How to chose a primary school | My top tips and the things we learned
Arlo is four. Which means that this year, we have had the pleasure of going through the primary school application process for the first time. At times, learning how…
Motherhood
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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…
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…