Nintendo marketing department, you have excelled yourself. I didn’t know I HAD to have a Nintendo Wii, but somehow you convinced me that yes, I did. And now I do! How did you do it? I’ve been listening to…
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What could be better on the hottest day of the year than some apple and blackberry crumble! Happening to notice a very expensive (£2) tiny punnet of Dutch blackberries in a green-grocers shop we thought – hang on, we…
I couldn’t help myself. Convincing myself that this really was a necessity for work, I brought this bag (let’s call it a laptop bag – sounds more… essential) from Accessorize. I was lured in by the 70% off signs,…
The Co-Op is now my very favourite supermarket. Not because of any enticing marketing campaign, nor because of the very reasonable prices or their support of fairtrade. No, the reason I love them is because when I popped in…
OK, confession time. When I was in Cornwall in March I returned home to find I had a freakin’ speeding ticket! I never speed! Except obviously I do (doing nearly 60 in a 50 which is normally a 70…
This is my fail-safe Madeira Cake recipe that always works. Thanks Nigella! All you need are some lovely fresh ingredients… Free-range eggs, of course… Mix and stir and mix some more, chuck into appropriately sized loaf tin and sprinkle…
Oh my. One minute I am scratching my head wondering why the commenting on my site has broken down, the next I’m recklessly reconfiguring the whole site design! It seems to have done the trick though, and the comments…
I’ve discovered tea drinking. I am English, so obviously I have drunk tea on many occassions before, but my copious buying and drinking of so many espresso-based coffees every day has been taking it’s toll on my finances and…