You know you're an adult when the highlight of your week is going to the dentist. But you know you're truly an adult when you book your dentist appointment slap bang in the middle of the working day because you'd rather have your teeth pulled at than attend another pointless meeting. If, like me, you've… Continue reading In the Club
Category: The Ongoing Crisis
Tastes like strawberries
You know you’re an adult when you have the ‘we have food at home’ talk with yourself in the supermarket. Me at the supermarket: ‘must stick to the shopping list’ Also me in the supermarket: ‘ooh a marshmallow assortment gift box’ At the age of 32, I consider myself a sensible and responsible adult. (A… Continue reading Tastes like strawberries
Go to the spa, they said, it will be fun, they said
You know you’re an adult in 2023 when you book yourself a spa day. But you know you’re truly an adult in 2023 when you book the spa on a Monday, so you can do that instead of turning up to work. That’s what happened to me when I had a ‘must escape reality’ moment.… Continue reading Go to the spa, they said, it will be fun, they said
Cone of shame
In the words of Britney Spears, 'there's only two types of people in this world.' Those who are clumsy (me) and those who follow their clumsy loved ones around with a hoover (my husband). I’d like to mention that my husband is also prone to an embarrassing moment. Like the time his shirt button got… Continue reading Cone of shame
So fresh, so clean
You know you're an adult in 2023 when you've been getting in your ten thousand steps a day. But you know you're truly an adult in 2023 when you achieve these steps via vigorous house cleaning (with neatly folded microfibre cloths and your favourite toy - the steam mop). This is what happened to me… Continue reading So fresh, so clean
Hello from the other side (of 30)
Thanks to the Quarter Life Crisis, I used to celebrate the weekend with Tequila and Nando's. Now, at 31, I spend Saturdays shopping for vegetables and enjoying (enjoying?!) an early morning swim. Who even am I? Apparently this is what the other side of 29 feels like and, clearly, I'm embracing grown-up-ness for all it… Continue reading Hello from the other side (of 30)
It’s a ‘dog eat everything it shouldn’t’ world
You know you're a millennial when you have a dog instead of a child. You know you're truly a millennial when you hang out with your friends and their dogs (feeling envious when one of them says their dog is finally sleeping through the night). Dog ownership, as I've come to learn, is not something… Continue reading It’s a ‘dog eat everything it shouldn’t’ world
Bog Standard
You know you're an adult when weekends are less 'vodka shots' and more 'cleaning the kitchen counters for the millionth time that week'. Me: where did all the crumbs come from?!Also me: *eats copious amounts of peanut butter on toast* Some people run marathons at the weekend (for fun?!) others, like me, partake in the… Continue reading Bog Standard
What a tool
Once upon a time, you'd find me at the bar questioning my life choices. Nowadays, I’m in the hardware shop questioning why all my money is spent on sanding blocks and door knobs. I recently moved in to a new house with my husband. If I’m not frantically battling the steam mop, I’m trawling through… Continue reading What a tool
Hitched
Thanks to society, there's a stigma that women need to achieve everything by the age of 30. *Cue universal uproar*. Thanks to this ridiculousness, women have adopted a Pankhurst-inspired energy to embrace life when things don’t work out by this grand old age. Like me, for example who rebelled against this 'achieving everything' malarky by… Continue reading Hitched
The Life Crisis 