When children are small it’s easy to decide what they’ll wear. Put them in gorgeous bright colours, pretty dresses, or sweet rompers. But as they grow older they want more of a say. N has been older than many before…
Are you like me? Getting drawn into social media ads? I say I hate the ads, and I do, because there’s too many of them, mostly repetitive or not that relevant. But I still find myself being drawn into buying…
One of the places I love to visit in the Christmas run up is a Christmas market. It’s not always about the shopping because I rarely come away having bought lots of gifts. It’s about the atmosphere and often meeting…
When you have children you don’t always want to be stuck at home. You don’t want to spend a fortune entertaining children either. I get cabin fever after a while and I’m sure children do too. Going out doesn’t have…
Buying boys clothes isn’t the easiest once they hit 6 years old, or move out of ‘toddler’ or younger boy clothes ranges. If you’re buying on the high street, you go from having colourful options, to having ranges full of…
When you’ve got a child, shopping for leisure takes on a whole new meaning. i.e. it doesn’t really happen unless you have the time while the child is in school. I was invited to visit the newly opened Westgate Oxford…
Advertorial Everyone loves nick nacks and intriguing gadgets, don’t they? Of the kind you find in kitchen shops or outdoor shops? I could spend hours in outdoor shops, and I don’t even like walking in the countryside. Ironic given I…
Last year I attended a Hotter shoes blogger event at Banbury’s new store. This season it was the turn of Oxford to host a party for some of the Oxfordshire Bloggers gang. I love getting together with other bloggers, and…
Ad – collaborative post I love to shop and have been a fan of The Works for many years now. Any shop that rotates stock like it does, and has bargains galore of the little things that can be bought…
I live in jeans outside of work. Apart from dancing where I might opt for trousers because they’re cooler, it’s jeans for day or going out for me. The last time I had a wardrobe clear out, I had about…
I do a lot of shopping. Actually I lie. I do a lot of wandering round town and buying little bits and pieces I need, but rarely do a browsing shopping trip. And I’m talking clothes. I usually buy jeans…