London mum, aspiring writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself. 
Sometimes I find myself full of longing for a tiny bit of Lilly Pulitzer, college friend of Jacqueline Bouvier (better known as Jackie Kennedy), fashion designer and Queen of Preppiness. But this side of the pond there is just no getting your hands on a “Lilly” shift dress; as far as I know they are [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Malnourished Monday #18 – Fake your way to self esteem
Tuesday, Apr 27th, 2010 by Met Mum | 18 Comments
Filed under: Beauty, Malnourished Monday | Tags: fake tan, rolemodels, self esteem, size zero
Filed under: Beauty, Malnourished Monday | Tags: fake tan, rolemodels, self esteem, size zero
Take: A campaign to raise self esteem in young people. A well-known brand that possesses the funds and the means to support the campaign. A (the) leading youth charity to add credibility and host the campaign. What’s not to like? Try adding a celebrity ambassador that either didn’t get a script or a campaign manager [...]
Cunning marketing plans
Tempted, anyone? Maybe not such a first class idea after all… Cunning marketing plans
Occupation: Mum
Friday, Apr 23rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Mummy stuff | Tags: motherhood, mum, rolemodels, work
Filed under: Blogging, Mummy stuff | Tags: motherhood, mum, rolemodels, work
Surname, first name, address. Post code, telephone, occupation. Occupation? The worst bit of my recent and otherwise lovely course at St Martins was filling in an A4 form. Or this one little box, to be precise. Occupation. Occupation. Occupation. No matter from which angle I looked at the black little line behind the trigger, the [...]
Award nomination for THE MADS 2010
I could easily play it cool and pretend not to care whatsoever, but I do. Some very nice folks have nominated this blog for THE MADS 2010 blog awards. And now that I am on the list, I would really like to win. Or at least be shortlisted. So please, if you like my blog, [...]
Girl crush
The fabulous Lily Lemontree invited me to guest-post on her beautiful blog about my favourite style icon. This is flattering for multiple reasons. Not only is Lily Lemontree one of the most stylish blogs out there, but also is her series ‘Style Icons’ one of my favourite. So whom did I choose? Let me tell [...]
Beautcamp Pilates. It hurts so good.
Thursday, Apr 22nd, 2010 by Met Mum | 10 Comments
Filed under: Getting fit, Mummy stuff, Pregnancy | Tags: fitness, London, pilates, yummy mummy
Filed under: Getting fit, Mummy stuff, Pregnancy | Tags: fitness, London, pilates, yummy mummy
In the glorious wobble-free days before baby, I have been known to be a little obsessed with exercise. I used to run before work, go for a swim after work and spent my lunch breaks on a reformer. Now, if you are thinking I would have been getting steamy with a protestant in between finishing [...]
Malnourished Monday #17: Body to bump to baby and back
Monday, Apr 19th, 2010 by Met Mum | 26 Comments
Filed under: Malnourished Monday, Mummy stuff, Pregnancy | Tags: fitness, yummy mummy
Filed under: Malnourished Monday, Mummy stuff, Pregnancy | Tags: fitness, yummy mummy
Do you remember the moment you slipped back into your favourite pre-baby jeans, buttoning up easily for the first time in what felt like ages? ‘Ages’ meant a year in my case, and I recently had one of these delightful jeans-moments. After all and despite being against all things size zero, I am still a [...]
Love in – hate out
When the school bullies decided to pick on me, I fantasised on how I would not stumble across my own words, how I would be as mean as they were, leaving them behind embarrassed and ashamed, lost for words. If only I were grown-up, so I thought, I would have taught them respect. Love in [...]