Every Wednesday morning, Paul and I are out of the house before dawn, off to join the Breakfast Club, where a bunch of volunteers cook and serve breakfast to the little learners at Good Hope Seminary Junior School. By 8:30am, tummies are full, and about 400 cups, bowls and spoons have been washed and packed away, …
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A Good Start to a good day
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Seriously, have a good coffee
Did you read our friend Bruce Majonga’s wise words about a good cup of coffee? With this in mind, my team and I thought we’d improve the day of our Bree Street neighbours for the rest of April by putting a note on car windscreens, offering a free cup of coffee from Jason Bakery, just …
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Seasonal Shop Hours
It’s the holidays, but we’re not going anywhere, apart from when we stay home to unwrap our prezzies on 25 & 26 December, and when we have a snooze on 1 January. The rest of the time, the Skinny laMinx shop will be open weekdays from 9am – 6pm, and on Saturdays from 9am – …
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A Skinny Tale – 2007 – 2012
We’re celebrating the Skinny laMinx shop’s 7th birthday this week, as we opened our doors at 201 Bree Street on 13 December 2011. Just by chance, I came across this Skinny Tale that I’d written at the end of 2012, when our shop was just one year old. So much has changed… and yet it’s …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #9: Mungo
This post is the 9th in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Mungo, whose very generous prize …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #8: Hope on Hopkins
This post is the eighth in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Hope on Hopkins for their …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #7: Skermunkil
This post is the 7th in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our friends and neighbours, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Marietjie Beeselaar of Skermunkil for …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #6: Vorster and Braye
This post is the sixth in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Martin and Colin of Vorster …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #5: Ballo
This post is the fifth in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Ballo, who has sponsored today’s super-chic …
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