Sometimes things aren’t so easy

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With writing on Fuss Free Living, I have been able to share some of our family life and we’ve all helped out with reviews or opinions at some point. For the most part, with exception to getting my soap box out, life ticks over with relative ease. That is on the surface it would [...]

The dreaded jeans shop

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Today I had the seemingly easy task of going to buy some jeans for myself. I had decided that I wanted to wear jeans again, after several months of first pregnancy and then the months afterwards of wondering what to wear.

The weight I put on while pregnant is taking a long time to [...]

Well I’m glad someone is laughing

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I try not to rant too much. The world is full of woes enough without my own whining and verbal splurge. I can hear “wind your neck in”, but I’m terribly sorry I cannot stop this one. Brace yourself!

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Still no sparks!

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Remember back in April the story of my Mother and Marks and Spencer? Read it here.

Well that was forty-five days ago, and Marks and Spencer still haven’t sorted this out. Still haven’t refunded or even apologised.

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Mad dogs and English men

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The sun is out, it’s out in force, and here on The British Isles, we’re lapping it up. The Britain’s who are so good about talking about the weather. Us Brits for whom it’s too wet, too cold, too windy, well are we now complaining it’s too hot? Not quite yet…

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Save the books!

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Recently I got an email letter from my daughter’s school with two items that deeply saddened me.

One was that some of the old trees in the school grounds were having to be felled due to disease, and the other was that they were having to close the school library.

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Marks with no sparks

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There are some brand names and shops that we like to think we can put trust in. Some of these brand names being traditional and long-lived names we’ve grown up with. Marks and Spencer is one of them for myself. But just how reliable are they? My Mother had found out the hard way [...]

Things that made me smile today

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Today the weather was much improved. I don’t like to complain about weather and really there is no such thing as “bad weather”, just the wrong clothes. However Tuesday’s weather was just vile, so I am allowed to say I’m glad of some improvement.

So along with the weather, here are just a handful of [...]

What to wear, what to wear, what on Earth to wear?

My little boy is now nine and a half weeks, like the film, only cuter and less need for dodgey food scenes. In two and a half weeks I am going to my big brother’s wedding.

I am left with the age old question of “What am I going to wear?”. Only in my [...]

Soggy night

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Yesterday was so lovely and sunny. I dried washing, I got the grass cut, I just enjoyed being outside. Really appreciated the sunshine.

Then last night, it all got decidingly soggy.

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