As it’s cold & grey and too early to get out the Xmas decorations, I thought I would cheer myself up by listing 10 Things That Make Me Happy. It’s a very therapeutic exercise to do when you are feeling glum so feel free to grab a pen & paper and join in at home. Here goes …….. 1.Writing Writing has been my…

  Halloween doesn’t have to mean tacky polyester costumes and plastic masks. There is a wide selection of  Kids Cool Halloween Fashion available in stores and online to get the kids in the spirit of Halloween without the need for fake blood smeared across your cream sofa. Stop buying a costume that will only be worn once, probably fall to pieces on the night and…

Teddy coats are back again for another Autumn / Winter season. Everyone from Max Mara to Primark has their racks full of them in every length and colour. They are the perfect coat for keeping you warm in the early autumn breeze and can be layered over a leather jacket or blazer in Winter. I have chosen my top 5 Teddy Coats from the high…

  We all lead busy lives. So, finding the time to budget and manage our money effectively is tricky. It is a task that tends to gradually get pushed down the list of priorities. In part because it takes so long to sign in to each account, get the figures and pull together all of your receipts so that you can update your budgeting spreadsheets.…

  Tiny Pop Summer Snaps Competition Earlier this week me & Harry were invited to an event on Blackpool beach hosted by Tiny Pop to celebrate the Tiny Pop Summer Snaps competition. Viewers can enter by customising their favourite summer holiday fun photos on the POP FUN app or website for the chance to wins loads of great prizes! Click HERE for details of how to…

I was given Simple Happy Parenting well over a month ago to review. Normally I can easily read a book and have a post published within a week, but for me to truly give an honest opinion on the book we as a family had to live a simpler life. We didn’t part exchange the BMW for a cart and buggy and my designer handbags didn’t…

We have just returned from our 3rd visit to Coral Island Blackpool. Our previous visits were in April last year & then again at Easter this year. As a family, we love visting Coral Island so much that we decided to go again to celebrate Harry’s 7th Birthday and take Uncle Danny along with us to show him around. The main reason we keep going…

Last weekend we got to play holidaymakers in our home town and visit Madame Tussauds Blackpool. It was very exciting as this was the first-time visiting Madame Tussauds Blackpool as a family and both the kids were excited to see the MARVEL SUPER HEROES area. Dr Who We started our visit by meeting Dr Who star Jodie Whittaker and having photos taken next to the…

    Love Sub is a UK based online subscription box company that offers every type of subscription box you could think of. You may already know that I love my beauty boxes ( so does Charley !!). Lee has a shaving subscription box that comes through each month with fresh razors, shaving gel and moisturiser. As he doesn’t get much time at the weekends…

I have been using fake tan for as long as I can remember. While my friends were frying themselves on sunbeds I discovered St Tropez and faking it till you make it. I would now say I was a pro at applying a fake tan. I am normally the one bronzing & buffing arms and legs before a night out.  A nice healthy looking fake…