Beautiful Handmade Tutus? It's All About TutuTallulah
Sometimes you discover new products and get excited by how gorgeous they are. This happened a few weeks back when a friend tagged me in a Facebook post about new website TutuTallulah.com. My friend thought it was right up my street - and she was right. Founded by Imogen Read more
The Never Ending Quest To Find The Perfect Jeans
It's exhausting, isn't it? No, not being a parent (yes, that's knackering too) but what I'm talking about here is finding the perfect pair of jeans. I don't know anyone who enjoys going shopping for jeans. It's such a depressing experience. It seems like it doesn't matter what Read more
Are Micro Scooters Really Worth The Money?
Every weekend, when we visit the local park, I can't believe how many scooters we see. They're everywhere! Our park even has a couple of little scooter stands where kids can park their scooters while they play. When our daughter turned two, we suggested to one set of grandparents Read more
Eurovision Bingo Card, Anyone?
Love it or hate it, you can't ignore The Eurovision Song Contest. The annual kitsch-fest is taking place in the Swedish city of Malmö this year (yes! Sweden! It's so on-trend right now!) and I'll be tuning in, glass of wine in hand to have a giggle at Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, drumroll please! I introduce to you the most stylish baby gift ever…
Big words to live up to, I admit, but I think you’ll agree that these Orla Kiely baby books tick all of these boxes:
Brilliant at helping the baby’s development
Sturdy enough to survive being thrown across the room or dropped (repeatedly) from …
I’m ready. Ready to admit to my new guilty pleasure. You might not thank me for sharing it, since it could lead to you developing an unhealthy obsession in the same way that I have. You see, my guilty pleasure is a brand new social game.
Wait. Before you close down your browser, shake your head …
Did you read my last post? No? Read it now then…
Interesting, wasn’t it? But it’s not just us grown-ups who have trouble knowing which shops we’re a size 12 in and which stores serve up a size 18 that’s tighter than Frankie Cocozza’s drainpipe jeans. It may or may not surprise you to hear that …
Since returning to work after maternity leave, I’ve become that person who has a ‘work wardrobe’. Previously, I’ve just bought clothes I like and worn them on the days I fancied (“Today is definitely a dress and boots day,” I’d wake up thinking, regardless of whether it was a Tuesday or a Sunday.) But now? …
I’m probably the uncoolest person you could meet. I like uncool stuff. I get scared around cool, edgy stuff. I can’t carry off cool clothes. Even the fact that I use the word ‘cool’ shows my vocabulary is stuck in 1996. (I also still use the words ‘snog’ and ‘fella’.)
I only started wearing skinny jeans …
37.
That’s the number of times I’ve felt guilty today. Well, it probably is. I haven’t actually counted. It sounds excessive, but it’s fairly normal for a mum. You see, at the precise moment that you give birth to your first child, an invisible lasso of guilt emerges from your body and attaches itself around your …
It’s not often I covet things that aren’t shoe/bag/necklace shaped, but since becoming a mum, I find myself getting rather over-excited about the strangest of things. Toys! Sleeping bags! Wall hangings! Change bags! My first experience of this was when my baby was only a few weeks old. I was at the start of a …
This week, Grazia magazine has released the results of a survey of 2,000 readers on their views on motherhood. The feature makes interesting reading (a third of those asked say they don’t want children at all & 46% of working mums say childless women could never understand their life) not least because it features me …
I’m still unsure whether this is part of an elaborate joke, but last night, I was awarded the Best Mummy Blog Writer gong at the Gurgle Blog Awards 2011. When I set up this blog in June, the only blog I’d ever read was my brother’s and one belonging to some American dude called Perez. …
I’ve done it. I’ve made the transition from new-mum-on-maternity-leave to working mum.
I tossed to one side the Cath Kidston change bag that I’ve been using as a nappy-bag-come-handbag for the past year, and packed my Mulberry Alexa-alike (River Island’s finest) with all the essentials: Oyster card, purse, iPhone, lip gloss, compact… and not a baby …
Hello, I’m Alison. My day job is working as a chief geek for a women’s magazine. I started Not Another Mummy Blog while I was on maternity leave in 2011 and it was quickly named as Netmums Blog of the Week. I also won the Best Mummy Blog Writer gong at the 2011 Gurgle Blog Awards…
