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Marina di Venezia Andrea Mara Office Mum

Two summers ago, we spent a glorious fortnight in Marina di Venezia, a campsite near Venice that's situated right on the beach. About five days into our holiday, I was lying awake in bed, cranky after a bad night's sleep, and irrationally irritated that everyone else was still snoring (including the four-year old source of my ...

Giveaway! A chance to win with Papier Prints

PapierPrints Office Mum

In-keeping with the spring-like, new-beginnings feel that's all around us at the moment, I have a lovely competition for you. Sarah O'Callaghan, founder of Papier Prints, has very kindly offered a personalised baby print for one lucky reader - perhaps for your own baby, or as a gift for a friend. I'm always delighted to help ...

Toddler-proof baking & a Flora baking set giveaway

Coffee cup Office Mum

We've waited for today for weeks now. A whole day off. I'm not at work, and they're not at school. It was going to be the best one-day mid-term EVER. We made no plans - we were going to take it easy - see where the day might take us. And that worked out just ...

An anniversary and a giveaway!

Today is my blog's six month anniversary and by happy coincidence, the nice people at Zinio have given me some free subscriptions to online magazines to give away!happy half birthday! (image credit goodtoknow.co.uk)They have a huge choice of titles available - I've picked out just some of them here:Elle, Tatler or Vogue for a glossy style fix, Glamour, ...