The GC distracts Wendyl Nissen during a hunt for warm PJs.

Dry your unmentionables by the fire, says Wendyl Nissen.

Wendyl Nissen goes on an unplanned strike - precipitated by a run-in with a liquid handwash dispenser.

Hillary Clinton turned up in Bangladesh recently without a skerrick of foundation or mascara, and the world didn't end.

As barflies scheme to snare Mr Right - or Mr Right Now - serial monogamist Wendy Nissen ponders her own fate.

It's better to linger in the supermarket queue, decides Wendyl Nissen.

Wendyl Nissen gets in touch with her spiritual, caring side on a trip to India.

Wendyl Nissen's ethos: eyes shut, lie down, all day long I won't frown.

The elderly family pooch gives Wendyl Nissen a fright in the night, all the better to score the comfiest spot to rest.

Great island, notes Wendyl Nissen, just leave me in peace on the ferry.

There's gentrified and there's over-gentrified, wails Wendyl Nissen.

Wendyl Nissen's spouse endures the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune - fired by the buzzers of a backyard beehive.

When Cinderella hour rolls in, Wendyl Nissen's got to go - and she expects her guests to follow suit.

Wendy Nissen rides dat subway, heading for the safety of a fragrant, bright pink Victoria's Secret shop.

Wendyl Nissen sizes up clothes options in Ponsonby.

Wouldn't it be great if gyms lowered the wattage in their lights, Wendyl Nissen says, then we could exercise in complete anonymity.

The sting's in the tail, discovers Wendyl Nissen on her new buzz.

Wendyl Nissen wants stylish clothes only her daughter can wear.

Wendyl Nissen's greenie ethic takes a knock at the dinner table.

Travelling used to be so easy before I became a healthy person.

Wendyl Nissen ponders what to wear to a party.

Strange wails in the 'hood grab Wendyl Nissen's attention.

Wendyl Nissen tunes into the rugby.

Wendyl Nissen learns the hard way that not everyone cares.

Turns out kauri and matai make great woods to burn on Auckland's coldest day.