I think the slogan is ‘Lidl Surprises’ and I have to say that when shopping in Lidl today, I was actually very surprised. I got some absolute beautied for the week including 30 day matured rump steak (under a fiver), mini cucumbers to munch on (£1.29) and some fresh cakes and bread from the insotre bakery at an absolute snip. I also bought myself some seasonal squash to make hearty Halloween soup with and not only do they look beautiful […]

I have been suffering with a bad knee for about a year and a half now. It’s sometimes better than others but a lot of the time is excruciatingly painful. I really don’t use the word ‘excruciating’ lightly and please remember when I do, that I have given birth without the use of drugs. Twice. And it was a walk in the park… Painful yes but totally manageable. Sometimes I feel that my knee pain really isn’t. It started siezing up […]

I lived in London for a very long time and went to see a great deal of theatre while there but one show I never quite managed to go to was Mamma Mia. I’m not sure why because surely it’s one of the most famous and long running the west end has seen but alas, we never went. I know the music, of course I do! Who isn’t an ABBA fan after all and once you start singing those songs, well, […]

I went to the launch of the Stokke shop at Marylebone store ‘Back In Action‘ a couple of week’s ago and absolutely loved hearing all about the Stokke Tripp Trapp chair. It was desinged by a man called Peter Opsvik many years ago and has been loved by parents ever since but what I hadn’t fully realised was that this chair is actually designed with your baby’s posture in mind and created to totally look after their little backs. It […]

My first games console was a Spectrum, do you remember those? They took tapes which after about 2 hours of whirring and squeaking would allow you to play a game of Manic Miner until it froze and you had to start the process again. Gosh those were the days – huh! We thought it was pretty amazing a few years later when consoles like the Sega Master System and SNES came out. 8 bit graphics and endless rounds of Sonic […]

Bicycles and their riders. Norfolk accents. Keeping it local takes an age. Where’s my Uber? The rudeness of staff. You want me to buy what now? It’s been a few months since I hit y’all up with my first ‘City Girl In The Village‘ post and as summer boomed over Norfolk showcasing blue skies and a sun shine filtered haze over the land I may have become somewhat more accustomed to the nuances of life out of the big smoke. That’s not […]

Everyone’s heard of Little Tikes and is familiar with their iconic products such as the Cozy Coupe car and gorgeous play houses. They’ve been around for years, since I was little myself even, and have continued to be family favourites because they’re just so well made and brilliant. I remember my brothers (who are now in their twenties) loving their Cozy Coupe car and these days my children, even though possibly a little too big for it now, still love […]

Shopping in Aldi is something I do every single week. I buy all of our groceries there bar the odd item which isn’t stocked and I actually go out of my way in order to do so. It’s about a 20 minute drive for me but it’s so worth the journey because both the food quality and the price is exactly what I’m looking for. The experience of shopping may be a little bit different to more expensive supermarkets but […]

When it comes to buying Christmas presents for children who are old enough to speak the task is relatively easy. Well, I base this entirely on my own children at any rate! They are avid watchers of the adverts and declare with glee which things are on their list and which aren’t every time they come on so this does help greatly. But… What about when it comes to buying for a baby? Ah, it’s a tough call isn’t it […]

Every year in the October half term we take a trip to BeWILDerwood to enjoy their Glorious Glowing Lantern Parade. It is, actually, one of the best times of the year to go and the pinnacle of their year as far as we are concerned. I mean we love it in the summer, who couldn’t? Basked in glorious dappled sunlight filtering through the trees and it’s a beautiful place to be but there’s something about halloween week at BeWILDerwood which […]