The last few days I have been far too busy scribbling notes and making lists for the new year to stop and think about last year. So now I am finally taking some time to think over 2012. As I said before  last year was fairly quiet for us, but was there anything I would have done differently? First off the weather was usual wet. Summer was one week of sun early in the year. So in hindsight I would have lived out for the whole of the week. I would have even considered not sleeping as every ... VIEW POST

I hope you all had a good Christmas. However odd, different or normal it was. Christmas was less than a week ago but seems so far away now. In my house all the decorations have been taken down, all packed away for next year. I like to have all the decorations down for New Year as to me it’s the start of …well.. a New Year. Plus we put the tree up so stupidly early in December that by Boxing Day I am starting to get a bit fed up with it. ... VIEW POST

I’m not a snob by any stretch of the imagination, not that I am a cheapskate either. I hope I hit a happy balance in-between. But something has dawned on me this year. There is a part of me that is a snob. I confess I am a Christmas tree snob. I learnt this devastating news as I walked back from the supermarket the other day after dark. You know how as you walk past people homes you sort have a sneaky nose if they haven’t closed their curtains? Come on, I know I am not the only one. Of course ... VIEW POST

I’ve come to the conclusion that the older I get the more stupidly excited I get about Christmas. In theory I should be knee deep in bar-humbug-ness seeing as my children are way passed the magic of Christmas stage at 13 and 16. This year I not only have started my Christmas shopping in November but I actually completed it all by the last day on November. Never ever have I been this organised. Never also have I been panicking so much that I haven’t got everything. Despite an app on the phone ... VIEW POST

Imagine the following situation: You have just moved into your new flat, and there is one spot in the living room that you cannot fill since you lack the right cupboard. Or that: You are invited to a theme party and there is one more item or accessory which you need in order to complete your theme costume. Both situations have happened to me already and although I was desperate at first and did not know how to manage to get this one cupboard and this one beautiful hair accessory, I was lucky in ... VIEW POST