Now this is not a sponsored post from Tesco or anything lol.. I just found some really good bargains there last night so I thought I would share them with you! The first thing I saw when I went in the door was the special offer on Pringles "Buy 1, Get 2 Free"! Wow - that is good value. Pay £1.99 and get 3 tubes of Pringles! Next, I was browsing the magazines. I have a slight magazine addiction for those who don't know! I don't buy all that many but I just love to gaze at them in all … [Read more...]
Pawpawrazzi Thursday – Jinx
October 28, 2010 by 13 Comments
It's Pawpawrazzi Thursday - which means I have to post a one of my favourite animal pics and link back to the Pawpawrazzi blog HERE! Join us, and link up a picture of your animal!! So here is a funny pic of my gorgeous cat Jinx. He is an all black cat so I thought it was fitting seeing as it is Halloween this weekend (oooooh!). He is having a big massive stretch & yawn in this picture! Jinx is a big softie and I love him to bits! … [Read more...]
Summer Clothes Shopping in October?
October 25, 2010 by 7 Comments
Yes, that's right - October! When all the shops have their winter stock in full swing lol.. Trust us to leave things to the last minute! Gary & I are going to Egypt in a couple of weeks. We booked it ages ago and conveniently forgot about it. Even when the summer sales were on we never really realised that we should be out looking for summer clothes. I guess we were too occupied with a certain little puppy and work and stuff. I'm not too bad, as I have quite a lot of summery clothes from … [Read more...]
Bake It! Club – Sticky Ginger Cake
October 24, 2010 by 5 Comments
October's recipe for the Bake It! Club hosted over at Cooking, Cakes & Children was Sticky Ginger Cake. Yum yum! I had printed off a recipe for ginger cake ages ago and never tried it so I was excited about making this one for the first time! I had a bit of trouble measuring out the treacle and golden syrup until I remembered my mum's tip of running the spoon under hot water first. Yay - it worked, the treacle just ran off the spoon :) I made this recipe the day before my dad brought … [Read more...]
Chester @ Formby Beach
October 21, 2010 by 12 Comments
It has taken me ages to get these pics up. We went to Formby beach in Liverpool about a month ago when it was a lovely sunny, fresh day. This was Chester's second trip to the beach, the first time he got very scared by the water when a wave hit him, so we wanted to get him used to the sea a bit more. Formby beach is lovely, though it cost us £4.50 ish to park the car. And we were going to get an ice cream after our walk, but they were £2.20 each....!! Rip-off. I would rather wait and get a … [Read more...]
Homemade Tomato Soup
October 19, 2010 by 6 Comments
Kate over at her blog: The Five F's has started a soup meme where we all share our lovely homemade soup recipes. Such a great idea coming into the cold weather - a nice bowl of hot soup is always very welcome! I love making homemade soups. I recently posted a recipe for Spicy Parsnip Soup that I make, but I am using a different one for this meme. I had always wanted to make my own tomato soup, so that's what I did! Ingredients: (enough for 2 large bowls) 720g chopped fresh … [Read more...]
Vegetarians Don’t Eat Chicken!
October 17, 2010 by 16 Comments
As many of you know, I have been a vegetarian since I was about 6 years old (22 years ago!). Imagine my surprise when I bit into my Spicy Veggie Deli Burger from McDonalds and discovered that it was chicken. Not a good surprise. And no, it didn't convert me back to eating meat, it made me feel horrendously sick :( Even worse, this is the second time this has happened. Our local McDonalds must have a real problem telling the difference between the chicken burger and the veggie one. It has … [Read more...]
Snickers & Peanut Butter Muffins
October 15, 2010 by 12 Comments
Ooooh I haven't done a baking post in a while, so here are some lovely muffins to brighten up your Friday! I saw the recipe in Nigella's "How To Be a Domestic Goddess" book and I knew I had to make them! You should definitely try them, you won't be disappointed. You will need: 250g plain flour 85g golden caster sugar 1 and a half tablespoons baking powder pinch of salt 160g crunchy peanut butter 60g unsalted butter, melted 1 large egg, beaten 175ml milk 3 x 65g … [Read more...]
The Gallery – Favourite Photo
October 13, 2010 by 30 Comments
It is Week 31 of The Gallery and our prompt is "Favourite Photo". Yikes. I was going to skip this week as I couldn't think of a photo that I could post. And then I remembered this one (which I had some trouble getting off my old camera!): Yes, it's of me, but that's not why it is my favourite photo! It was taken on November 11th 2008 on the boat from Belfast to Liverpool. This was the day that Gary and I (and the 3 cats) moved to England. I was excited, nervous and sad about leaving my … [Read more...]
New Hair, New Me?
October 12, 2010 by 19 Comments
It has been well documented that I have a slight hairdresser phobia. I hadn't had my hair cut for at least a year - partly because I was suffering quite badly with depression and I didn't see the point of doing anything with my hair other than tying it back, and partly because of my fear of hairdressers. I'm not sure how or when the fear started. I think it got worse as my anxiety got worse (understandably) and I just couldn't face walking into such a social situation. I also think it's partly … [Read more...]
