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I will start off by saying I was a complete snob when I tried this. I had seen Aldi’s Lacura range in store before and thought there was no way a supermarket brand would compare with my own beloved Avon Vitale day and night creams. Aldi, I am sorry. I was wrong! Recently the specialbuy […]

I once said to my mum that if I ever got excited by kitchen equipment then I was truly old. Well, here I am! Ancient! I absolutely adore my Vremi baking mats. Chris complains at the amount of baking paper and foil I get through. But seriously, non stick NEVER works! So these mats are […]

I haven’t read a romantic novel in a while. I think this is because once I got my own love life sorted I lost interest in other people’s! I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed the opening chapter. It got me straight into the plot and empathising with the lead characters. I loved […]

It is only October but the topic for today is a review of the year so I will have a look back at the past 10 months with a few choice highlights (or low lights!). JANUARY: Anya’s preschool bear FEBRUARY: a romantic date at our favourite restaurant for Valentine’s Day MARCH: pitta bread pizzas for […]

Matthew’s school was lucky enough to be visited by award winning author Ali Sparkes who gave the children an inspirational talk that had Matthew completely enthused about writing. After school we went along to the book signing, and wow, I think every child in the school went along to buy copies of Ali’s books and […]