FRANCES IN THE COUNTRY

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  • 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}

  • 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

  • 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

  • Crikey, bringing up girls is hard!

    A few weeks after Poppy was born I saw the viral video of #likeagirl, it was an upsetting realisation that Poppy would be growing up in a world where being a girl is still a negative and that girls and women are… Continue reading

    Crikey, bringing up girls is hard!