Frances Thompson

  • Birthday wish list

    There is a strange phenomenon that occurs around birthday and Christmases. I spend most of the year dropping well placed and pretty damn obvious hints and my husband spends the year doing his absolute best to ignore them. Then we… Continue reading

  • The guilt of reaching breaking point

    If you saw my post on the 12th Aug then you’ll know that I had grand plans of kick-starting my health, problem is, this just happened to coincide with Poppy going through the most horrendous sleep regression. I’m talking two… Continue reading

  • I think I’ve found the perfect shoes!

    A little while ago I treated myself to these lovely things from Boden. My feet are super narrow which means I walk straight out of heels without straps so the Boden Lille were already ticking some major boxes for me. I’ve worn… Continue reading

    I think I’ve found the perfect shoes!
  • Cocoa Butter Natural Bronze tan review

    Unfortunately my legs seem to have some sort of in-built tan defence so when the rest of me goes a fairly nice golden brown, my legs remain glaringly ghost white. Thus I do usually apply some sort of tan when… Continue reading

  • Today I’m loving {Beauty}

    Last month I shared my thoughts on the Keihl’s products that even after zero sleep make me feel ok to actually leave the house. I still totally stand by that review but they are so flipping expensive and using day and… Continue reading

    Today I’m loving {Beauty}
  • Floral delights – Prestige Flowers Haute Florist

    If you follow my Instagram feed then you’ll know that I have a bit of a thing (obsession?) for roses. My garden is slowly filling with the things much to my husbands dismay and his cries of “Seriously? Another one?”… Continue reading

    Floral delights – Prestige Flowers Haute Florist
  • Emma Bridgewater – They finally arrived!

    Back in July we took a little family trip to the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke (which I wrote all about in this post). Ever since I have literally pegged it to the front door in excited anticipation every time a… Continue reading

    Emma Bridgewater – They finally arrived!
  • Health kick – Week 1 – Attempting to sweat in style

    I am not at all into working out. The call of the sofa and a glass of wine/cake are always far too strong for my feeble will power to resist. So for the last, well actually forever, I have done… Continue reading

    Health kick – Week 1 – Attempting to sweat in style
  • Savage Beauty – Alexander McQueen

    If you follow me on Facebook then you’ll know all about my blogging break last week. Now fully up to speed so expect some awesomeness(;-)) this week! Did you know that Alexander McQueen sewed his own hair into every single item of… Continue reading

    Savage Beauty – Alexander McQueen
  • What Poppy wore – eBay!

    I have a confession – 70% of Poppy’s clothes are either bought on eBay or in charity shops, 29% are bought in the sales and 1% at full price when I simply can’t find a similar item cheaper anywhere. You… Continue reading