About me

To say Anne's career has been varied is something of an understatement! She trained in catering in France and went on to manage some of the country's most prestigious restaurants. But starting a family changed things...

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Short n' sweet!

Not meaning me of course, (well maybe the short bit).

How are you all? Yes I know it's been a while, but anyway thought I'd say a quick hello and let you know that yes I still am in the land of the living and very much on your QVC screens on Mondays and Saturday's as per usual.

Where do you go?

Can I just start folks by wishing all of you a really Happy New Year and I do hope the Christmas break was everything you hoped for (phew, just about made it as thank goodness we're still in January! )

Well I have to say I'm feeling rather chuffed with myself as I have finally overcome the trials and tribulations of attaching photos to blogs.

 

(I know, I know, the first challenge for me to overcome with my track record, is to actually blog regularly!!!!!). This is largely due to the fact that I now have an iPad. Never thought I'd say this, but I really do love it. It's actually really quite easy. Well the little that I've done so far.

My London Half Marathon. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, but...............

The 2012 Olympic squad can sleep safely in their beds knowing now that Anne Dawson certainly poses no threat!

Still, I completed it, and I live to tell the tale (well just about anyway). 2 hours, 46 minutes and 45 seconds. Hardly a world record, but at least it wasn't dark when I finished, and there were still a few thousand behind me believe it or not.

I had to walk the ninth mile as my ankle was playing up a bit. I tell you what though, what an amazing atmosphere. Running past Big Ben, the London Eye, and up the mall with Buckingham Palace ahead of you.......... It was truly was spectacular.

A million apologies!

Hi everyone,
In the words of a famous sitcom "Listen carefully, I shall say this only once" (must of course be said with a dodgy French accent), I am really truly very sorry for my lack of blogging over the summer months. I know we all have busy lives but really it's no excuse.

It's one of those scenarios whereby you think to yourself... "I really must blog" and then the weeks and months go by before you get around to it. It's funny really, it's usually when there is some news that you want to share that prompts you (well me anyway).

A mad couple of weeks!

Well hello everyone!

Sorry folks - really meant to blog sooner but as usual it's been a mad couple of weeks. What on earth can I say to all you lovely, encouraging, fabulous and oh-so-kind people, except a massive massive thank you!

Your comments and compliments have truly been amazing, and yes… what with the incredible success of the Zumba launch coupled with your kindness, I have been on cloud nine! (Just out of interest, anyone out there know why we say cloud nine and not some other number?).
 
Martin, Janet, Julie, Christine, Caz, Jess, Julie (a different one), Isabella, Yvonne, my fellow Scot Morag... and everyone else I haven’t mentioned - a massive thanks to you all for getting in touch and all your very kind (and flattering) words. Good luck to all of you who are now embarking on the Zumba journey, do keep me posted.

Happy times and sunny days!

Hello all,
 
It's been a few weeks so I thought I'd give you a quick update. I went to Italy a couple of weeks ago to check out storm damage on my roof terrace. Nothing too major except all my furniture/plants etc. are totally wrecked. Don't you just love it when something like this happens abroad and they act like "... well this was inevitable"?

Except that they were the very ones suggesting how the roof could be furnished etc. in the first place and not a dicky bird mentioned about the whole "inevitable" thing. Anyway in those scenarios there, I just do what I always do... count to 1,670,042!!

Who needs to go away though with all the fab weather we've been having? (That is apart from the gorgeous Carla, our Tignanello guest who's just back from Florida.) She has a great TSV next Thursday by the way! I personally think it's quite unfair that someone that stunning should even be allowed a tan!!

Thank you!!

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN!!
 
Well what can I say folks? You are such a bunch of lovely encouraging and uplifting individuals! All your comments and amazing compliments are so welcome. I was floating around on cloud nine reading them.
 
Well I thought it was time to drop you all a wee line again. I probably should've mentioned that I was going to be off for a couple weeks but I'll be back at QVC headquarters on Saturday, so do tune in. Especially any Bare Escentuals fans out there!!
 
So what have I been up to during my time out? Yes indeed you've guessed it... lots of Zumba!! Sorry if I sound like a stuck record but I am absolutely smitten. I did however miss a couple of classes last week. I had the most spectacular trip in the history of falling down - like a pack of cards!!

Finally - a Dawson blog!!

Hello everyone,

Well, my goodness -where on earth do I begin? A good place to start I suppose would be by thanking you all for your interest and comments on my lack of blogging. I read your comments, and to be honest I had a range of very mixed emotions, from surprise to guilt with few smiles thrown in.

Surprise - I had absolutely no idea that so many of you wanted to hear from me!
Guilt - Since I hadn't blogged in such a long time I don't tend to follow what's happening, but November 2009 really is shocking!!
Smiles - That some of you were actually defending me!! How lovely are you lot?!!

So I hold my hands up whilst my head hangs in shame for not keeping in touch. So lovely viewers, you're going to have to help me out here if you want a fairly regular blog from me. I'm going to give you a quick synopsis of life "chez Dawson" and anything you want to know (within reason of course) please ask.

Blog Warmers

Hi folks,

Apologies as it’s been a wee while since I last checked in. Anyway as I was browsing through the most recent blogs from my fellow bloggers, I have to say some of them really hit a chord with me. Particularly Pipa and Kathy.

Pipa’s fascinating account of her recent visit to Canada and her husband's search for his roots, I found quite incredible. I can’t imagine what it must be like to discover suddenly close members of your family that you have never met before. It reminds me of something you’d see in a film! Amazing!

When I read Kathy’s blog about children and reading I have to say I was transported immediately back to my own childhood. My father was an extremely clever man and indeed a lover of books, and although I can only remember a handful of occasions that he read to me, I have very clear memories of Sunday afternoons going for walks and ending up in some bookshop for at least a couple hours.

My own love of books

It was from here that my own love of books developed. As children we were always encouraged to get books from the library and I would trot down on a Monday after school to get my weekly fix. I recall that at even six years old I was allowed a maximum of 3 books. This seemed at the time grossly unfair as adults could take out up to 6 books in any one week.

My QVC spending spree!

Hi folks,

Hope you're all well and having a good week.

I have just been thinking about my purchases last week on QVC. There were a few!!!

After reading the reviews on the G-Tech Sweeper I decided to go for it. It is at present on full charge getting ready for a bit of a blast later on today. I also went for the TSV on Wednesday - the Monster Antibacterial Steam Cleaner. But the big purchase was… the Samsung 46" telly! Which was the OTO on Wednesday evening which sold out in about 13 minutes!! I can't wait to receive it!! Perhaps I should get some overtime in with all this spending?!
 
What I did think was great was that two of the above purchases could have been bought with a morning competition win, the £50 prize money. (not that I can enter it!) If you won the prize money folks, what would you have used it for this week? There has indeed been quite a lot to choose from!

Take care and catch up soon,
 
Anne xxx