is yellow and has l...
• An Accidental Poem Sep 10 2015 Thanks for visiting my new website. I accidentally wrote a poem for you.  It's got cats in it. And biscuits.  NOT T...
• Driving Lesson Disaster Sep 10 2015 I'm pretty much at peace with the fact it'll never be me behind the wheel of some vintage convertible whizzing alon...

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