So tomorrow I am off to the press preview for Mothercare’s Autumn/Winter ranges 2017. Seems funny that in real life we are just starting to hope for some sunshine and in the media world we’re already planning Christmas but hey, that’s how it goes and i’m so used to it now. It wasn’t that long ago that I was attending the preview for the Mothercare summer ranges for this year and of course I fell head over heels for their Little […]

This pregnancy I have not been graced with ‘the glow’… It’s come as a bit of a shock because in my previous two pregnancies my hair, nails and skin were amazing, better than they ever have been before in fact, but this time! Oh this time has been quite the antithesis! Not only has my skin looked so dry it appears I have even more wrinkles than normal (SO not good) but to boot and add insult to injury I […]

Exactly a week ago today, somehow, my mega babe turned 5! FIVE! He’s just my baby and I don’t know how this can possibly be already but yes, much to his satisfaction, his fifth birthday finally rolled around! He has been waiting for his birthday for such a long time and asking very day ‘how many more days?’ and finally the big day arrived to much excitement… They had the day off school after little tummy bug (cough) on the […]

When we moved from our two bed flat in London to our big house in the country my priorities were making sure that everyone had the perfect bedroom. Jimmy had only known a small toddler bed stuffed under his sister’s midi bed and I finally wanted them both to have space of their own in beautiful surroundings which suited them! I also wanted us to have the perfect sleep space and spent months planning our loft conversion which had to […]

When I was a teenager I was ALL about the tan. I would literally bake myself on holidays turning over at various intervals while doing nothing more than reading a book! When I hit my twenties I was a little more wise and would do things rather sensibly, often not sitting out in the sunshine for too long at all and instead choosing to wear high SPF cream and then faking it with something like St Tropez when I wanted […]

Phew, I have just spent all morning cleaning my house and for the first time today have managed to sit down and do some work. I really needed to get up and log on first thing but my house was SUCH a tip after having friends to stay, more pals over for play dates and not enough time in the day to do more than a quick lick and spit that I physically couldn’t relax into work mode until it was done! I’ve […]

I may be pregnant this summer and having to miss out on sunny supping myself (sob – I LOVE G&T in the sunshine) but that doesn’t mean everyone else has to abstain with me… We had friends over for a BBQ on a rare sunny day this week and I absolutely revelled in creating the perfect cocktails and drinks for them because, regardless of what I myself am consuming, this is a role I love to take on… The drink […]

One of the biggest events in our summer calendar every year is Camp Bestival! A whole weekend of fun, music, frolics with friends and ear to ear smiles from the smallest in the family to the biggest. For the past couple of years I have been on my own with both children and met up with friends once there and it has been the most amazing weekend despite having to pitch a tent sans help – which was tricky but […]

Ah I am so grumpy that the Easter holidays are over! How quickly does time fly when you’re having fun? We got to do something pretty much every single day marred only slightly by a couple of sick bugs which didn’t last long thankfully and didn’t stop us in our tracks for too many hours! We visited all our fave haunts like BeWILDerwood and Cromer, swam, ate out and spent time with some of our most favourite people and generally […]

I was looking at something which came up on my Facebook Time Hop this week and realised that basically, I won the friendship lottery! In this picture that popped up on my time line I was sat with 5 of my very best pals and I realised that they are just a few of the people I can call besties. HOW great is that?! I love the fact that I have friends from my childhood, friends from my teens, people […]