Monthly Archives: October 2011

(sort of) snacking saturday

22nd October 2011

Please don’t shout at me for a very early Christmas themed post, but I am a planner and someone who likes to get ahead…especially as this is the first year I’ll be working the run up to Christmas and my time will have to be managed more carefully!

The wonderful folk over at dotcomgiftshop (who previously sent me some gorgeous vintage biscuit tins) sent me this biscuit tin from their seasonal range and I don’t know how best to fill it…

What I want are YOUR best festive baking recipes…cake, cookies…anything really…an old family recipe or something new and unusual. Work will be my valiant taste testers!

To make it more fun, the recipe I pick to fill the tin will win a little prize (I’ll pick the winner at the end of November)

Hit me with your best!

Want a tin of your own? It costs a very reasonable £6.95 from here…and you’ll probably pick up a few Christmas gifts too. Dotcomgiftshop is my first port of call when I want an unusual gift or something for my own home…I cannot rate this site highly enough!

Happy Saturday
xxx

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Total Greek Yoghurt e-book competition

21st October 2011

My favourite yoghurt producers (seriously, no matter how many I try I always go back) have today launched a fantastic competition supporting a very worthy cause, I’d love to see some of you food fiends getting involved…please let me know if you do!

TOTAL Greek Yoghurt today announced it is producing a healthy recipe e-book, with all proceeds donated to UK charity Action for Children.

Food enthusiasts are being encouraged to visit TOTAL Greek Yoghurt’s Facebook page to submit their recipes featuring the creamy product. The recipes chosen for inclusion in the e-book will be voted for by TOTAL’S Facebook community. The recipe with the most votes will earn its author an iPhone 4S and iPad 2 complete with smart cover. The runner up will receive an iPad2.

In addition, all participants voted into the recipe e-book will receive a free cool bag and a published name credit in the book.

The new digital cook book will be available to download on Amazon as a Kindle e-book from early 2012. The deadline for recipe submissions is Friday 20th January 2012.

All money raised by the e-book will be donated to the UK charity Action for Children which works tirelessly to support the UK’s most vulnerable and neglected young people. One of the signs of child neglect is hunger. The effects of hunger can be devastating, from daily pain and poor health to low educational achievement and bullying. Action for Children looks to combat this by early intervention.

The competition officially launches today.

Join in the TOTAL Greek Yoghurt conversation:
TOTAL Greek Yoghurt Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TotalGreekYoghurt
TOTAL Greek Yoghurt Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/TotalGreek
TOTAL Greek Yoghurt You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/TotalGreekYoghurt

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cold comfort

21st October 2011

Alternative title “the clothing version of pajamas”

Primark jumper dress and Betsey Johnson tights. Worn for my second day off sick. Back to work today, my outfit is un-inspired but warm…that’s the best I can hope for when I feel like I’m sleepwalking!

If you cast your eyes to the right, you’ll see I’ve teamed up with Stolen Thunder to offer a 10% discount when you use my affiliate code (meaning I earn commission) just click the banner to shop (and expect a wish list post soon)

On the wish list note, my stomach wants breakfast (and something more exciting than toast!)

Happy Friday folks, hard to believe we’re at the end of another week…and what a week it’s been..
xxx

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20/10

20th October 2011

I had anticipated a longer break from blogging, but then I hadn’t factored being off work sick for two days, literally (occupational hazard).

I would like to express gratitude from myself and my family for the kind words about Flash. They are deeply appreciated. It’s so very odd, not having our little buddy around and it’s going to take some getting used to not having him always two steps behind us wanting a cuddle or causing some kind of havoc.

This is a casual outfit from earlier in the week (Tuesday?). The jumper is from TK Maxx, the jeans were pinched off Mum, the scarf was a Sunday purchase from Yumi who are recently back on my radar, and the boots are Irregular Choice via Sarenza.

It’s been an odd week, one I think we’d all rather forget. Hopefully I’ll be back at work tomorrow and some sense of normality will resume. I do wish someone would tell the patients to stay at home when they have a highly contagious vomiting bug, but you know…win some lose some, I’ve managed to crack on with some Christmas shopping at least (anyone else started?)

xxx

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End of an Era

17th October 2011

Today we had to make the tough decision to have Flash put to sleep.

We had known it was coming for some time now, that the time he had left with us was borrowed. But it still hurts. A lot.

I’m going to take a few days away from the blog. It might seem silly to anyone who has never owned a pet but Flash was so much more than “just a cat”.
R.I.P. Flash
xxx

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