A child-free night in Bristol
There comes a point in every mum’s ‘career’ when they have to spend their first night away from their baby. Mine came in November.
Tin Box Baby is six-months-old – a whole year younger than Tin Box Tot was when I left her for the first time. But boy, was I ready. Mainly because I needed to make up some sleep.
If you’ve ever accidentally clicked on my ‘About’ page you’ll know that outside of the blogging world I have a job in public relations. The excuse for a night away came in the form of my annual pilgrimage to Bristol for the CIPR Southern England and Channel Islands PRide Awards.
This is the highlight in the regional PR calendar and sees all the top agencies and in-house communications teams celebrating excellence in the industry.
I felt extremely lucky to attend with my colleagues from Briscoe French as I’m actually still on maternity leave. It was great to catch up with everyone and enjoy a sparkly night at the Bristol City Marriott.
Equally important for a sleep deprived mummy of a two-year-old and a six-month-old baby was that I was having a night off my parenting duties.
I made the most of it by wallowing in a bath, watching breakfast news with a hot cuppa and eating two whole meals without having to simultaneously feed a small person.
The awards evening was great fun and unlike last year, when I was toasting the winners with a mocktail as I was four months pregnant, I was able to have a few drinks.
The Marriott was fantastic. I love the attention to detail of their customer service team. They even remembered that I hadn’t been able to have a drink last year. That’s one impressive CRM system they have in place!
Yes! What a difference a year makes 🙂 @MarriottBristol pic.twitter.com/lJtiYMlhgG
— Tin Box Traveller (@TinBoxTraveller) November 20, 2015
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Ha! I hope you had a great night. I love Bristol – what a great place to live 🙂
Totally! We all deserve a bit of me time. Enjoy your hen dos! X
That's exactly what I've done. Poor baby 2 😉
I was a fab treat. It doesn't happen to often so I made the most of it.
I was lovely, but I can't drink like a I used to 🙂
It was lovely. I'm not sure what I enjoyed most – few drinks with the girls or a hot cuppa 😉
Oh yes, it is a bit of a military operation at the moment. Especially as I'm combination feeding Tin Box Baby. I was so glad of the break though 🙂
Oh, I never even thought about the cast of Casualty popping in. It's a long time since I watched sit so I'd probably not recognise them if they were there 😉
I'm glad you got to enjoy a child free night out! And I live in Bristol-there couldn't have been a better location!! Great city! My husband and I had a child free night away last night too-the first one in over a year! Back to earth with a bump now though…!
#coolmumclub
Looks like an exciting excuse to get glammed up and have a bit of you time…I've signed up to two hen weekends away next year – bit nervous but so needed! x Thanks for linking up to #coolmumclub
OH looks and sounds like you have had a lovely time away. Child free is such a nice treat and you made the most of it. Thank you so much for linking up to Share With Me. #sharewithme
My word, a night sans les enfants. It does happen occasionally, but not too much! Glad you could have a drink this time round. #sharewithme
What a great way to have a child-free night… and you seem to have a fab night too with other lovely ladies. I would love that too! #sharewithme
I'm a big fan of child free nights for blogging or otherwise, but to be fair it does get much easier as the children grow up, glad you enjoyed your night off. #Twinklytuesday
It's great to have a night away from the parenting duties. Such a luxury to have a bath and have a hot cuppa in the morning. I've only managed one night away in 3 1/2 years but it was great. I've stayed in the Bristol Marriott a couple of times many, many years ago when I was a student there (when my mum came to visit) – the crew from Casualty used to come in there for drinks! #twinklytuesday