Dinner with Love Audrey ~ Indian-Style Salmon Roast
When it comes to meal planning and feeding my family, I've found myself in a bit of a funk recently. I love food and I enjoy cooking, but even I get bored and run out of inspiration occasionally. When I do, I often decide to ditch my usual recipe books and have rifle...
Life Lately
Shall we bypass the awkward conversation about why I haven't been blogging? I vote we skip the dull excuses and have a nice friendly catch up instead. Here's a little of my life lately... After weeks of keeping it to myself, I finally went public with the news that...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Enjoying that 'I don't have to get up in a hurry' feeling. Drinking tea on the sofa with the children while they watched cartoons. Demolishing an egg and bacon sandwich for breakfast. Luxuriating in the shower. Pulling on some comfy clothes for a day of pottering at...
The Desire to Document
I was a little older than Izzy is now when I first began keeping a diary. My parents had recently separated and I was meeting regularly with the deputy head of my school so she could keep a close eye on how I was coping with the emotional upheaval. One day she...
Affordable Skincare Favourites
I'll be the first to admit that I'm something of a skincare snob. Under normal circumstances, I'll happily hand over a sizeable sum for the latest lotion or potion and you'll often find me passionately declaring my love of Origins, Clarins and the like. However,...
My {Easter} weekend has mainly been spent…
Waking up early. Filling up on bacon and eggs before getting ready to leave the house. Singing The Zoo Song all the way to the bus stop. Bubbling with excitement as we travelled to Clifton. Making our way into Bristol Zoo. I cannot recommend the place highly enough,...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Waking up as Jesse climbed into our bed. Wishing we could sleep a little longer. Dragging myself downstairs for tea and snuggles on the sofa. Missing Izzy who was away with my parents for a few nights. Unpacking the Ocado delivery. Frantically preparing the house for...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Wishing the children would sleep in. Heading downstairs in a daze to lounge on the sofa and drink tea. Making pancakes. Having a very lazy day. We stayed in our PJs and pottered. Finally replacing the shelves in Jesse's room. We're in love with the Greenaway Gallery...
Love Audrey Adores ~ Elie Saab L’Eau Couture
I can't resist picking up new perfume whenever I pass through duty free. I'm obsessed with attaching memories to fragrance and selecting something new just before we leave the country ensures our destination has its own signature scent by the time we come home. L'Eau...
Paris in the Spring ~ Part 4
We suspected Sunday would need to be a little lazier due to my foot and we were right. Everything ached. I lingered beneath the bed covers while I waited for my painkillers to kick in, and once things were a little easier to bear I jumped in the shower, pulled on my...
Paris in the Spring ~ Part 3
Once we'd had our fill of the tower, we hopped back on the Metro and made our way to St-Michel Notre Dame. When we were planning our trip, the place I wanted to visit more than anywhere else was the famous Shakespeare & Company book store. It didn't disappoint and I...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Sleeping in while Carl entertained the children downstairs. Finally dragging myself downstairs. Drinking tea and eating an omelette. Making a start on replacing the bookshelves in Jesse's room. Tidying the garage. Hanging the washing to dry outside. Doing lots of...
Paris in the Spring ~ Part 2
I think the Eiffel Tower deserves it's very own post, don't you? I mean, it's just so, so... breathtaking... The sun finally made an appearance just as we emerged from Invalides station. You can ride the Metro closer to the famous landmark, but we enjoyed the short...
Paris in the Spring ~ Part 1
We flew to Paris from Bristol Airport with Air France on Friday afternoon. As is our tradition, the holiday started the moment we arrived at the airport. After a quick browse of the perfume counters we treated ourselves to a charcuterie platter and a couple of...
Pause ~ When Life Gets a Little Overwhelming
Just Do Things by Victoria McGinley via The Everygirl Do you ever feel like you need to put life on pause, just for a few days, so you can catch up? That's where I am right now. I'm either wishing there were more hours in the day or longing for enough energy to make...
The Best Weekend Breakfasts
via Dustjacket Regular readers of my weekend series may have noticed we go all out at breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. It's a meal we like to savour, and I'm always on the lookout for new and exciting recipes that will feel like a real treat when we all sit down in...
Some Advice
Don't fall down the stairs. It will hurt. Don't skin your elbow as you tumble to the floor. Don't hit your back and shoulders. Don't bang your knee. Don't bash your foot against the banister. Don't break your toe. Don't lie sobbing on the floor as your husband rushes...
Love Audrey Adores ~ Midi Skirts
Before we lose ourselves in the fashion from last night's red carpet, let's talk about midi skirts. My days of flashing acres of thigh are long gone, and unlike the ladies lucky enough to attend the Oscars, I have little call for a floor-sweeping hemline. Midi is my...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Waking up to cuddles from Jesse. Heading downstairs to drink tea and lounge on the sofa. Wolfing down a bowl of porridge for breakfast. Hurrying ourselves along and managing to leave the house just after 9am. Riding the bus into town. Making our way to Bristol...
Driving
Living in Bristol is pretty sweet. We love it here, but transitioning to life in the 'burbs after eight years of city centre living has been quite an adjustment. Exeter may be little more than a glorified town, but our home was right in the thick of it. We could walk...
