Last week, Libby went on a school trip to the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham. She came back so happy at having had the chance to meet Santa that Lia was a bit jealous. Luckily we are blog ambassadors for the National Sea Life Centre and seeing Santa is included in the ticket price. Or…
Last week when I was running, Bubbles, tripped me over. I ripped quite a significant amount of skin off my hands and knees. The only items of first aid kit I had were the ones I’d used for my ultramarathon. I realised that I really needed a children’s first aid kit. If one of the…
Despite my best efforts, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas here. On Saturday we went into our local town for their Christmas fair. The girls saw Farmer Christmas (I know, I should correct them really but it’s cute right??) and went on a little fairground ride. Libby went on a bouncy slide too but…
I stepped off the train at Birmingham New Street and fought my way though crowds of tipsy shoppers at the Christmas market. After a brief pause in Starbucks to change into my cripplingly beautiful shoes, I headed to the Lost and Found for the HIBS100 Homesense Christmas party. Not knowing anybody who was going, I arrived alone and…
When I was asked to review the Vileda Windomatic Window Vacuum Cleaner, my first thought was that it wouldn’t really get used much in our house. You see the thing is, cleaning the windows just takes such a long time. Glass cleaner, cloths, water, more cloths, streaky windows not much better than when you started….
I have always been passionate about ethical shopping. Sadly the clothing industry can be one of the worst culprits for producing cheap garments at the expense of both quality and ethics. So I was delighted to find The Vintage Sweetheart who make fantastic quality products at reasonable prices without compromising on ethics. About The Vintage Sweetheart I’ve…