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Not A Frumpy Mum November 23, 2017

5 Reasons Why I Love Open Plan Living

With our house extension hopefully starting in early 2018 my husband and I have been re-designing the downstairs of our house. As we talked it dawned on me that all three of the houses we have owned have had an open plan layout. This wasn’t intentional, it was never on our must-have list of things we wanted in a house, but it has been something that made a house attractive to us. When we were looking for our first home we weren’t too picky, and we certainly didn’t expect to fall in love with the second house we viewed. So…

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Not A Frumpy Mum January 5, 2017

My Wardrobe Basics from the January Sales

I’m a bit of a sucker for a sale, I begrudge paying full price for anything so this time of year has me quite excited. As the thought of hitting overcrowded shops with two little boys brings me out in a cold sweat I find myself doing most of my sales shopping online (mostly in bed with a cup of tea in hand). I’ve learnt from past mistakes, so many past mistakes, not to go for high fashion items in the sales. They are usually out of fashion before I’ve taken the labels off them and even if they’re not…

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Not A Frumpy Mum September 28, 2016

Autumn Styling & Stepping Out Of My Comfort Zone

For years I have wanted a fur gilet. Every year when Autumn has rolled around I have lusted after one in the shops but always chickened out of actually buying one. I’m not even sure why, just a feeling that it wasn’t quite me. Maybe a bit too showy, a bit too “look at me”. Stupid right? Last week I popped into Next and they had the most beautiful one at the front of the shop and on a bit of an impulse I picked it up to try it on. I’d originally gone in to get a pair of…

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Not A Frumpy Mum September 23, 2016

80’s, Autumn & To Quit or Not To Quit? #LittleLoves

Is it just me or are the weeks going way too quickly? I can’t believe we are almost in October, and I can’t believe I’ve still not had to dig my black tights out yet. Whilst I’m enjoying the warmer weather I’m ready for Autumn now. Read The one blog post I needed to read this week was this one from Kate at Pouting From Heels, Wanna Ditch Your Blog? It’s something that has been really playing on my mind recently and I have been giving some serious thought about jacking it all in. After reading the post I realised…

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Not A Frumpy Mum September 1, 2016

My Health Mission – Getting Started

When I had O in 2011 I gained an awful lot of weight. After he was born I had gone from a size 10 to a size 14. At my nephews christening a month later a couple of people didn’t even recognise me I had put so much weight on. I had stood there wondering why they weren’t saying hello and then there was a flicker of recognition on their faces as they realised it was me. When I discovered I was pregnant for the second time I was over the moon but determined to be healthier throughout the pregnancy.…

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