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I was gifted the Zenna Black Leather Bomber Jacket by The Jacket Maker in exchange for an honest review. Get 10% off at The Jacket Maker with the code FRAN10. I have always been a leather jacket person. Not necessarily a fashionable leather jacket person, but I’ve owned enough of them over the years to know what I like. There […]
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I went to Majorca for a week and accidentally came back healthier, which was not the plan at all. The plan was to lie in the sun, read books, eat far too much and drink enough wine that I could win the All Inclusive. Instead, I couldn’t poo and I didn’t like the wine, so I spent a week eating
A week in Majorca where almost nothing went wrong Read More >>
This is a sponsored post in collaboration with FLEXISPOT. There comes a point in adulthood when your idea of luxury changes quite dramatically. Once upon a time, luxury meant going out. New shoes, new clothes, new handbag. Fancy cocktails, and staying awake past midnight without needing three business days to recover. Now? Give me a comfortable chair, somewhere to charge
3 FLEXISPOT furniture ideas for a more comfortable home Read More >>
We have just returned from four nights at John Fowler’s Combe Martin Beach Holiday Park in North Devon, which cost less than £400 for a Gold caravan and a dog and because I have a whole travel category on this site, and barely go anywhere these days, I’m going to tell you all about it. I found a £50 discount
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This post is a paid collaboration with Very.co.uk. Images feature gifted items from Very.co.uk. Words are my own. I distinctly remember writing about both of my children starting primary school – the super-ready oldest followed by the not-quite-sure youngest the following year – which cannot possibly have been long enough ago for my youngest to now be heading off to
Back to school: Secondary school & the ridiculous passage of time Read More >>
This is a collaborative post with Naked Nutrition, who also sent me Naked Creatine to try. As ever, all thoughts, whinging and general suspicion about wellness trends are my own. There comes a point in a woman’s life when the internet stops trying to sell her glitter eyeshadow and crop tops, and starts trying to sell her joint support, pelvic
Why is everyone suddenly telling women over 40 to take creatine? Read More >>
There are many milestones in a woman’s life. Your first bra, your first period. That first hangover where you think, ‘Ah yes, death is preferable.’ The first time you sneeze and your pelvic floor reminds you to do your damn kegels. Upsettingly, the first time you look at a photo of yourself from ten years ago and realise you were
The one where I went for an eye test & ended up with a hearing aid Read More >>
The other day my phone informed me that I had used 86% of my storage space, which was annoying because I already pay Google £2.49 a month for the privilege of storing my digital life in the cloud. Apparently whatever amount of storage you buy simply becomes the new amount of storage you eventually fill; like a gas, your data
I have 38,427 photos but no physical evidence my family exist Read More >>
This post is a collaboration with British Boxers, but the words and pics are mine. I was originally sent a pair of bamboo pyjamas from British Boxers to try last year and, in what has become an increasingly predictable pattern in my forties, I immediately became weirdly attached to them. Attached in a ‘I have now bought two more pairs
British Boxers bamboo PJs: A perimenopausal woman’s survival kit Read More >>
I should preface this by saying that I have never actually lost Izzy. I feel like that’s important context. But have I stood in the woods behind the village shouting her name in an increasingly unhinged voice while she cheerfully ignored me from a bush approximately six feet away? Yes. Multiple times. Have I had the cold-sweat moment where she
A Slightly Paranoid Dog Mum’s Guide to Not Losing Your Dog Read More >>
