The other day I failed in my third, yes THIRD, driving test and it made me wonder about the bravado of youth. I was so nervous, as I have been in every test so far, that I shook for the whole thing. As a result, although I didn’t fail monumentally like the last time, I still managed to royally fuck it up! I’m 35 years old which means I could have done my test, passed, had a child and had that child […]
Today, 28th April 2015, is National Super Hero Day. True story! National Super Hero Day is all about celebrating the super heroes amongst us who give their all to inspire others. What a fun way of celebrating that! This year even 56 year old (she doesn’t look a day older than she did in her youth lucky gal) Barbie by Mattel is getting in on the action! Barbie wants to inspire girls to #BeSuper and in her latest DVD, ‘Barbie In Princess […]
I’ve always longed for fluffy bath towels, the kind you get in hotels that feel super decadent and expensive. The thing is, no matter how much money I seem to have spent on towels in the past, no matter how good the quality… They just never remain fluffy for more than one wash. The fact you generally have to wash a towel before you use it the first time anyway means we’ve never got to try towels at home when […]
Did you know that this year Aldi are celebrating their 25th birthday? I didn’t realise they had been around that long because, for me, they’ve only really come to my attention in about the last decade. Within that time they have gone from being somewhere I kind of wasn’t keen to try (no idea why, snobbery probably) to the shop I choose first when it comes to food and booze. This is purely and simply because of the quality. I […]
We love pasta and we love Bella Italia so it’s great news that they have just introduced, for a limited time only, their new #TeamPasta Wednesday! From now until further notice, every Wednesday is THE day to get to Bella Italia and enjoy not one but TWO of their great pasta dishes for just £10! Obviously you can share them and don’t HAVE to have them both yourself! Mind you… 80% of Bella Italia’s fans said they were on #TeamPasta, […]
I last took Jimmy to have his feet measured about 2 months ago and he was, as he had been for 12 months, still a size 5. Florence is just like him and their feet don’t grow for ages then have a little spurt meaning suddenly all the shoes don’t fit! At my Mum’s the other day, where we’ve been staying for Easter with just his trainers and wellies for him to wear, I noticed his toes were red and […]
In February we used the Sainsbury’s Panna Cotta kit to make A Valentine’s Day desert and we were very impressed with the results. Just add milk and cream to the £1.20 packet mix and then you’re left with a rather wowing ‘home-made’ desert. Cheat cooking at its best and most inexpensive! We had high hopes then for the Creme Brûlée kit (£1.20 also) from the same range and over Easter were very pleased to find they were not unfounded. […]
I, like everyone I’m sure, suffer with the holiday blues. When I worked with my friend Craig he used to wait for me to come in on my first morning back after a jolly, give me something to drink, walk me outside for a pep talk and then baby me for the whole day because he knew I was likely to burst into tears… I always think of my pal Craig on a first day back and today is no […]
A couple of weeks ago we were supposed to take part in a Princess Twitter party to celebrate some of the new jewellery from Icon Live and cake making products from Fiddes Payne to co-incide with the new Cinderella film. As it turned out some delivery issues meant we couldn’t join in on the actual party day but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been very much enjoying the products and using the cake making products Florence had super fun – who […]
For two years in a row I was a Haven Holidays ambassador for the blog which meant I was sent on two trips for the purpose of review. In 2013 we were sent to Rockley Park in Dorset and then last year we tried out their park in Hastings. We enjoyed the holidays so much that we actually went on two other Haven trips at our own expense to the resort closest to my Mum’s house in Norwich at Caister. […]
