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Welcome to A Suffolk Mum – a lifestyle website for busy women

Hello I’m Issy, a school run, working mum, living in Suffolk with my family. Welcome to a little slice of our world. Having worked for many years creating online content and social media for others, I’m excited to also now have my own space, to share my life as a Suffolk mum online.

Thanks for visiting my website –whilst here you will find blogs, honest reviews and lots of shopping recommendations for families. Alongside clothes and beauty ideas for women juggling busy lives, while trying to retain a sense of self and style at the same time.

It’s pretty much a reflection of our family life. From the wholesome: days out in East Anglia, travel reviews abroad, style and fashion ideas, to the juggle of family life at home – essentially the good, the bad and the shopping I bought along the way!

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Shopping

I love an H&M try on, which ones your favourite? 

I’ve been having a look online and adding lots of new summer outfit ideas over on my shop page this week, including all these and more from H&M (not that it’s an actual shop if you haven’t been on there before, more a big collection of clothes and products I share from the high-street on my website page with links through for easy shopping)
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AD | Wow what a show! Enthralling, tense, funny, emotional - the talented actors seamlessly jumping from one to the other, I was mesmerised throughout. 

From the slick choreography and quality acting, to the powerful narration and haunting sets, this adaptation of Great Expectations transports the audience into the world of Pip and you feel as if you are right there with him, feeling every single step of his tumultuous journey. 

Great Expectations is on at The Mercury Theatre Colchester till the 27th May.
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AD | For these and SO many more travel and days out games and activity ideas - click the Wicked Uncle link in my bio
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What do you think about SATS in schools? I was invited onto BBC Radio Suffolk breakfast show to talk about it this morning. I’ve added a link in my bio if you fancy a listen - my section starts at 2hrs 6 minutes into the programme (8.06am)
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Did I make the right choices? I love when my @stitchfixuk box arrives, it always feels such a treat. I also quite like that I don’t want to keep it all each time as well, so it’s not too expensive  either 😂 I have a discount code for £15 off your first box in my bio, if you’d like to give it a go. 
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Eating our way around the world, experiencing Ocoberfest in Florida and a talking Turtle with the funniest come backs! I have been talking all about why Epcot was so special, despite what I’d read over on my website - in a mini Disney diary. The links in my bio if you fancy a read 
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AD | Ever since they were toddlers I've always had a bag of tricks to rely on when journeys are long and my children are getting restless. As well as a lot of snacks, I find having a few new activities and toys to bring out, can diffuse many a tense situation, when we are all reaching the end of our patience. I have been writing about some great toy and travel game ideas on my website from @wickeduncletoys today - the link is in my bio if you'd like some fun and unusual new games to take on days out and away. 
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Whats your winner when trying to entice the kids off their screens at home?  Ours is cooking at the moment, especially trying out airfryer recipes, but we’ve also done sooo many arts, crafts and sciency things as well in the past. With another long weekend stretching out, I thought I’d share some of what we’ve enjoyed doing as a family that I’ve written about before - the link with all the details is over in my bio
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Which one do you think I bought 1,2 or 3 ?

I’ve found these “On the hanger and on me” reels so useful recently, when trying to gauge what’s going to suit me when shopping online, so I thought I’d make one too - these zebra print dresses are all from H&M in their Colchester shop last week (I’ll link all of them over in my stories too) 
How mad that the second one was an extra small/small - thats taking oversized to a whole new level, it was like a tent😂 also watching this back I spend so much time pulling each one to see what it would look like with a belt on 🙈 I know it’s all about being floaty and loose now, but I just can’t let that 90’s staple of a giant belt go 😬 
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AD | I’ve been using some Lovely Lavender to help me focus this week - head over to the link in my bio for all the info and full review of the Nikura essential oil diffuser @nikurahq 
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