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How to chose a primary school | My top tips and the things we learned

  • Posted on April 16, 2015April 11, 2019
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  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…
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What happened when I turned 30

  • Posted on February 18, 2015September 2, 2015
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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…
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  • Posted on January 17, 2015
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I didn’t blog about Christmas. Actual christmas (Christmas Eve – Boxing Day) was lovely. And these days I just always feel grateful for my boys, and I always find myself…
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Things I learned during my first post-children weekend away with friends

  • Posted on December 23, 2014May 15, 2017
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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…
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Next Year

  • Posted on December 22, 2014December 23, 2014
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I don’t usually think about goals or resolutions at this time of year. But following on from a valuable year where I really did take the time to think about…
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Life on a credit card

  • Posted on November 26, 2014November 23, 2015
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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…
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Life decisions make my head hurt

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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…
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Eleven days alone

  • Posted on November 14, 2014January 29, 2020
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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…
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My ‘Year of Me’

  • Posted on November 4, 2014January 3, 2018
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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…
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