Dear So and So: The #CyberMummy11 Edition

I met Kat at the weekend. You know the very clever Kat, who created the Dear So and So meme, well it has been a while since I have participated and seeing as I met her (she is very lovely) and I love her meme it is high time I joined in again, so here we go with the #CyberMummy11 edition ...

Dear CyberMummy Organisers,

I had a great day; the atmosphere was buzzing, Sarah Brown's keynote speech was heart-warming, the crowd sourced speakers were a real highlight of the day and it was superb to touch base with so many brands and to be able to represent my sponsor Vosene.  However I am, if I am honest (and you may know that is my way) a little disappointed with the content of the sessions.  I am afraid Lord Facebook had nothing really to say of interest, the writing workshop was strange to say the least and some of the other sessions just seemed basic. I expected to come home with a book full of tips that I would implement on my blog and I didn't -sorry.

#SilentSunday

Silent Sunday = One photo, no words, taken in the last week!  Enjoy more by clicking the badge below -

#R2BC - Week 25, The #CyberMummy11 Edition

How can I base my reasons to be cheerful this week around anything else to be honest?  I apologise in advance if you are not going to Cybermummy this Saturday and you are sick to death seeing it mentioned all over twitter and on lots of blogs.  I did not go last year and I followed the day on twitter and I promise you that was fun too!

But this year I am going and you know what? I may even have a sponsor....  that's a bit of a shocker isn't it?  I declared I was going under my own steam and now I am pretty excited that I might just have a brand to represent, one that I really buy into.  That was always one of the things that held me back, I did not want to go with a brand that I was not 100% bought into. However this is very late in the day so I may have missed the boat...  we will see.

I am getting really excited about Saturday, yes a touch nervous too but I keep calming myself by counting to 10 and thinking what is the worst that can happen?  I have decided nothing really can go wrong, the worst scenario is that I will slink off back to my hotel room, watch some trashy TV, have a long bath, read a book and lie in the next morning - sounds terrible doesn't it?

So onto the bits I am very excited about -

1. Meeting you lot - all my virtual friends and a few of you I have met before.  It will be totally overwhelming, I have no idea how I will find the time to see everyone. I am going with no plan and just alowing the day to reveal itself.
2. Going out for a lovely curry Saturday night to celebrate the gorgeous @helloitsgemma's birthday
3. Drinking free wine at the said meal, courtesy of Sterimar, @SuperAmazingMums sponsor
4. I'd be lying if I said that it won't be great to receive a load of freebies, courtesy of all the brand represented there.
5. A lie in alone on Sunday morning, followed by a lovely undisturbed bath and then a yummy breakfast somewhere and maybe meet my family in London for a nice day out.

So there we go, that's me!  What is making you happy this week?  Link up your gratitude/ happy/ cheerful post now... Grab the badge is you fancy and don't forget to tweet with #R2BC.








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and now for the bit you regulars who linked up last week have been waiting for.  Who won the £40 bouquet of their choice from Interflora?  Well congratulations Carole Hiedi it was you! Take a look HERE and see what you would like. Maybe you fancy some nice orchids, the summer flowers are just gorgeous. Email or DM me your email address for me to pass onto the PR and they will liaise direct with you about delivery.

Then for anyone else wanting to order flowers online remember to check out Interflora as they have so many florists in London and across the whole of the country. I was highly impressed with the flowers that arrived with me last week and the florist was also fab explaining to me about how to maintain them well.

Decision Made! I know what I am wearing to #CyberMummy11

Did you see my post the other day?  The one about CyberMummy and my anxieties about the day? Things were getting a bit silly and my worrying had gotten out of control!  So I did what I do when I am stressed, I wrote it all down (don't you just think blogging is the best therapy, I thoroughly recommend you start a blog if you do not already have one, even if you keep it private and no one reads it!).

Then along came you lot to offer me reassurance, to tell me you felt the same and offering hugs and squeezes.  I even had two of the CyberMummy founders drop by and leave me a positive message, which was very encouraging as I had worried I might offend them.

Anyway, after my faffing around I have come to a decision about what I will be wearing to CyberMummy and here it is -

CyberMummy - why so much fuss for one day?

Anyone would think that something truly momentous was going to happen in my life on 25th June.  Am I getting married, about to have another baby, emigrating?  No, nothing quite so significant, I am just off to a blogger conference. For some reason I have gone a bit loony and am getting all excited, apprehensive, nervous, anxious, stressed that I am going to this conference.

Introducing my CyberMummy Sponsor...

I have been keeping this under my hat for months now and at last I feel the time is right to reveal to you who my sponsor is for CyberMummy.  To say I am excited to be going to Cybermummy is an understatement, in fact I am pretty terrified. I know of many lovely bloggy friends going and I can not wait to meet them all but....  I am a little scared as to what they may think of me.  Another post to follow on that shortly.

Anyway back to the matter at hand.  Who is my sponsor?

Have I bagged a massive baby brand?

Did I score with a fabulous days out venue?

Will you be getting a ton of fab freebies from my sponsor?

The answer is no to each of those, sorry!  The good news is that you do not have to look at any advertising on my site!

But it would be true to say that my sponsor can be a bit of a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Just look at this photo on a Mr Hyde day, arrgghh.  Enough to put you off your dinner!

Some call her 'The Painted Lady!' and others know her by a different name.  Do you recognise her?  Pretty scary isn't she.  I better do a good job on her behalf on the day and pick up all the latest news and blogging tips.

Want to see what she looks like on a better day? OK this one might ring a few bells!



I have made the decision not to take a sponsor.  I was toying with the idea before Christmas but to be honest I can afford to go and therefore would love all the sponsors to go to people who could not be there otherwise. Also, I was only ever going to take a sponsor if I could be completely behind their brand and that would have been pretty tough as I am a picky old bird!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Mich x