{"id":88504,"date":"2019-10-10T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qvcuk.com\/?p=88504"},"modified":"2019-10-10T10:47:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:47:50","slug":"current-style-picks-joes-birthday-and-qvcs-brand-new-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/claire-sutton\/current-style-picks-joes-birthday-and-qvcs-brand-new-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"My style picks, Joe’s birthday and QVC’s brand new podcast!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Well, it\u2019s all going on, isn\u2019t it?” My brother and sister in law came over on Sunday and those were her parting words. There\u2019s so much going on for all of us… (all in a good way, I hasten to add). The business of life continues!<\/p>\n

I was even more grateful to have my mindful sit this Saturday morning. It was simply lovely – a dedicated practice that is so helpful. I\u2019d been feeling quite super-duper and able to stay in control – and then boom – I had awoken that morning and felt wrong… a precursor perhaps to the rubbish mess of a headache, weariness and an all-night long hideous upset tummy that followed.<\/p>\n

So, today I feel a tad fragile and am nurturing myself!<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Although, I did have a lovely weekend around all of that. Our best man returned home to visit with his gorgeous family. We luckily grabbed some time with them and had a bonus of a traditional pub gathering.<\/p>\n

I think Murph’s American wife Summer thinks we have accordions and 12 musicians playing folk music every weekend in England! She was absolutely thrilled that it was a true quintessential English experience for her. It was also a joy for us to be able to hang out with Dan’s oldest friend from Primary school, who is now Toms much-loved Godfather.<\/p>\n

Birthdays have happened, too, as QVC turned 26 and my Joe’s 17th all happened at the start of the month. I did a mention on Instagram<\/a> but appreciate not all of you see that. We had a meal out with his girlfriend and his \u2018boys\u2019 which was great fun, rather crazy and felt a privilege to be a part of…<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday, my gorgeous boy.<\/p>\n

The loft, yes… it is still occurring but now has a store room. So, incredibly we seem to have managed to condense our entire loft space into it. I have spent many hours going through the entire contents of the children\u2019s school years, where every single book they had ever used and every picture drawn had been saved.<\/p>\n

The classic line of: ‘just put the bags up in the loft, we will sort through them later’ was always uttered at the end of each school year and it appears NOW is ‘later’!<\/p>\n

Luckily, I had written dates on most of them and named them… ooh get me, I even impressed myself.<\/p>\n

I decided to photograph them and keep just the odd original, super special, precious ones. A crate for each child to fill with their special memories and keepsakes…<\/p>\n

I just need to reorganise mine: old photos, diaries, love letters… they all need tidying through and I\u2019m looking forward to it, as so many memories are triggered! I\u2019ll see if anything will be appropriate to feature in my next blog!!<\/p>\n

I saw a fabulous suggestion the other day which I wanted to pass on to all new parents, as I think it would be a wonderful idea. When the baby is born, set up an email account in their name and send all precious things to it over the years. Then, at 18-years-old, they will have some incredible memories archived.<\/p>\n

Its all going on at QVC, too. I think there is so much that is fabulous and a real feeling of freshness and newness around.<\/p>\n

I had a lovely time trying on some of the fashions that caught my eye and while it always takes me to the last possible moment to say ‘hi Autumn, I\u2019m happy to see you’, these delights help a lot and now I actually am delighted!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

This check coat from Helene Berman<\/a> is fab, I love it with the preppy vibe of my gold pumps from Bronx<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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