London mum, aspiring writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself. 
The headline reads ‘The revenge of the sensible shoe’. Unfortunately, the author doesn’t say what the revenge consists of. Maybe the shoe had all the food and left the ladies hungry?
Archive for November, 2009
Malnourished Monday #3
Monday, Nov 30th, 2009 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, weight
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, weight
Please don’t f*** up my Karma
Wednesday, Nov 25th, 2009 by Met Mum | 34 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: Blogging, rolemodels
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: Blogging, rolemodels
A while ago, A Modern Mother wrote a post aimed at PR companies about how to approach bloggers when trying to engage them for reviews and the likes. Apparently, the appeal was fruitful; at least I haven’t heard of any more crass incidences.
Malnourished Monday #2
Monday, Nov 23rd, 2009 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, weight
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, weight
As if it wasn’t bad enough that women like Kate Moss count as rolemodels (may I quickly remind you: a love for publicly shoving coke up her nose, the heroin addicted boyfriend, frequently stumbling around town completely drunk), now she is even giving dieting advice. Of all the wrong kind.
And the winner of the Wiki Digital Camera is…
Jen at Strictly Guiding. Congratulations! I hope for a lot of little clips from your guiding adventures. I will get int touch with you after December 1st – am having my own little adventure somewhere around continental Europe at the moment. H3VQ96N8ZQJG And the winner of the Wiki Digital Camera is…
Christmas Rules
Friday, Nov 20th, 2009 by Met Mum | 24 Comments
Filed under: Food, Home | Tags: big M, Christmas, family, grandparents, London
Filed under: Food, Home | Tags: big M, Christmas, family, grandparents, London
Christmas is by far my favourite time of year. I just love fairy lights, the smell of ginger bread, mulled wine and the colourful decorations that brighten up grey winter days. So when John Lewis asked me to contribute my set of rules for a ‘Perfect Family Christmas’, I was more than happy to join [...]
Wiki Digital Camera – review & give away
£59.99 for a digital video camera? Looking as sleek as an iPod? Sounds almost too good to be true. So when I was asked to review this little white wonder of modern technology, I couldn’t say no. If only I had!
Introducing: Malnourished Monday
I recently wrote a post about the size zero trend and how fed up I was with the image of severely underweight women being presented as the norm. To blame the media or the fashion industry would be a little too easy – I love fashion and I love my magazines, so maybe I am even part of the problem?
Is it a bird? Is it a thunderbolt? No, it’s Met Mum in her new coat!
Friday, Nov 13th, 2009 by Met Mum | 35 Comments
Filed under: Fashion, Style | Tags: shopping, yummy mummy
Filed under: Fashion, Style | Tags: shopping, yummy mummy
This is what happens when you are too eager to keep up with your fashion forward baby daughter. A classic case of being lured into confidence and carried away by the psychological warfare that is used and mastered by Selfridges to sweet-talk you into buy things.
Why the end of size zero is just a big fat lie
Wednesday, Nov 11th, 2009 by Met Mum | 19 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Malnourished Monday, Mummy stuff | Tags: Fashion, fitness, motherhood, rolemodels, size zero, weight
Filed under: Blogging, Malnourished Monday, Mummy stuff | Tags: Fashion, fitness, motherhood, rolemodels, size zero, weight
Over the summer, a wave of articles that celebrated the end of size zero and therefore the reintroduction of womanly curves appeared in about every British women’s magazine. But despite various attempts to put an end to glorifying the image of malnourished women, recent fashion week reports and magazines alike are still plastered with pictures of clearly underweight models.
Being me
Monday, Nov 9th, 2009 by Met Mum | 21 Comments
Filed under: London, Mummy stuff | Tags: big M, Fashion, London
Filed under: London, Mummy stuff | Tags: big M, Fashion, London
Every now and then, a tiny bit of the old me resurfaces and gives me a smile. The-putting-on-makeup-me. The-strutting-around-in-heels-me. The-choosing-cream-white-coat-over-practical-me.
So when Big M took me out for dinner on Saturday, I felt more like being just me than I did over the past seven months.