Bread week, not my favourite of the challenges faced on The Great British Bake Off, but one I haven’t yet completely flunked. This week I was really chuffed that someone other that Steven got star baker, though I did see a great meme comparing the infamous bread lion vs Julia’s umm, interestingly shaped snail… Until […]
How to buy a house: Mortgage and Deposit
This is the second post in the “How to buy a house” series, with the first post about Finding the right property. Today I go into what I hope is a helpful level of detail for anyone looking to buy a house that requires a mortgage. Before we start, I am certainly not a mortgage advisor, and […]
The Bake Off Bake Along || Biscuit Week – Fortune Cookies
Here we are for week two of the bake off bake along where, during the show I thought it would be fun to try fortune cookies. The contestants made it look so tricky, surely it wouldn’t be that bad, right? Well no, there’s a reason no one ever has made their own fortune cookies, not […]
The Bake Off Bake Along || Week 1 – Pineapple Illusion Cake
HOORAY! Today, I’m very pleased to announce, the Bake Off Bake Along is BACK! I know it’s a controversial year, what with the channel 4 transfer and the lack of Mary, Mel and Sue, but ultimeately I willadmit, I still love the baking, and Bake Off is worth watching, even with adverts… Did you catch […]
Lovely Things || August 2017
Hello! Unlike last month where I ended up pretty ridiculously behind, this month has been better! Look at me, getting this done on the 1st September. In fact, 1st September 2017 was the exact date as mentioned in the chapter “19 Years Later” – one for you HP fans out there. So a momentous day […]
Book Review || The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
England, the summer of 1976 and the heat is blazing and Mrs Creasy is missing. The avenue is alive with whispers, as the heat mingles with the swirling dust of rumours and long-buried secrets, bringing old resentments to the surface. For ten-year-old Grace and her best friend Tilly the mystery is a welcome distraction from […]
Recipe || White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Cardamon Rose Syrup
I nearly didn’t post this panna cotta recipe. Mostly as I’m an idiot and drizzled the cardamon rose syrup over the top whilst it was still warm, melting the pudding as I went! However, it tasted completely delicious, and it was far too indulgent to allow myself to make it again straight away afterwards, so […]
Growing up in the 90’s
Is it just me that looks at kids now and thinks about how damn fashionable they all are? Growing up in the 90’s we felt the absolute height of fashion in our Spice Girls t-shirts and leopard print velvet leggings (yes, I was all about that life), soon taken over by parachute trousers, tattoo chokers […]
Lovely Things || July 2017
Happy August…finally…I’m only three weeks late with this post, but better late than never ehh?! At the end of last month I vowed to make July less hectic than June. I had a brilliant time, but was feeling pretty washed out and in need of some time at home, in the garden and enjoying the sunshine. […]
A Holiday Spent Smashing Up the House
We aren’t going on holiday this year. I may not even get on a plane during 2017. Whilst the lack of travel and missing out on basking in the sun, sipping on cocktails and looking out across a vast blue ocean does make me sad, we had a really great week off last week at […]