Win 1 of 3 pairs of Just Sheepskin slippers – worth up to £85!
Oh slippers how I love you. It’s an odd thing – as a child I hated slippers with a deep and wide loathing. If my feet were chilly, I resorted happily to socks – the thicker and fluffier the better. but slippers? UGH. No. All the way through my teens and twenties I stuck to my guns – slippers were bad bad ugly things. But then I got given a pair for Christmas, and I politely had to wear them. What a revelation!...
Thorpe Park Fright Nights Tickets Giveaway!
We had the dubious pleasure of visiting Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights recently. I say dubious not because it’s a bit of an iffy event – it’s so not. It’s frankly brilliant at the whole scare-you-pantless thing, which is why I was naturally dubious about going.But the event was all part of our Merlin Annual Pass Ambassador Big Plan, and a long-promised event to No.1 son – so I really needed a solution...
Reasons I Hate Mondays (but don’t fret. Because Marmite).
It’s Monday. It is.And whilst I have managed over the last ten years to engineer as much Monday stress out of my life as is humanly possible for the non-mega-rich person to do – it’s still Monday.I work from home, so I have no Monday morning commute to deal with. We’ve been Home Educating for three years now, so the hideous Monday school run is thankfully a distant memory.But it’s still Monday. And there...
Win £80 Collins ‘Fascinating Facts’ Set in Day 7 of #BackToSchoolBooks
If you’ve not made friends with it yet, then you need to go and introduce yourself to the Collins4Parents website. It’s not only jam-packed with excellent books for every stage of your child’s learning, but they also offer a boat load of useful resources and practical guides to help both you and your resident student. Right now there’s also an online 30% discount for parents on all Back to School books, so now’s a...
Win A Letts ‘Wild About’ bundle plus LEGO in Day 6 of #BackToSchoolBooks
If you’ve not made friends with it yet, then you need to go and introduce yourself to the Collins4Parents website. It’s not only jam-packed with excellent books for every stage of your child’s learning, but they also offer a boat load of useful resources and practical guides to help both you and your resident student. Right now there’s also an online 30% discount for parents on all Back to School books, so now’s a good time to stock...
When your firstborn goes to Reading Festival – Mum’s side of the story.
Reading Festival. I’ve known it was coming for a few years. There’s been begging and pleading and wheedling and outright huffing and door slamming. Last year we deflected with a ‘next year. You’ll be 17 then. Old enough to go’.Oh foolish parents. Be careful what you promise. Because before I could sit through four new 21 Pilots videos he WAS 17. And booking his own train ticket to Reading.We stuck with...