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Did you know that gin used to be served with ginger cake? Well I can assure you it did, and if you haven’t tried it then you really are missing a trick. It is the perfect combination for a warm evening warmer. To encourage you to try them both I thought I would share a recipe for a warm gin toddy, and a great tasting ginger cake. First of all
Take a printer on a night out. Are you mad?! Nope. Have you seen the HP Sprocket? It is tiny. It literally fits in your hand, and therefore your handbag, making it the perfect accessory for any night out. I first saw them last year but as is typical with me, by the time I saw them on line, they had sold out and I was kicking myself that over
Black Friday It is that time again, Black Friday is almost upon us. The day after Thanksgiving in the US, where the nation, in a turkey induced coma has the energy to do nothing other than begin their Christmas shopping. It is also known as World TV Day, though I am not sure if that is because alot of the US take the opportunity to spend all day watching it,
When you think of Ascot, and racing, what do you think about? June? Sun shining? What colour will Her Majesty’s hat be today? All valid questions, but do you ever consider that there is more to Ascot than just the one “Royal Ascot Week”. We are lucky enough to live just a few miles away from the race course so know that racing goes on throughout the year and
It is rare these days that I get so incensed that I stop what I am doing and start bashing out a blog post. Ferociously bashing away at the keys, raging inside so much that the words spill out onto the screen and I hit publish the instant it is finished. But here we are again Giles Coren. Here we are again. I was pissed at you a
9 reasons to ditch your car Having a car is a luxury that many people around the world enjoy, especially in this day and age. However, do you ever find yourself wondering if having a car is worth all of the hassle? Yes it might be nice being able to drive anywhere you want, but do the pros outweigh the cons? Here’s 9 reasons to ditch your car. Insurance and
I tried a bit of an experiment this weekend, Saturday baking- we were taking pud to a friends’ house and I decided to bake a cake to take round, rather than buying something. Which is brave as my kitchen disasters are pretty regular and by doing this I was leaving myself no time to then go out and buy a replacement. I also thought I thought I’d get the recipe
A few weeks ago I was car shopping. First online, and then visiting showrooms with a view to test driving before making a final decision. The only criteria I had were that it had to be fun, and, in what might have been some kind of mid life crisis, it had to be a convertible. Oh and an automatic, but I will come back to that point later. The
Xero I started my business, making the leap from being just self employed to running a company, a couple of years ago. It made sense to do that and made me feel like a grown up suddenly being able to write “company director” when asked about my job title. No longer would I have to mumble something about what I used to do, or that I was a mum “does
Wake me up when September ends Ring out the bells again Like we did when spring began Wake me up when September ends The lyrics to “When September Ends”, the song by Green Day don’t really fit my situation but I always feel that the end of September is significant for me. I don’t acknowledge New Year too much, there is so much hype around it with all the “new
I am steaming. See that picture above? That steam just came out of my actual ears. 24 hours ago I was on holiday but here I am, a day later and any feelings of being relaxed have been destroyed. Replaced with anger at your systems and my now almost daily dealings with your company. I haven’t blogged in ages as I haven’t really had the time, but this afternoon I
That’s basically what this thread amounts to. And to be honest, I am sick of it. Sick of people having a dig at other people who are going about their lives, living it how they feel works for them, asking nothing of anybody else, only to find themselves being bashed and bullied by strangers on line. This thread on Mumsnet now has over 1000 replies and to be