In case you've stumbled upon this post via a Google search, please be aware that this is a very specific article. It's a guide to visiting Disney World if you're not that into Disney. I myself am not that into Disney. And I worry about saying this, because some of the...
I really thought I'd planned the dream holiday. One of those "once in a lifetime" sort of affairs that the whole family would enjoy and treasure forever. A holiday we'd all love so very much we'd still talk about it years down the line, when the kids were teenagers -...
A quick post today because I am writing this on Easter Sunday, when strictly speaking I should be trying to talk my kids down from their rampant sugar-high. One of them is currently gyrating to the Wonka soundtrack, the other has filled up a water pistol and is...
I'm on Bridgerton Season 2 Episode 3 and have been gripped by what I can only describe as "heaving bosom fever". (Why am I only on episode three, you may ask? It's because I can only watch Bridgerton when Mr AMR is away because we like to watch something together in...
I branched out in this Hush try-on video and decided to try a couple of things that were slightly out of my comfort zone. By "out of my comfort zone" I'm obviously not talking about anything extreme - no neon hot pants and nipple tassels here - but there were some...
Hello! It's been a while. The month-long pause to "write a book and spend quality time with the family" seemed to very quickly and easily turn into a three-and-a-half-month break from the blog that has proved quite difficult to come back from. I was planning a bit of...
I'm clocking off for Christmas now, but not before I present you with this month's favourites video. It actually straddles two months (oh, how I've always longed to use the word "straddled" in a non-sexual sentence!) because I missed November's favourites out...
A while ago I wrote about three of the best SOS moisturiser creams I'd been trying (pictured above). These were soothing, repairing moisturisers that I'd tested out in an attempt to get my skin back on an even keel. (You can read the post here - that particular...
A few weeks ago I went for my first mammogram. You can tell it was my first because I made the rookie error of wearing a dress to attend it, which is why I am stood there in my trainers and pants with a dressing gown tied around my waist. This wasn’t a routine checkup...
This is how I style my mid length hair now that it's slightly shorter than usual - it sits just below the shoulder. Obviously I use the word style in its very loosest sense because I'm about as wieldy with heated appliances as an elephant would be with a crochet hook,...
I've long been trying to find a word that describes the sort of life you have as a parent to young children; something that encapsulates the feeling of utter chaos, that conveys the sense that your life is very much out of your own control - a word that sums up...
OK readers, you know the drill with this one. For the ultimate Christmas (or birthday, or any occasion for that matter) gift, a gift that will surprise and delight and make the recipient think that you're the most thoughtful person they know, you need two ingredients....
My Christmas gift ideas 2021 for him is here. In all honestly, Mr AMR chose a lot of this but I think that's probably a good thing. I tend to find oddities such as "coasters that cost £71" and he finds coffee machines that look like a Makita drill... Remember to pass...
Christmas Gift Ideas For Her is here. Wow, that's a mouthful of a sentence! I hope that the following bits and pieces spark your imagination Featured above: Top left GUCCI Bloom Nettare Di Fiori For Her – Eau de Parfum 100ml. Is this not just the coolest bottle?...
The eye palette from Chanel's Holiday 2021 collection has already sold out online so I'm not going to beat around the bush: if you want a special edition Rouge Allure No5 lipstick* or the amazing paper-pulp-packaged No5 perfume* then you'll have to be quick about it....