Middle Aged Mum

Due to unexpected enthusiasm for watching The Olympics by the household management, usual home rules are being updated for the duration. It is hoped that normal services will be resumed after the Paralympics, but only if they don’t interfere with… Read More

To buy anything in skin care now you need to have a serious understanding of science. In fact a PHD in dermatology would be a big help in understanding just the packaging, let alone what’s inside. Looking at a shelf  … Read More

On Thursday night, teen daughter and I went late night shopping and decided to eat out. I tweeted what a nice evening it had been and a Scottish friend replied, “Hope you had a nice supper, or what ever the… Read More

As I get older, I find when I meet new people (women), I either click with them straight away or I don’t – simple as that. Obviously age and experience have taught me to persevere with the ones I don’t… Read More

Over the last couple of years, a number of new words have entered my vocabulary. Descriptions such as flawless complexion, oily T zone, even coverage, luminescence and defined contours, have become part of everyday kitchen table conversation in our house… Read More

Last weekend I went away to Paris with my group of treasured girlfriends, all 50 plus. We’ve known each other since we were 18 and the secret of our long lasting adoration of each other is that we know, deep… Read More

Today’s post was supposed to be an ironic take on suntanning and the fact that MAD tends to go a bit George Hamilton/David Dickinson in the sun. But writing a funny (hopefully!) holiday post seems a bit wrong today, since… Read More

it is Sunday night in a rather uninteresting pub in a non-fashionable part of West London and I am skulking in a corner hoping that no one I know comes through the door. Middleagedad and I clutch our beers and… Read More

In our inbox this morning, after she had read Jane’s fess-up post below, was this very funny response from one of our favourite readers, Sue. We persuaded her that it was too good a comment to not post (even though… Read More

Ok I admit it, I have a problem, a serious addiction and try as I might, I can’t give it up. Every morning I say ‘today I am not going to do it, I won’t be sucked in, I WILL… Read More