Misses E and M review Umi Shoes through the medium of dance/song/cheese

P.S. From a parent’s point of view they’re also pretty fab. M’s have been washed twice and come out sparkly and fresh with no colour fade, and both are very comfortable and cute. I can see my two spending the whole summer in them. Thanks for sending us shoes to review lovely [...]

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A little confession

Let me let you into a secret.
I am all of a quiver.
Jingly jangly, shaky, jittery, buzzy, slightly queasy and a little bit churny – kind of like a can of coke that has been shaken and then placed on the very edge of a slope-y shelf.

Why?
Well today I am meeting Mr B’s new girlfriend.  She [...]

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The one where I thought my blog was dead, and a tiny small Interflora Review

I missed my blogaversary.
How rude!
But I learnt something.
When your friend is awaiting the arrival of his new baby boy, and has been through a variety of virtual reincarnations and hence changes of email address over the past year, do not, I repeat DO NOT rely on the poor man to remember to register your domain [...]

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6-year-old shouts obsenities outside Asda

Miss M: “Whores”
Me: “Er, what did you say babe?”
Miss M: “Whores Mummy. 24 whores.”
I study Miss M’s face. It is the picture of innocence, wide eyed, smiling, eyebrows raised as she stares up at the large building beside us. Then I follow her gaze and bite my lips to stifle [...]

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SATed

We haven’t disappeared, honest, it’s just been a mad busy week so far. E is almost through her SATs, we have had Drama Club, play rehearsal, Rainbows, Guides, visits from a Great Uncle and a trip to a friend’s house all in the space of two days, plus I’ve been hormonally challenged and in [...]

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The post that will change your life (cough)

Imagine, a formula that will save you not only money but time, energy, water and even blushes. You can’t can you? You get as far as a fuzzy image of a watch and a lightbulb and then it all goes kersploosh.
Thank Bob you have me, although part of me doesn’t want to reveal [...]

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She’s Home

Sun-kissed and now very much mum-kissed, Miss E is currently snoozing on the settee having stuffed her sweet little face with croissants and nutella (she didn’t fancy anything else).
We’ve had an abbreviated account of her weekend which included a 25ft climb – pretty high when you’re only 4 foot 6 – a cave maze, [...]

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