30/08/2026
I’m not gonna lie, this week has been a tough one. 😮💨
It’s been one of those weeks where everything seems to happen at once…
• Feeling completely and utterly exhausted with a summer cold 🤧
• Poorly children 💕
• Hospital appointments 🏥
• The never-ending saga of the broken fridge freezer 😩
• Having a new one delivered… only for it to be dropped and broken before it even reached us 🤦♀️
• Finding another one, and then wondering whether they’ll actually get it up the 3 steps to our front door! 😂🙈
• Baking and making for both the shed and the stall
• Constantly wondering whether I’ve made enough… or too much
• Worrying about whether we’ll sell enough to cover everything we need to at the end of the month
• And, of course, all the normal mum and home stuff that doesn’t stop just because you’re trying to run a business!
To say I’m glad to see the end of this week is an understatement! 😮💨❤️
Being a small business owner isn’t always as easy as people might think. It’s a constant worry and a constant questioning of yourself, your decisions and whether you’re doing enough.
There’s always that little voice telling you that if you sit down, rest, or take some time to do absolutely nothing, you’re being lazy and should be doing more.
Then there’s the self-doubt, the overthinking and that horrible feeling of failure when you’ve had a bad week… or, in our case, a couple of bad weeks! 🙈
So today, we’ve done something that doesn’t always come naturally to me…
We’ve stopped.
We’ve spent the afternoon chilling, resting and doing absolutely nothing. And tomorrow, other than Mystery Bags, we are taking a whole ACTUAL day off! 🥳
And honestly, I think I probably need it.
So, if I’ve been a little slow at replying to messages this week, or if I haven’t quite been myself when you’ve visited the stall, please know it’s absolutely nothing personal.
I genuinely LOVE what I do. ❤️
I love creating all the bakes, I love seeing you all, chatting to you and being part of this little community we’ve created. 🥰
But sometimes a girl is struggling, exhausted and running on empty… and maybe just a little bit grumpy! 😂🙈
So thank you for bearing with me, for your patience and for continuing to support us — especially through the tougher weeks.
It honestly means more than you probably realise. ❤️
Now… time to put my feet up and remind myself that resting doesn’t mean I’m being lazy. ❤️