HELLO! How are you? How was your summer? Now that the kids are back to school, I can finally get back to blogging – HUZZAH!

I didn’t intend to take a break from blogging – it was just an impossible task, what with our month-long, wanderlust holiday spent touring France and Spain in our camper van (a blog post is cooking FYI, with ALL the gory details).

Admittedly (foolishly, more like) I had visions that I would be tapping away at the laptop, while the kids made friends with Europe’s next generation of campers, a sunset backdrop, a glass of wine…

PAH! More like frantic showers before heading out to the mini disco, forever in a cheap sangria fog, endless games of UNO, dancing to Des-pa-ci-to and Chocco-chocco-chocco-cho-co-la-te!

September is more and more becoming the new ‘New Year’, have you noticed? There’s lots of chat about getting back into a routine after a no-rules summer spent drinking all the Aperol. The inflatables and camping gear have been put away for another year and we’ve already had the conversation to edge the Christmas decorations closer to the loft hatch entrance, ready to bring down. Autumn is in full view, folks! (Eeeek, can’t believe I actually typed the ‘C’ word!)

Well a fabulous discount code and some exciting news, too! (No I’m not pregnant! Remember, I want a kitchen extension, not a third child, ha!)

Nothing gives me more digital pleasure than to big up small businesses and stylish start-ups and this one in particular, you will LOVE!

Check out Family Merch and Janine’s super fine slogan styles. She kindly gifted me the Béni T-shirt and I love it (plus it sounds way less wanky than ‘Blessed’, IMHO!)

And get this – she’s given me an exclusive 20% code for all my Instagram followers and blog subscribers to use at Family Merch – including this T-shirt – just use FATIMA20 at check out.

Please note it’s for one single transaction only and is valid until 17th September ’18. Happy Shoppping!

I’ll be sharing my tips on style and confidence on September 12th in South London and there are still a few tickets left if you want to come down, have fizz and chat non-scary, useful fashion tips.

Click here for more details and I look forward to seeing you there. Don’t worry if you can’t make it, I’ll report back on here and let you know how it all went.

Whether you’re coming or not, if you have any style dilemmas you’d like me to address, please do comment below.

Have you lost your fashion mo-jo?

Are you wondering what A/W trends to buy this season?

Shopping on a budget? Where’s best to go?

Ask me anything – it’ll really help me with my prep for next weeks panel discussion and get me thinking about the everyday style challenges we all face and need friendly advice with.

Hit me UP!

Over and out.

Happy September…