• Review: Cosmo All You Can Eat World Buffet, Southampton West Quay

    As a family, we love to go out to eat, but with a 3-year-old and …

  • Pretty in pink – statement shoes and accessories for summer dressing

    As summer takes hold and the UK braces for an impending heatwave, my attention has …

  • Celebrating Father’s Day with Boots

    I’m not sure where I’d be without my Dad.  I’m 39 this year, …

  • Managing toddler snack demands: trying the Division of Responsibility method

    As we approach Alba’s 3rd birthday, I’d describe her as fun, independent, kind…. …

  • Slacking off

    Slacking off

    I have been really naughty this week and left it an entire week without blogging.  I do find that the paradox of the blog is that the busier you are, the more things you have to write about but when…

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    Home life

    Home life

    This week has been lovely so far, mainly due to (as in the previous post) my new co-habitee – my other half, who normally lives an hour and a half away in Weymouth. It makes such a difference to living…

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    Saturday for two weeks

    Saturday for two weeks

    Today is an exciting day for me because my other half, who normally lives an hour and a half away, is coming to stay for two weeks as he’s on a training course up here. Normally we only get to…

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    Blurker

    Blurker

    Well, after all my promises I still haven’t blogged – ha. I am the worst! I have been lurking around other’s blogs however (being a ‘blurker’) and feeling all creative and inspired. I really do have lots to write about…

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    New for the last time

    New for the last time

    On a night out a couple of weeks ago I saw a friend I’d been travelling with a year before and hadn’t seen for a while. In amongst the cursory catchups he said to me, “So, how come you don’t…

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