In the world of crumpets, Warburtons have hit the nail on the head with their giant versions. A way to make you FEEL like you’re only eating one while still making you FEEL like you’ve eaten enough crumpet (actually, there’s probably never enough crumpets but you catch my drift)! Bigger is definitely better when it comes to those yummy warm treats which are so delicious served sweet but equally as yummy eaten as a savoury dish! And the brand HAS to […]

Internet safety is most certainly something which crosses my mind every day. I’m a blogger, a lot of my life, including that of my family, is on line and I am careful with the things I do. But that’s me. That’s my lookout for myself and I’m an adult, I’m capable, I think. I’m not sure however, that I’d thought much about my children looking after themselves on-line too. I mean they’re very young and at this stage they don’t […]

We were in London last week with Katy from Modern Mummy in search of some very special things to do as tourists in our capital (as families) for the first time. Both Katy and I are ex London dwellers so to be visiting as tourists doesn’t come naturally and it was a strange feeling taking a tour of the Globe and looking at London with fresh eyes. As a Londoner we rush past the beauty and awe of the city […]

It’s the Easter holidays and usually we would be in London moving and shaking, nipping about on the tube, frequenting our favourite museums and having entertainment for free or next to nothing on tap. Obviously since we moved to Norfolk things are a bit different and although we are loving our new life in the country, we do miss some of the amazing things on offer in the capital. Don’t get me wrong, there are amazing things for children to do […]

I remember as a child being thoroughly engrossed by the way my Mum collected coupons to save money on our shopping. She was super thrifty and if anything was going, any deal or any stamp book for money off the things she needed and she was totally on it! She had to be because back then she was a single Mum paying a mortgage entirely on her own. She juggled supply teaching (when she could get the work) with looking after me and she […]

Last week I told you all about the new project that Katy from Modern Mummy and I have launched with 11 other bloggers. We wanted to show everyone what a fabulous place Pizza Express is not just for grown ups but for the little ones too and since then, all the bloggers in the #PizzaexpressFamily have been out and reviewed their local restaurants with their kiddos in tow! They all had such fabulous times so do take a look at […]

Though I moved away to London for many years my heart always brought me home for frequent visits to Norfolk before I eventually sold up in the capital and moved back to the homestead. I was nervous about returning to an old life in the country after many years away and I wondered if it would be enough for us after the pace of our capital City life but, despite the many quirks to Norfolk, I couldn’t be happier to be home. I […]

It’s not really a secret that we love Pizza Express in our house and we find lots of excuses to visit. Sometimes we go for a big celebratory meal where we order everything (well, not EVERYTHING but pretty close to it) and spend hours dining with wine and other times I will just take the children for a special early tea after school where I will be restrained and not eat but they get a piccolo menu. It’s £6.95 for them to […]

When we moved last month one of the things which didn’t make the cut of the removal van was our horrid old printer. It was ridiculously big and SO old that you couldn’t even buy the cartridges it required in normal places anymore and instead had to order them from the only place that still stocked them on line which also charged a small fortune! It really wasn’t ever the best at its primary job of printing so coupled with its ageing […]

My friends and I all love a bit of what they call ‘mother’s ruin’ these days although I think it might be a taste which comes with age. I don’t ever remember drinking it when I was in my late teens and early twenties, instead favouring more sickly alco pops and the like but as time’s gone on my taste buds have rejected the latter in favour of a more subtle flavour. I absolutely delight in a summer evening tipple during […]