2009 | Mamamia

There’s only room for one messy adult in a household. And at my place, that badge of dishonour belongs to me.

It’s unclear how this happened because I used to be quite tidy. But then I moved in with someone whose mess threshold was fractionally lower than mine... [read more]

What were your BEST and WORST bits of 2009?

It's hard not to do some mental stock-taking as the year winds up. I think the essence of Mamamia, for me, this year has been the Best and Worst posts which... [read more]

GUEST POST: The New Year’s Resolutions I really will keep

Because I have pretty much given up on resolving anything, Kerri Sackville has stepped into the breach to share with you her resolutions....."New Year’s Eve... [read more]

The birds and the bees sex talk need an update. Urgently.

A girlfriend discovered this the hard way during a conversation with her daughter last week. “We’d just finished reading a brand new copy of “Where... [read more]

The 5 kinds of Extreme Shopper. Could you be one of them? Could I?

Perhaps in the past, yes, but these days I’m clean. Very occasionally, I relapse but not so much now that I’m taking my medication regularly and attending... [read more]

What were your BEST and WORST bits of Christmas?

As I write this, I'm watching my 12 year old stuff a turkey under the watchful guidance of friends who have come for lunch. It's better than TV. How did your... [read more]

What will be on your Christmas dining table this year?

Prompted by the wild success of our first annual Mamamia DIY Christmas Gift Guide where we pooled our collective brain cells to solve every possible gift-giving... [read more]

You have to suffer for beauty. But how much REALLY?

Oh the things we do to our bits. As if bikini waxing wasn’t brutal enough, we had to up the ante and embrace the Brazilian didn’t we. And now? Now? Even... [read more]

What do all your exes have in common besides knowing what you look like naked?

Here’s a mental picture guaranteed to do your head in: imagine all your exes and - if you have one - your current partner sitting at a table having dinner... [read more]

When did milk become so complicated? The other day I counted six different types of it in my fridge.

This is preposterous because there are only five different types of people in my house. Somehow, we have Shape for me, Lite White for my son, Lite Soy for... [read more]