tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58448326736954226242024-03-05T06:07:28.645+00:00The Em EditTheLittleListhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837196810510644969noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-30070383578503481682022-10-31T12:22:00.023+00:002022-12-03T08:02:41.315+00:00Beauty | A Change Of Face With The Parks [This post features discounted treatments from The Parks] Guys, I got a new face. Well, not a new face as such but I’ve made a few changes to the lovely one I already had thanks to the wonderful team at The Parks. Full discolure, prior to these treatments, I was an existing patient at The Parks, having had under-eye skin boosters there for a number of years. When I find somewhere Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-90931734979687825842022-10-10T09:14:00.004+01:002022-10-10T09:20:57.602+01:00Five Minutes On The Early Days Of Motherhood I think you’ll all know by now my family grew during lockdown. It’s something I talk about a bit. Not a lot, because so much of it is none of anyone else’s business. Something I’ve only gently whispered about is just how fucking hard I found it.There are SO MANY things that people did badly. The government’s gross mishandling being the obvious one. In my increasingly tiny world, I made mistakes, Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-7588439917719383932022-07-07T10:57:00.002+01:002022-07-07T10:57:10.459+01:00Style | Living More Sustainably At the beginning of this year, I didn’t think for one minute that I’d be able to kick the clothes shopping habit. And honestly? I haven’t. What I *have* done, is to change ~how~ I shop and, as a result, my bank account, wardrobe and general sense of smugness are in a much better place. So far this year, I’ve bought twelve items new and sent back eight of them - I’m just so much more Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-85871304370784974602022-07-07T10:46:00.005+01:002022-07-07T10:47:04.261+01:00Family | Give The Kid A Break Who else is currently on a constant swing between wanting to hold their loved one so close and so hard that their heads pop off and contemplating moving into the garage because it’s quieter and the door is too heavy for a toddler to open…? I know I’m anxious right now (I think the majority of us are because we actually care) and children one million percent pick up on that, regardless of Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-65840853429766061422021-05-03T15:11:00.005+01:002021-05-03T15:13:22.893+01:00Travel | A Long Weekend In Masham I’ve just had a magical three days in Masham, aka my favourite place in the UK. It rained, the bebe screamed, everything had icecream on it, we had to bring our biggest coats for al fresco dining but WE HAD A HOLIDAY! I’ve spent so many happy family holidays here, ran away here when my life fell to pieces, got married here and now I’ve shared it with the bebe. DREAMY. As such, I thoughtEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-74611859621127016262021-01-27T14:37:00.004+00:002021-01-27T14:37:47.479+00:00Style | Make Your Wardrobe Work For You[This post features gifted items from a previous AD in collaboration with Simply Be]I was really excited about this campaign: A capsule wardrobe of infinite opportunity. I was going to show you how I would style the capsule wardrobe to go to Aldi, how I’d wear it for a picnic with the family, maybe even a little al fresco vino with my friends. And yet here we are. At home. Again.&Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-66307829038171396102021-01-12T19:43:00.004+00:002021-01-12T19:43:50.897+00:00Happy New Year My FriendsHappy New Year one and all, wishing you a safe, happy and fortuitous 2021. Em xEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-18709595920026346042020-12-30T18:36:00.001+00:002020-12-30T18:36:09.382+00:00Five Minutes On 2020 2020. What a year. Image: Inspire ImagesIt’s been a muddy year. I’ve walked in the mud, I’ve pushed a pram in the mud, I’ve picked babies out of mud, I’ve laughed in the mud, I’ve cried in the mud, I’ve washed mud off EVERYTHING. How I’ve LOATHED it but yet how lucky I am to be in the position to do all of the above.This year has brought me a life I didn’t believe possible. It’s tested me Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-72503115658564550562020-12-17T22:42:00.002+00:002021-01-27T13:42:08.410+00:00Style | Festive Looks For Christmas At Home Christmas is going to be a bit different this year, not least because most of us haven’t been anywhere, aren’t going anywhere and (in my case) can’t actually remember what it’s like being in a place that isn’t the house/Aldi any more. As such, I’ve put together three potential Christmas Day at home looks for your delight and delectation (And also to motivate me out of my pyjamas...) Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-13416349824858443792020-07-01T19:36:00.006+01:002021-01-27T13:42:58.805+00:00Home | A Perpetual Nod To The Past[Images in this post contain gifted items]When I was in my early teens, I was desperate to fit in - Fashion, culture, habits; I wanted to be just like everyone else. Yet at 6ft tall, with size 9 feet and a very limited understanding of what “cool” meant for me, it wasn’t to be. Thank goodness, this was the time that I discovered Vintage. Anyone whose defining years were spent in Hull inEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-5338552219581117142020-06-18T11:33:00.004+01:002020-06-26T19:20:38.817+01:00Five Minutes On A Quite Big ThingHello everyone. I have a confession to make. I’ve not been particularly honest with you - I’ve not lied but I’ve been a bit deceitful. This year I became a mother. I’m not a fan of keeping any element of my life a ‘secret’ as such but I’m sure you will all understand that there are a plethora of reasons why I would choose to keep this to myself. It just seemed polite Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-49480514897114370572020-05-10T11:33:00.000+01:002020-05-10T14:41:33.828+01:00Five Minutes on A Bad Week
[Images in this post contain gifted items]
It’s been a bad week for body love / confidence / neutrality.
Adele’s weight loss making her an (unwilling) tabloid darling, BMI in healthcare eternally in the spotlight, trolls desecrating the memory of a wonderful woman based on purely her body size; If you’re a fat woman, its very difficult to switch off from your physicality right now.
Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-71634680918913688492020-02-03T18:27:00.001+00:002020-02-03T18:40:10.103+00:00Travel | Getting The Most From Your Short Break
[This post contains a gifted stay and a number of gifted experiences. Each will be denoted with a *]
For the past few years, I have lived in a world of chaos where two week long holidays in the sun are a distant memory, getaways are booked with the immediacy of a very immediate thing and the planning of...well...something really badly planned.
With all of this in mind, here is Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-19097617803408012332020-01-31T15:33:00.003+00:002020-01-31T15:37:04.270+00:00Five Minutes on Being A Big Woman
I am a big woman.
I’m 6ft tall, wear a size 10 shoe, have a broad back, thick arms and a strong chin.
I weigh more than every man I know.
Lingerie: Tutti Rouge - Elektra [Gifted]
Women like to hug me or have me pick them up, men love to comment on my bigness, children love it when I scoop them up and throw them around in the air.
I can reach ALL of Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-33581369821168788192019-12-28T15:35:00.000+00:002019-12-28T15:45:52.450+00:00Five Minutes on January
It seems that the simple act of existence without self-loathing is a renegade act. And in January, that renegade act can often feel like a battle.
You’re sat watching crap Christmas telly, maybe eating a quality street, maybe picking your nose, who cares, you’re chilled out and you’re *not thinking about your body* because why would you be?!? You are literally just wearing your pyjamas, Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-90751657318518694412019-12-16T16:20:00.000+00:002019-12-23T10:19:23.706+00:00Festive Fun With Fenetic Wellbeing
[This post is an AD in collaboration with Fenetic Wellbeing and contains gifted items denoted with *]
Christmas shopping can be a bit of a nightmare - Crowds, queues and chaos. "Why do we do this to ourselves?" I hear you cry "Why don't we just do it online?!?
Mulled wine. That's why.
That and the sparkly lights, the brass bands and the general Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-5742784678923675002019-11-22T14:38:00.002+00:002019-11-22T18:01:30.199+00:00What's On My Christmas List - Style
[This post contains affiliate links]
It's the second in my seasonal roundup / lust list/ 'things I just reyt like' posts. This time on my favourite topic of THINGS THAT I CAN PUT ON MY BODY aka STYLE.
