What happened when I turned 30
We haven’t really ‘done’ presents for each other in the last five years. But this year, I was keen to maximise my window of opportunity – big birthday, stable finances, an…
Motherhood
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Things I learned during my first post-children weekend away with friends
I have this fantasy that runs through my head in the middle of the night when things get particularly fraught with the kids’ sleep. Imagine if I got up, left…
Life on a credit card
Thank you to Santander for partnering with Sorry About The Mess. ————— I have always been wary of credit cards. Having been aware of the shadow of debt over most…
Life decisions make my head hurt
I’m hungover, lacking a lot of sleep, and my head hurts with decisions to be made. So I’m brain-dumping. When we moved here, we didn’t give a second thought to…
Eleven days alone
Eleven days alone. …Not that I was counting or anything. When Sam’s away, life becomes a series of numbers. Days counted down until his return on a calendar in my…
My ‘Year of Me’
At the cusp of the new year, Twitter and the ‘blogosphere’ was full of talk about people’s chosen words for the year ahead – a word to focus on as…
Dear South London mum
I wrote this reflecting, mainly, on my first year after having Arlo. I don’t really feel like this any more, but, as usual with most things, I find that it’s…