Not A Frumpy Mum

My Favourite Season

My Favourite Season

If I’m being honest I don’t really have a favourite season.  I think they all have their good and their bad points, and I try to focus on the positives of the season we are currently enjoying.  This is very unlike my husband who always seems to want the season he isn’t in.  In the middle of summer he’s longing for Christmas and come January he’s wishing that the sunny days were here. So rather than focus on my favourite season I’m going to focus on my favourite things of each season. Autumn the fall in temperature allowing the scarves…

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Oh Halloween, You’ve Changed!

Oh Halloween, You’ve Changed!

This week we’re really enjoying the build up to Halloween. There are two pumpkins in the garden waiting to be carved, we have several pumpkin decorations dotted around the house and there’s a brand spanking new wizard outfit hanging in the little mans wardrobe. This is all a far cry from the Halloweens I remember as a kid: My costume for trick or treating consisted of a black bin bag with two holes cut in it for the arms,  no fancy witches dress for me. If I was lucky I got a plastic witches hat with a bit of green…

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When did I become so dependent on the internet?

When did I become so dependent on the internet?

Last week we had a mini tragedy in our house.  The internet was down! Not in a down for a couple of hours kind of way, this was a down until further notice.  It took a 90 minute phonecall on Thursday night to establish it would be fixed on Monday at the earliest.  Leaving us with at least 3 full days (and a weekend) with no Wi-Fi! But what about 3G you may ask?  We live in a small pocket of 3G randomness where it will appear in 10 minute intervals if you happen to be stood in the right…

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Welcome to the Britmums Carnival

Welcome to the Britmums Carnival

Hi, I hope you’ve all been enjoying the bank holiday weekend, despite the not so summery weather.  Way back in January when I offered to host one of the Britmums Carnivals August seemed such a long way off but this year has flown and I can’t quite believe that it will be Autumn next week. Thank you so much to the lovely bloggers who have sent me their links, so without further ado, let’s get cracking. Kicking us off is a post that as an (almost) mid-30’s mummy I could completely identify with.  Tas from Not My Year Off lets us…

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I’m A Post Holiday Slob

I’m A Post Holiday Slob

I take holiday planning quite seriously.  It’s booked months in advance, so we have something to look forward to.  A few new pieces are carefully chosen to update my summer wardrobe and the holiday haircut is booked in.  Insurance, check.  Currency, check.  Passports and all vital documents, all checked and safely secured in their travel wallet ready to go into the hand luggage.  The taxi-man (or Dad as he prefers to be called) is booked and we’re ready to go! Unfortunately all of my enthusiasm has been used up in the before holiday phase, so there’s not that much left for our homecoming!  I wish I could be one of those people…

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