The Great City Swap with Scotrail
I always think of Edinburgh as Glasgow's elegant, wiser, and more historical older cousin. With classic, cobbled streets and the most gorgeous architecture, it's steeped in so much history and beauty,...
View ArticleThe Scottish Blogger Shop 2017 - This Weekend!
Roll up, roll up, this weekend we are holding our second Scottish Blogger Shop! This year we will be based at Taste Buchanan, which is on the top floor of Buchanan Galleries shopping centre. Come in...
View Article23 week pregnancy update
It's been 5 weeks since my last pregnancy update, and in 5 weeks of baby growing there has been a whole tonne of changes. Physical, emotional, and not to mention the size of my ever expanding belly! It...
View ArticleThe week where things got sketchy
In more ways than one, dear readers. Pop the kettle on, this might take a while. If you follow me on social media you'll maybe know that I am currently down in London for 3 weeks, doing a technical...
View ArticleFood and Festivities with Tempus
I told ya it wouldn't be long until my next visit to the Tempus restaurant at the Grand Central Hotel after my recent trip in October. With hotel restaurants often being overlooked, Tempus is an...
View ArticleWhat's in my hospital bag?
Oh my days, how is it February already? My first post of 2018 definitely comes a little later than planned. I'll be honest I have absolutely no idea where January disappeared to. It was a month of...
View ArticleAnd then there were three
On the 15th of February at 2.48pm, we welcomed our beautiful baby boy, Reuben Alexander Duthie into the world. If you follow me on other social media channels, there's no doubt you'll know this already...
View ArticleA mindfulness retreat at The Restoration Yard
The first time I was introduced to the concept of mindfulness was around 11 years ago now, during my first term at uni where our design tutor ran sessions on personal development as an integral part of...
View ArticleGo with the glow
When someone tells you during pregnancy that you're glowing, I know you should really take that compliment gracefully and gratefully. Whenever someone said that to me, I proceeded to tell them I was...
View Article30 before 30
I've always loved writing lists, and the satisfaction of ticking things off those lists is such a good feeling! Most of the notes I write are always for day to day and short term goals, but more...
View ArticleBack To Blonde
It didn't take long, did it?! As much as I was loving my darker hair and side fringe, there's something about the blonde and the bangs which just make me feel more like ME.My salon of choice, as...
View ArticleWhy I chose to encapsulate my placenta
// Tshirt - Monki x RSFU //I'm not gonna lie, the first time I heard the words 'Placenta Encapsulation' it made me think of digging a hole in the garden, popping your placenta into one of those time...
View ArticleThe Fantastic Five - June Edition
HEY YOU GUUUUYS. It's been too long since my last blog post, as usual. Despite Reuben being in more of a routine and sleeping through the night, it means he's sleeping less during the day and we've...
View ArticleA day in the life of Reuben
Our little baby Roo is now 4 and a half months old, and I'd be lying if I said I've got this whole parenting thing down, but we're definitely getting the hang of it now. On a good day I can get up and...
View ArticleHomegrown - The local brands I love
Well would you look at that, the wanderer returns! August has seen a brand new start for me and my lil' family. We've moved out of Glasgow, back 'home' towards the town I was brought up in, and bought...
View ArticleEscape with Gleddoch Hotel & Spa
You know that feeling when it's Wednesday, your to do list is giving you evils, your self care is at zero and your shoulders and back are in agony (let's face it, most of your body is sore because...
View ArticleA cruelty free makeup look for Autumn
I am definitely not an expert when it comes to applying makeup, but I like to think I've improved since my early blogging days in 2010 (this post was my 'daily face' back then, looool) I remember...
View ArticleSeven months of Roo
Oh baby boy, just look at you. The past 7 months have went by in an absolute blur, but at the same time it feels like Reuben has been here forever. I look at my timehop from a year ago, and being...
View ArticleReady for a Revolution
I probably shouldn't have started writing this post while I'm waiting on my dinner and super hungry... or when it's a cosy Sunday evening, we've got the fire roaring and the thought of a wee cocktail...
View ArticleTreat Days with Whiskas
Never in 2019 did I think I would start a blog post saying 'I need to take more pictures of my cats'. But I really, REALLY do. I share so much of Reuben and Bronson on my social media these days, that...
View ArticleReuben's first Christmas with St Enoch
I genuinely still can't believe I have an almost 10 month old baby boy, and that less in three weeks time we will be celebrating our first Christmas with him. We'll be spending this Christmas in our...
View ArticleA year of memories
I'll start with the good old cliché that this year has went by in an absolute flash. It has been the busiest year of my entire life - a complete roller coaster ride of ups and downs, but one which I...
View ArticleReal talk
Inspiration comes from the strangest of places. I totally get it now, how musicians can write and produce hit records after experiencing extreme heartache, and how in that episode of 'You', Beck found...
View ArticleThe postpartum aesthetic identity crisis
Never in my life have I felt less like 'me', than the day I came home from hospital after just having a baby. It's not like the movies, where the mother has a healthy glow, hair tied up in a perfect...
View ArticleOur highland elopement
A week ago today, Pete and I tied the knot! We travelled up north with our two witnesses (our dear friends Ashley and Liam) and stayed in the stunning Driftwood House on Camusdarach Beach in Arisaig....
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