I actually get more of a kick buying presents for the people I love than I do receiving them and usually I haven’t got a clue what to say when my family ask me what I’d like for Christmas. This year, however, seems to be a little different and I have a list as long as my arm – I just KEEP seeing things I would really, really like! So, IF I was writing a list to Father Christmas this […]

While it’s party season for everyone this time of year, it’s especially so for us as Florence was born on New Year’s Eve. We usually hold a party for her just before Christmas so that her friends won’t be busy with NYE plans and this year is no exception. We have a ‘Wozard Of Oz’ themes party in the planning and it’s shaping up rather nicely! This year it’s going to be even bigger than usual because we are actually […]

There’s lots of things that make me sad about our impending move to Norfolk. Leaving friends, our lovely school, everything the children have ever known… Heck, I’m even sad about leaving our little flat because sentimentality is something I have in abundance. I get a little sad saying goodbye to a hotel room after one night so turning my back on out Victorian terrace conversion, the home I brought my children home to for the first time, is, as you’d […]

When I decided around this time last year that I was going to learn to drive there were so many things I hadn’t considered. The goal of starting lessons (which came in February) and passing my test (which finally happened 5th attempt in July) were all I could see and thoughts of insurance, petrol and anything else car-ish hadn’t even entered my head! First I got to grips with being able to fill up with petrol (NOT diesel) and then […]

I was sent a couple of items from the new 2015 winter range at my favourite Little Bird and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to pair them with some bits I had bought both from this season and from last year. I love Little Bird, which is designed by Jools Oliver, so much that I do tend to buy lots of pieces from the sales in bigger sizes ready and waiting for the next year. Last year a couple […]