I have to confess I didn't think I would be able to actually pinpoint the moment that I turned middle aged, as in down to the very second. But I can. It was yesterday, Saturday 11th of May at 11.36am. It was with a heavy heart and a shroud of sensibility that I accepted my fate, there was simply no fighting it.  It was as if strands of my hair started to turn grey as I reached into my … [Read more...]

To my lovely Aunty,  It was our family weekend this weekend past, the first one since you lost your fight against cancer, the first time I have been with the three generations of our family in years.  You would have loved it. It was as deliciously jam packed with wall to wall activities as usual.  Your younger brother exceeded himself with organisational abilities and managed to get us … [Read more...]

Featured post  Sticking with a great home insurance policy can be a bit of a hassle for most of us. Particularly if you have maintained a home for several years without any major incidents occurring, it certainly becomes tempting to opt for a simpler, cheaper insurance policy with weaker coverage. Generally speaking, this is a bad idea, because, as the old cliche goes, you never know when an … [Read more...]

Being famous comes with many perks, the most obvious, perhaps, being a very hefty pay packet! With their designer shades and handbags, luxury cars and endless red carpet-event invites, celebs may appear to ‘have it made’ but they do pay a small price in exchange. If a star ever leaves their house looking less than perfect, you can be sure they’ll be papped and shamed in the next issue of … [Read more...]

So in my quest for eternal beauty I decided to treat my milk bottle body to a once over, to a splash of colour that didn't originate from crayola. I went to get sprayed... Now I am a born again virgin to spray tans, it was years ago that I last had one, which was wet, sticky and didn't last that long so I am not entirely sure it counts as a cherry stealer.  So I wasn't completely sure as to … [Read more...]

*fanfare* I have a new blog, it is brand spanking new and it is very pretty... To celebrate the grand opening of fromspendingtosaving I have partnered with Whichoffshore to launch a competition where one person will win £400 of Amazon vouchers. So first things first.... Why a new blog? Any regular readers of Northernmum will know that the last couple of years have been pretty life … [Read more...]

Did you every have a dream? A way you hoped life would turn out? A plan or are you simply living for the moment? I didn't, I was never the type to plan ahead I have always been more of a here and now type of person which is probably why I don't find myself living in any kind of luxury, sitting in a half a million pound house, complete with beautiful bespoke furniture, and a perfectly … [Read more...]

I have friends and family who are still confused by my relationship with the internet, many feel I over share a little and when I look back some of the topics I have covered in almost three years I can see how this could be justified.  In retrospect I may not have needed to write a entire post dedicated to my bikini line and from reading old posts I am seriously worried about my addiction to … [Read more...]