House of Fraser – but not as you know it!

When I’ve shopped at House of Fraser in the past, I’m not entirely sure that I’ve thought of it as a shopping “experience”. Generally it’s more of a functional and box ticking experience – which…

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Beach time but not a bikini in sight. Nope, for me it’s a petit bateau yellow coat…

[Raincoat petit bateau, shorts GAP, Jumper Reiss, Wellies Joules, Sunglasses Jigsaw] Sometimes when there’s a mammoth task in front of you (in this case building an ancient sandcastle city) the only thing to do is to…

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A walk along the beach…

A weekend away with three friends in Dorset meant a capsule wardrobe of comfortable, practical pieces which I could layer and which I didn’t mind getting mucky. I think that the emphasis was more on comfort…

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Holiday packing – the why’s, how’s and why on earth?

Tomorrow we go away to Guernsey, for our final break of the summer. It’s a while since I have done a post on packing but I always like taking a look to see what other people…

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Mum on the Run – Birdies on our boobies and an outfit to scare a shark.

It’s long been known that birds and animals are going to be a big trend for A/W ’13. Whilst I don’t feel quite ready to go there yet on the blog in too big a way, I…

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