Until she remembers the gem of an idea she's had.

Instead, she clutches a large glass of wine, muttering 'FML' over and over again. She is staring down the barrel of a future of people asking if she wants to come to their advanced yoga classes, and polite book clubs where everyone claims to be tiddly after a glass of Pinot Grigio and says things like 'Oooh gosh, are you having another glass?' But Mummy does not want to go quietly into that good night of women with sensible haircuts who 'live for their children' and stand in the playground trying to trump each other with their offspring's extracurricular activities and achievements, and boasting about their latest holidays. Unfortunately I have not yet actually managed to buy the bento boxes for their lunches or book jiu jitsu lessons, and I will have to learn to like green tea, as it is foul, and I have not yet mastered French plaits, but I am quietly confident that these are mere details in my grand master plan. Tuesday 8th September First day back at school. And I most certainly will not slump on the sofa at the end of the day, glugging wine and muttering 'FML' repeatedly. Read Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims available from Rakuten Kobo. Yes, this year is definitely going to be much better - I am absolutely not going to shout at the children, let them stuff their faces with crisps or goggle away on the iPad. Author of online sensation Peter and Jane, Gill Sims is the number one best-selling author behind 'WHY MUMMY DRINKS', its follow up 'WHY MUMMY SWEARS'. I am going to 100% nail being a school mummy this year.

Why mummy drinks by gill sims