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
I’ve been thinking about stress a lot recently. As a mum who tries to get that elusive work/life balance, any days where you feel like you’re not achieving this balance can make you feel a horrible mixture of guilt and stress. Trying to be the best mum you can, the best employee you can, and …
When you’re a parent and you work full time, every minute of the weekend is precious family time. We plan our weekends to try and pack as much fun stuff in for the toddler, combined with seeing friends and family. Child-free friends now know that meeting us for lunch means dragging themselves out of bed …
Today we spent the morning in the park. It was a freezing morning… it felt like -2 or -3 degrees. Light snow was falling and fluttering around, but not really reaching the ground, just spiralling off into another direction. We very nearly deemed it too cold for the park. Then we realised we had to …
When you’re pregnant with your first child, it’s not uncommon for someone to say to you “Make sure you go on holiday before the baby arrives! It’ll be your last relaxing break for 18 years!”
This is true to a certain extent, but what I’ve learned in the two years and five months since becoming a …
I can’t imagine having to walk 5 miles every day to get clean water. 5 miles! All I have to do is walk to the kitchen. But 5 miles is what some women and girls in developing countries have to walk every day (the average is 3.7 miles) in order to survive. This often means …
I think it’s fair to say that most mums discover one or two kids’ clothing shops that they just love and go back to time and time again. Mine are split into budget buys (Sainsbury’s TU, Mothercare) and pricier (Boden, Polarn O. Pyret) depending on how healthy my bank balance is looking.
Looks like celebrity mummy …
Before I was a mum, a shopping trip would usually involve a potter around one shop, a meandre around another, a quick pit stop for a coffee somewhere and then a mass trying-on session in a shop changing room. Oh how those days have gone! Now, I very rarely go shopping and if I do, …
This Valentine’s Day, my husband and I are jetting to Paris for the day, where he’s planning to wine me and dine me in a top restaurant before a quick spree at Chanel.
Ha! Not really. What we’ll actually be doing is exchanging cards with an ‘Oh, Valentine’s Day again eh?’ eye roll. We’ve been married …
My house ‘to do’ list is as long as my arm. My excuse is that we moved into our current house, did a few things like wallpapering, buying of furniture and three months later, I discovered I was pregnant, so all house jobs (apart from creating a nursery of course) went on the back burner. …
At the start of every year, I always want to do two things: 1. Book a holiday/weekend away 2. Reorganise my home and buy new bits. At the moment, I’ve got my eye on a kids’ toy storage unit from IKEA and I really want to put up some shelves in the alcoves on either …
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…
