Holidaying when pregnant – did you/would you?
When Boy was a not-very-small almost-8mth bump inside me, I finally started my maternity leave and we promptly took off on holiday. We already had a 3 yr old, funds were tight and the British summer was actually glorious (no, really, it was…) so we decided that holidaying when pregnant definitely meant the camping thing. I’ll admit I did some fast-talking to convince Mr LittleStuff that I could TOTALLY handle camping with...
I had a Mum’s Day Off and it was fabulous. #MomsDayOffContest
When Crocs got in touch a few weeks ago and asked if I was interested in taking a day off for their #MomsDayOffContest campaign, I’ll admit I was a bit surprised – usually brands want to me to do work for them, not bunk off completely. But who was I to argue? So I checked the weather forecast, and on Wednesday I headed out for a solo adventure. And I felt ridiculously free – I simply cannot remember the last...
Students! Cheap travel with a Stagecoach unirider ticket!
Do you own a student who’s so intimately acquainted with the local bus routes he could reel off all the stops between home and College, or to his mates house? If so, you might want to think about a Stagecoach unirider ticket. With Stagecoach’s student bus pass, you can use it in your chosen ticket zone at anytime and anywhere – and some areas have unirider tickets for specific universities and/or colleges. Why...
300yr old Cornish Cottage for half term, anyone?
I was browsing the cottage sites, as you do (well, as I do… I have a shortlist of amazing £2000-a-night gems that I’ll go stay in One Day), when I spotted this lovely little place in Cornwall is still available for half term! I know! Laburnham Cottage is a cosy, beautifully refurbished 300-year old character cottage in the hamlet of Trewint, only a mile away from Altarnun, one of the most beautiful villages in Cornwall. It...
Vileda’s new Superhero campaign – win the whole team!
I’m sure regular readers will remember the infamous steam mop vs chicken-poo-dog-vomit battle from a few months back. Yes – it’s seared on my brain too – and before you ask, the carpets are absolutely FINE now. Frankly, they’re fine in huge part due to Vileda and their magnificent Steam mop – I sing its praises regularly (I’m sure friends and family are all a little tired of the...
Reading Festival; it’s only Fall Out Boy! Is your teen going?
This year No.1 Son turned 17. Apart from the whole “Seventeen! HOooooow is my baby so old????”-type angstyness, the age thing has also created a need for a whole raft of new parenting skills. Because the boy wants to go do stuff. On his own, for god’s sake. With no adulty-type person to make sure he doesn’t get squished by a car or snatched by danger-strangers or any of the gazillion things that might happen to...