I mean, you can put anything on your body if you want; wafer thin ham, twenty terrapins, an egg. But these are things specific to me and if you want to talk about those thingsEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-54138520400776793002019-11-20T09:18:00.002+00:002019-11-20T09:18:45.166+00:00What's On My Christmas List - Beauty
[This post contains affiliate links]
It hit me today that I LOVE roundup posts but I never do them. Partly because I'm lazy and partly also because I am lazy. So I've taken the decision to use the festive season as an excuse to summarise the products I've loved throughout the year, items I've had my eye on and just generally lovely things I'd like to tell you about, and where better to Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-62487877271683046842019-10-31T21:13:00.001+00:002019-11-01T07:43:50.258+00:00Travel | One Week In Tuscany
[This post contains a gifted stay and a number of gifted experiences. Each will be denoted with a *]
If you're anything like me, when you think Tuscany, you think beautiful rolling vineyards, delicious food and gallons of wine. And you wouldn't be wrong my friend. But where do you start? What do you do? Who do you take? WHERE DO YOU DRINK SAID WINE?!? Never fear dearEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-37174221052238123592019-09-01T19:03:00.002+01:002019-11-19T18:22:01.700+00:00Style | Seasonal Styling
[This post contains gifted items denoted with an *]
As much as I've complained about the seemingly never ending sweatiness of this year, Summer never seemed to get started did it? Maybe it's because I've not been on my holidays yet or maybe it's global warming. Who knows.
This HAS, however, brought the old transitional style question into play earlier than I would usually expect Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-21481257565210671172019-08-19T19:00:00.000+01:002019-08-24T08:38:27.858+01:00Food & Drink | Clink Clink with Pull The Cork
[This post contains gifted items from Pull The Cork]
Sustainability is such a buzz word right now, and for perfectly good reason. We are a nation of consumers; Fast food, fast fashion and fast relationships.
Cue me, a 35-year-old woman, terrified that the world is crashing and burning, making some big choices. The IMPORTANT choices.
Choices, my friends, about wine.
Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-66717357046953202332019-07-17T19:02:00.002+01:002019-07-17T19:03:31.868+01:00Style | Poolside Glamour with Simply Be
[This post is an AD in collaboration with Simply Be and contains gifted items]
We're not all jetting off to white sands and palm trees this Summer but a holiday is a holiday, and a holiday deserves a holiday wardrobe, whether it be in St Tropez or Skegness.
Image: Olivia J Lennon
Maxi Kaftan Link | Earrings Link | Barely Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-45434376410796643042019-07-11T17:11:00.001+01:002019-07-12T12:38:13.668+01:00Travel | A Weekend Of Rest at Ye Olde Bell Spa
[Ye Olde Bell Hotel and Spa very kindly offered us a discounted rate for an incredible couple of days with them but all opinions are my own]
After your late 20s, being a woman is HARD. Work, family, LIFE... So getting away for a couple of days to to chill the heck out is often very much at the top of our to do lists. Throw an impromptu hen party into the mix and a Luxury Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-1655308121552645702019-06-22T18:28:00.003+01:002019-06-22T20:27:26.221+01:00Five Minutes on Being Visible
[This post contains gifted items from Figleaves]
As a woman who does a 9-5 being Jen from The IT crowd, enjoys Countryfile more than she ought and who now uses Urban Dictionary on an hourly basis; I often ask myself what the ACTUAL living heck I’m doing perpetually posting partially dressed pictures on the internet.
Halter Bikini Top: Figleaves [Gifted]
High Waisted Bikini BriefsEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844832673695422624.post-1722387616674112172019-06-17T21:27:00.003+01:002020-12-20T18:10:49.512+00:00Travel | Home From Home In Hull
[This post contains a gifted one night stay from The Hideout Apartment Hotel]
You may, or may not know that I am from the greatest city in the world: Kingston Upon Hull.
Home of chip spice, Pattie butties, tenfoots and The Humber Bridge; My hometown, with many working class cities and towns in the North of England, has had a bad rep over the years, but not a day has gone Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426258076837384973noreply@blogger.com