Make do and mend.

Being a Mummy, I feel as though I'm not very 'trendy' when it comes to fashion any more. I simply do not have the time to trawl around shops and try on clothes. Have you ever tried to try on clothes in a busy changing room with a 1 year old screaming? It's not fun. Some Mums do manage to pull it off and look perfectly made up each day with their perfect clean clothes, however this is not me. This is why I make do with what I've got and hope that when I'm done having babies, I can go back to nice clothes once more.

Recently, my work jacket got holes in both of the pockets, causing anything that was in my pockets to slip through in to the lining. Instead of going out and buying a new one I mended it by stitching the pockets. It is this mentality of mending and making do that has saved me a lot of money on would be purchases recently. Likewise when Mr MFW's button fell off his trousers, I stitched it back on even though he was all for going to buy a new pair.

I have a basic wardrobe consisting of a couple of pairs of jeans, some shorts, lots of tank tops, a couple of cardigans and some going out dresses. I can't remember the last time I bought anything new for myself. (Actually I can, it was when I was pregnant and couldn't cram my belly in to my jeans any longer!)

I would love to be how I used to be and be able to look nice each day. But with limited time and limited funds I have stuck to my existing wardrobe for the last 2 or 3 years and can't see me needing to buy anything new in the near future.

I do my best to wear clean clothes but with a toddler I always manage to get grubby marks on me where she has grabbed me with sticky hands or a slimy nose. Oh yes, this is the glamorous life of a Mother.

Thanks for reading,

xx