I’m a bit of reformed beauty junkie. OK, so only ‘reformed’ because I don’t work in central London any more, where I had easy access to big chemists and the delights of Space NK and so on. And loads of time to kill waiting for friends in the evening, and delayed trains, and a full-time…
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Can you really take children to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant?
One of the things I miss the most about our pre-baby life is going out for dinner whenever we felt like it; to celebrate, on special occasions, or just because. And often because we had no food in the house, which used to happen quite frequently as we didn’t need to worry about it back…
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Long weekend <3
Hands up who loves long weekends? Or should that be, hands up who doesn’t love long weekends? Technically, as a midweek worker / mum they don’t make that much difference to me, but Alex is off so it means three whole days of just the three of us. Which is one of my favourite things…
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Outfits for a sunny spring weekend
Hurrah, it’s finally spring. So no more thick tights and winter coats, right? So when we were asked by Florence & Fred – the clothing range from Tesco – to choose some outfits for our Mother’s Day weekend, I picked some things suitable for a sunny day at the seaside as we would be spending ours with my Mum and Dad…
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Taking fashion inspiration from children’s TV
There’s a lot of talk bandied around about ‘mum’-style fashion and playing it safe with practical clothes as soon as you become a parent. Take note of this what you will (and wear what you want!) But just you no longer don’t have time to devour Vogue and Elle magazines from cover to cover it…
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Three colourful things
Wow, so there’s an awful lot of weather around at the moment isn’t there? And all of it grey and dull. Here’s three colourful things to counteract it:
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The one where I finally get glasses
About five years ago, I went to get an eye test and was told I might need glasses. I filed the information under ‘things to think about at some point in the future’, then promptly forgot about it. Two years later, I went back for a check-up and was told my sight was slightly worse,…