Midlife lately – behind the scenes
Well I said I'd do a catch-up today and it shows how focused on Christmas prep I've been when I have photos and moments going all the way back to the end of October. As you know, I like this blog to be a reflection of a real midlife and [...]
Last minute Christmas details – home, style & beauty
And just like that we're in December! I'm bringing you that last of my Christmas prepping posts today, after this we'll be back to chatting about real life until the end of the year and we have a lot to catch up on because November was a funny old [...]
Black Friday 2022 – best offers directory
Hello and Happy Friday. I think for most of us this is the weekend when we try to complete our Christmas shopping so I won't talk for long. Instead I'm bringing you a compendium of the best Black Friday 2022 offers. I've been sent hundreds of them this week so [...]
Gifts for the hard to buy for
This is the last of my Christmas gift posts for 2022. I don't think any of us are planning to go overboard on 'stuff' this year and it won't be a bad thing if Christmas is recalibrated back to being more about a meaningful time with people we love than [...]
Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Men 2022
Hello, Happy Tuesday, I hope your week's going well so far. I'm finding the gift edits harder than ever to put together this year because we all want every pound we spend to count. However, I'm continuing with my 'everything must be either beautiful or useful' mantra and here are [...]
About Me
Hi, I’m Nikki Garnett, for 9 years I was the editor of Selfridges’ magazine. Now I’m married with 3 sons, 2 cats and a dog called Ted. I live near the Lake District in the North West of England and run a small creative agency with my husband.
I created Midlifechic because a little while ago, amidst all the chaos of family and working life, I was beginning to feel like I’d lost my groove. So this is for anyone else out there who is emerging from the child centred years and looking forward to beginning a whole new chapter.
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Christmassy outfits that are not just for Christmas
As we're getting into the swing of Christmas now, for my last Boden edit of the [...]
Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Women – 2022
I thought I'd start this year's gift posts with ideas for us - let's put ourselves [...]
Early Christmas moments – savouring November
It's always a bit of a shock isn't it? Over the last few years life has [...]
Great British Boltholes – a bijou hotel in North Yorkshire
I have a really lovely little find to share with you today. I haven't added to [...]
AW22 everyday edits – Boden
It's the last of my AW22 everyday edits today and I'm as pleased as ever to [...]
Autumn midlife lately – time for a catch-up
The weeks seem to be flying past at the moment so I thought it was time [...]
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… instead of it being us clutching their clammy little hands as they fizz with the build-up to Christmas, now we’re the ones brimming with anticipation, just waiting for them to burst back through our door with their joy and their energy. So we plan and we decorate and we shop and we cook… and there are times when it feels crazy to put so much time into it all - but it’s still worth it.
More than anything I think lockdown taught us how vulnerable we feel when we can’t be with the people who matter - and that feeling of ‘missing’ was never more acute than at Christmas. And of course there are still people we can’t be with. Christmas is always laced with bittersweet nostalgia for times and people that are gone - the missing goes on.
But this year let’s all do what we can to find joy in the simplicity of just being back together with people we love… with something nice to eat and drink… smiling faces and as much sparkle as we can possibly muster. Let’s enjoy the moments and make new memories - because time is fleeting and one day this will be the Christmas that we look back to with fondness.
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