Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Super Very-Ever-So-REALLY Soft Dressing Gown.
Is there ANYTHING nicer than a super thick soft dressing gown to snug up in on a chilly morning? Or even NICER on a chilly evening by the fire, curled up with a mug of hot chocolate. And this particular dressing gown from Vertbaudet is one of the thickest plushest ones I’ve come across. It’s a struggle for me to get the girl to wear anything else at the weekend, if I’m honest. It has press stud fastenings down the...
Review: Arthur Christmas. *smiles happily*
ANOTHER Christmas film? I know, right? Now we do LOVE our seasonal film viewing – but we’re picky, only adding the very best to our collection, and ignoring the growing dross pile as years go by. So when we were sent Arthur Christmas to review we settled down with the popcorn ‘en famille’, with cautious expectations. I’ll be honest – none of us really fancied it when it came out at the cinema last...
Review – Brilliant Unisex Winter Coat Ski Jacket
I LOVE this coat. It’s a ski jacket, really, but achingly practical as a school coat too. Packed FULL of quality details that make it worth every penny. Firstly – it’s not lined with a thick fleece or eiderdown padding, so it’s not a massively warm coat on its own. But I was happy with that – adding another fleece layer on a cold day isn’t a hardship, and for boys tearing around I find the thick...
London Duck Tours – Ducking Good!
So, just recently I took the 9yr old to London for a Daddy/Son bonding day out. I try and do this once a year with all my children; I think it’s an important thing to do. Finding out what makes them tick, watching their interests and finding common ground that we can take forward into the future. This can only help keep the lines of communication open as they hurtle headlong toward their awkward teenage years (besides, it’s fun,...
Blurb Books. What do we think?
Well. I’ll show you, actually… I did warn Blurb books that I was not going to be a good reviewer for them. I’m married to a high-end professional wedding photographer, and one of my many hats is designing his (hand-bound-in-Italy) wedding albums.Let’s just say I Know My Albums.No no, Blurb books said. Go for it. So I did. I created a book with our 2011 images ready for the annual Gift For the...
Review: SanDisk Extreme® USB 3.0 Flash Drive. Stop YAWNING, it’s good!
I would like to tell you how fabulous this little USB stick is. How fast it works, how sturdy it is. But sadly I can’t. Because I opened the pack, put it on my desk, and it disappeared. Quicker than you can say STICK it had vanished into the clutches of a grasping teenager. “Oh aces, thanks Mum, I totally need this to get my I.T. in tomorrow” And so it was gone. Oh I have seen it again. When it has been dutifully...