The malteser cake, it was a huge success! Not only did it look just like the picture in the recipe book, but it also tasted just perfect and I’ll definitely be making it again. Don’t be thrown by the…
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Well, it’s been a very frantic and worrying week so far, involving a wonderful mother-in-law, a broken neck (amongst other injuries) and a whole lot of time hanging round hospital. Things are looking very hopeful now though, so we…
Which is worse, do you think, smelling like Britney Spears, or smelling like somebody who wishes she smelt like Britney Spears? Only I was doing a bit of santa-list research in the perfume department of John Lewis last night,…
This is an old postcard of Derby. I’ve never been to Derby. HOLY CRAP, who was the picture editor for this postcard company? Someone on glue I think. What exactly are they highlighting here, the Stalag-style shopping centre or…
Went to a friend’s wedding up in Worcestershire – is odd seeing everyone you know from city surrounding transposed into country surroundings. Wedding was lovely – during the day we climbed up the Malvern Hills (at the steepest point…
Here’s something rather good. Imagine a cross between Billie Holliday, a 60s Motown girl group and the coolest kid you ever knew at school and throw in the wickedest north London accent and a toy guitar. Wow.…
The world is a crazy, mixed-up place. Confirmation of this can be seen in the way we measure things, certainly here in the UK anyway. It’s quite indicative of how we as a country sit within Europe too… not…
Chaos is not a nice place to live, and I am finding this out the hard way, by residing in an explosion of personal possessions and utter rubbish! It’s only temporary (yeah, right), whilst we go through a splurge…
Well, I had the second of my dressmaking classes last night. It’s a lovely way to spend an evening – sewing, chatting, learning. I am attempting to make a simple top – no sleeves, zips, buttons, collars. Pretty bog…
We’re decorating at the moment. Obviously not right now, as I am here typing this, but we have definitely stepped over the line of just talking about it to actually doing it (a miracle for two procrastinators like us).…