Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Tous Les Jours

This is not a sponsored blog post!!! We spent last weekend in the Natal Midlands to celebrate my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. Great weekend and more about it in tomorrows post. On Saturday we went to Piggly Wiggly and I remembered Keri from Midlands Musings raving about Tous Le Jours, a small french style shop there. The kids went to play and I wandered into a small spot of French heaven. The lady at the till was very sweet and chattered away while I looked at all the facial products. In the end I chose a face wash, toner and mosturiser. The total for all three was R190. I was amazed as this is an organic product. I generally buy from the Bodyshop and the total for all three runs around R450. Great savings. I was very tempted by the lovely summer pyjamas but we are busy saving for a very big buy at the moment so I will have to go back for a pair next year. It was a lovely spot to browse around. The babies clothes and products looked super cute. Potential Christmas gifts for Zoey. I have been using the products for three days now and so far I am very impressed. My skin is super soft and the lavender does help me to calm down and sleep at night. The products are now available online. Go check them out Tous Le Jours.

Monday, September 29, 2014

And the winner is....

Me!!! For the worst blogger in history. I have gotten so caught up in work, that I have totally neglected my blog. The stupid part is that as a writer my blog is part of my job. I often lie awake in the middle of the night and think of a brilliant post, by morning I have totally forgotten the post or I think that its the wrong post to write after such a long time. We have had some good/bad news recently which has jerked me into action on the blog. Hopefully I can tell you all about it soon. So onto todays news. I want to know what you think of the blogs name... should I keep it or change it? Go check out Katinafrica at the end of this week. There will be a few new posts there about my writing and general thoughts on life. Not for sensitive viewers. In general news.. The kids are getting older... wow surprise!!! Zoey quite often sleeps through the night now. Ewan is becoming Mr. Independent. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. This has resulted in me trying to bring back some things I used to enjoy. Wine, photography and writing for pleasure are all slowly finding a place in my life again. I have recently taken a giant leap of faith and I have started pitching articles to magazines. The response has been really postive and I now wish I had believed in myself a bit more in the past. My biggest support has come from Margot at Jou Ma Se Blerrie Blog. She has been very helpful and given me the courage to try pitching stories. I found out from her that editors are not the scariest people in the world. I promise to not be quite so neglectful of my blog again.