Head Shave to Raise Money for Macmillan!

When I was 11, I met my best friend Fal. We've been pretty inseparable since we met, both being bridesmaids at each others weddings and hell, we both even married men called Stu. We take being best friends super serially. We've been together through thick and thin, good times and bad, and right now, Fal and her family are having one of those harder times. Fal's awesome Mum Sally is fighting breast cancer, and to support her, Fal has decided to shave her head to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Macmillan are an incredible organisation who have been a great help to Sally, and are such an important charity.

To borrow Fal's words, 'I can't be with my mum through the sickness she gets from chemo or the constant 'what if' thoughts she has but I can support her through losing her hair'.

I'm so proud of Fal for deciding to support her Mum in this way, and I want to support them both in the way that I can, and that's to share her fundraiser with you guys.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aliceleason

Cancer touches so many of our lives, and I'd love to help Fal absolutely smash her target! Every penny counts in supporting those who are facing cancer and allows more incredible Macmillan nurses to help.

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

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The Great British Beard Off

So for the last month Stu has been raising money for the Shaun Wright Foundation, which is a charity set up in memory of a dear co-worker of his. It aims to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Action, to fund research into pancreatic cancer, which is sadly lacking.

Monday was the big day! The amazing Mug & Brush in Keelby very kindly opened up especially for the event, offering their services for free, and even putting on nibbles and drinks for everyone attending, fantastic folks! We invited friends and family down for the event and the Grimsby Telegraph came along too.

Rebecca Wright had the first cut, the incredible woman who set up the Shaun Wright Foundation in memory of her husband Shaun. With Stu's fundraising, they are up to just under £30,000 raised since June 2015, a truly stunning amount!

Off the plait came. Then it was onto clipping the rest, then a shave, then a cut throat shave to really make sure Stu's face was properly naked for the first time in a long, long time.

Huge thanks have to go to Karen for setting up the event and opening up her salon to us, and to Laura for the actual shave. It had to be nerve racking with such a crowd of spectators.

And now..... the before and after...

How handsome is my husband? He's a beaut with and without the beard.

Huge thank you to all the readers who sponsored Stu, it was really heartwarming to see donations with comments on saying they read my blog and wanted to donate. Thank you guys so much! If you do want to pop a last minute donation on his justgiving page, I'll pop the link below.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stushavesthebeard

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

Stu is shaving his beard for charity!

You might have noticed that my husband Stu has a pretty epic beard. He's been growing it since we first got together and is rather proud of it. It's his pride and joy actually! So when he decided recently that he was going to shave his beard for charity I was blown away.

In 2015 a dear friend of Stu's passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 47. Shaun Wright had worked with Stu for many years, and in his memory his incredible family have set up the Shaun Wright Foundation to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Action. So far they have raised over £26,000, which is just amazing!

Stu had decided that if he raises £1000, his precious beard is gone! Our friends at The Mug & Brush in Keelby will be shaving him with a cut throat razor. I'm so proud of him and hope to help him absolutely smash his target.

If you want to donate, you can visit Stu's Just Giving Page at the link below

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stushavesthebeard

It's going to be good to see my husband's face again!

Much love,

Kitty xxxx