A Little Legacy: Mother’s Day, a Vintage Market and a special discovery.
Mother’s Day is always bitter sweet for me. After losing my mum when Noo was just a few months old I’ve found it can be a difficult day to process. I want to celebrate being a mummy to my two gorgeous...
View ArticleSome things that I love #16
Something I read: Here’s an exciting one, well for me anyway! Wait for the tenuous link.. I read the MAD Blog Awards shortlist and I’ve only gone and made on the list!!! I was genuinely not expecting...
View ArticleChocolate Chip Cookies: Our family favourite recipe
My Granny used to make the most amazing chocolate chip biscuits and would always have an overflowing tin ready for every time we went to stay. Obviously the tin was not overflowing for long and crumbs...
View ArticleYoung mum means crap mum, right?
“You must have been such a young teenager when you had her!” Scoffed an older mum with raised eyebrows at play group. “Um, no.” Why is this seen as an acceptable thing to say? I should just take it as...
View ArticleSome things that I love #17
Something I read: I attended a workshop put on by the charity Stop the Traffik on Sunday. I am part of an ACT group in the city that I live where we are wanting to raise awareness about people...
View ArticleThe final plea..
Today is the final day of voting in the Mad Blog Awards. Those of you who read my blog regularly will be well aware that I am one of the finalists in the School Days category. The other four blogs are...
View ArticlePopcorn!
I love going to the cinema, especially when it involves popcorn! There is always an issue in our family however, Butwhydaddywhy likes sweet popcorn and I prefer savoury. Dilemma. I have grown to enjoy...
View ArticleSome Things That I Love #18
Something I read: I’ve not had a lot of time to read this week unfortunately all I’ve managed is a few more pages of The Happiness Project. I fully intend to do lots of reading this coming week while...
View ArticleJeans that fit first time? Let’s see if Jeanography can get it right..
I cannot count the number of times that I have discussed jeans with my friends. Not just jeans though. The search for those jeans. The ones that fit beautifully and that you pull on time and time again...
View ArticleSome things that I love #19
Something I read: I’ve just started reading ‘The Slap’. I know I’m massively late to the party on this one, but hey better late than never so when I spotted it at our local charity bookshop a few...
View ArticleZooey Deschanel : The ultimate girl crush
Here in the UK season 2 of Zooey’s awesome comedy New Girl is airing (Tuesday 9pm E4 dontcha-know) so I thought I’d reserve a little love for my style crush here for the next couple of weeks. I know...
View ArticleOur New Forest Getaway
We spent Easter and all of last week staying with my husband’s family in the New Forest, about 20 minutes from Bournemouth. I love my in laws and their gorgeous home tucked away in the forest, it...
View ArticleSome Things That I Love #20
Something I read: We’ll I can tell you what I haven’t read, my library books. The very same ones that I returned yesterday and paid an eye watering fine for. I could have bought the books for the very...
View ArticleGigs!! (yes, I, a mummy of 2 went out, on a school night!)
In my pre-children days I was such an avid gig-goer. I don’t mean massive stadium gigs, although I have been to a few, I mean the kind of gigs held in tiny, dark, sweaty venues. Whether it was seeing a...
View ArticleSome Things That I Love #21
Something I read: Little Miss E has just started to really enjoy her bedtime stories. We both have a particular love for Oliver Jeffers, whether it is ‘Lost and Found’, ‘How to Catch a Star’ or ‘The...
View ArticleFancy winning a £25 Sainsburys voucher?
How would you like £25 to go towards your shopping at Sainsburys? Would you sensibly put it towards your food bill or, like me, be a bit cheeky and treat yourself to some bits from their home are...
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