Once you embark on pregnancy, you sign an invisible contract.  From this moment on, you will be given advice.  Wanted and necessary are not prerequisites to this situation.  These pearls of ‘wisdom’ will be coming at you, from all angles, like it or not. It’s nice for the most part.  Fellow humans who have walked this intrepid path before you, …

I used to love shopping – I was the shop til you drop queen but now it’s a hassle.  Today it’s a complete inconvenience, mainly due to lack of time and enthusiasm.  I have been in a fashion rut for about 10 years, with no clue what to wear or how to wear it.  This never really bothered me but …

It’s been almost a year since my husband and I went out child free.  The dirty weekends, all night parties and generally going with the flow, are a distant memory. A girlfriend of mine, stepped into the breach this week and looked after our daughter for the afternoon.   The hubby and I sprinted for the car – probably running for …

I complain a lot during my day, mostly to myself under my breath, it happens.  A few bugbears do come up regularly through.  One of which stems from the phenomenon of the third hand. As a mum, most baby related gifts and gadgets, are designed for one hand operation.  Designers are savvy about what mums need.  They are aware that …

‘There will be a big group of us so no one will know who is with who’ Ah that old chestnut!  Right up there with the lie you tell yourself, when thinking about going to the cinema alone.  ‘Once the lights go down and the movie comes on, no one will notice you came solo’.  I have said these lines …