So, the shoes start to arrive and I need to photograph them to get them on the site. First the Spanish supplier which included the school shoes and baby shoes. The Portuguese supplier promised he was soon to follow (days) so I booked a photographer and lined up a couple of models as well as [...]

One of the things I found frustrating was the cost of the type of classic, quality shoes available for boys in the UK, so one of my goals was to try to keep the price as low as possible without sacrificing on the quality.
I did look in to getting a shop in Cheltenham but the [...]

I was still keeping the old business ticking over and we also started renting out the Portugal house so had plenty to keep me busy but it wasn’t enough, my husband kept telling me about how ‘on line’ was the way of the future and perhaps I should get in to something to do with [...]

When Max was born in October 2003 I was so happy. I assumed I’d get bored after a few months and then want to get back to my business. How wrong I was, I loved being at home with him and I was actually quite out of my depth and found it pretty challenging! My [...]

As soon as Max started crawling around we realised that living right on the water was very stressful! We decided to sell the lovely Marina home we were living in at the time as it’s not practical with a toddler. The agents warned us that these homes take time to sell but ours sold really [...]