What did you have for lunch today? Here’s a couple of ‘highlights’ from mine from the past few days: hummus, pitta and olives, something vaguely uninspiring on toast, leftover pasta, and half a pack of Haribo and an innocent smoothie. Buying lunch was always one of the the best thing about the working day in…
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Feeling Broody When You Have A Baby
Read moreOn Feeling Broody When You Have A Baby… Are you feeling broody even though you have a baby? At the end of last week there was a strange feeling hanging over me. It whispered quietly from the corners of the room, gently tapped at my shoulders and ruffled through my hair. I couldn’t quite identify…
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Three ways to wear neon, when you’re not a teenager
Read moreNeon and nude / neon and grey / neon and stripes I loved all the neon prints and patterns that were around this summer (it’s a nod to my 90’s childhood, what can I say?). But when you’re very much no longer 16, smiley face t-shirts are not a good look. It’s easy to run…
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Ugg boots for adults and children; where do you stand?
Read moreIs there any item of clothing more likely to divide opinion than the Ugg boot? They are surely the Marmite of the footwear world. Apart from dungarees and hareem pants, I can’t think of many other items of clothing that polarise opinion in such a strong way. OK, so they have all the looks and glamour…
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Up in the air
Read moreThings are all up in the air at the moment; both metaphorically and literally. We spent the last weekend of August by the sea, and Eliza learned to say ‘airplane!’ (not unprompted – it was the local air show, where planes fly over the part of the beach you can see from my parent’s house).…
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Living In Crystal Palace – 51 Things We Love
Read moreThinking About Living In Crystal Palace? Do you live in Crystal Palace, are thinking of living in Crystal Palace or are looking for things to do in Crystal Palace? Id you’re wondering ‘is Crystal Palace a good place to live?’ then read this post. Is Crystal Palace A Good Place To Live? In short, yes.…
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By royal appointment to Britax – and a parent’s guide to rear-facing car seats
Read moreHere’s an appropriately regal announcement; we have been appointed to the Britax ‘Mumbassador’ parent blogger panel. Britax is the maker of Prince George’s Baby-Safe car seat – the one that millions of people worldwide watched Prince William put into a car, shortly before he drove away from the Lindo Wing where Kate had given birth…