A Child On Fire, and What Sainsburys Did Next (and a huge hoorah for Claudia Winkleman)
This week I received a press release from Sainsburys, about their 2015 Halloween Dressing Up range – so far so ordinary. But then one particular paragraph caught my eye: “This autumn Sainsbury’s will be offering a host of creepy character costumes for every member of the family (even the dog!) and is making Halloween safer for shoppers as all dress up products now meet the British Nightwear Flammability Standard, which is...
Element Thorium 300 Gaming Keyboard – Review
Gaming Keyboards – until it appears on a birthday or Christmas wish-list, most parents won’t even know that such a thing exists. But once you’re a parent of a teen gamer, it’s very difficult to get away from them. And then you’re faced with buying one – and not only are they a baffling thing to purchase wisely for a non-gamer type, but they’re also an expensive way to buy a keyboard. So when...
Win a pair of Naturino kids shoes – any pair you like!
When I was contacted by Italian kids shoe brand Naturino, I admit, I was a little casual. I mean – have you ever heard of them? No, me either. But then I had a proper look – and wish they’d expanded into the UK years ago. Seriously. These shoes are amazing! Naturino is a footwear line for children produced by Falc S.p.A. (a European leader in the footwear industry for more than 40 years). Every parent knows that...
New competition – Win a £50 Potato Stamp Organic Cotbed Set from Fox Organic
If you saw the review of the Potato Stamp duvet set, you’ll already be wanting one. This bedding is amazingly delicious. The cool star print is such a winner, partnered with a smart blue stripe underside for a versatile reversible set. The stars have been rendered as though they have been stamped with stars made out of potatoes (hands up who know whats to go and make some potato stamps?), and the lovely swirly star...
New Competition – win £150 worth of vouchers for Matalan Direct
So following the Dream Bathroom Makeover feature I wrote a few weeks ago, I’ve become a le-e-e-tle bit obsessed with new bathrooms. Honestly – did you see our Bathroom Pinterest board? NB – there are WAY too many bathroom pretties on the interwebs. So when Matalan Direct got in touch to see if I’d be interested in taking a look at their new ranges, I might have been just a little too keen for my own good. No...
The Chicken Run – The Day The Chickens Came
It’s been running through my head for a week; “The chickens are coming! The chickens are coming!” We have been talking about keeping chickens for… oh, probably 23 years. Ever since we bought our house, and saw that the deeds allow us to keep 12 chickens and a cockerel. I mean really, if the deeds of your house state it, it’s almost a moral obligation, isn’t it? But we’ve never got further than...