Forgetfulness and/or denial

I went shopping with Suzy today and we had a marvellously successful day, coming away with half the stock of H&M. In a funky shop called Apricot, where I found myself a long overdue new winter coat, I was perusing the clothes when a little boy appeared next to me. “Hello,” I said. He looked [...]

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7 Days Winter 2009 mosaic

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Pixiwoo made me do it

For a little while now I’ve been following the makeup tutorials from Pixiwoo on Youtube, also available at www.pixiwoo.com. Professional makeup artists Samantha Chapman and her sister Nicola share techniques and show how to achieve various looks. I’d love to have a makeover, have someone do my makeup and so I tend to fall into [...]

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Cupcakes

This is another recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. The brownies were great, but these chocolate and hazelnut cupcakes are marriage material. They’re also a doddle to make: even the fiddly bit turned out to not be fiddly. You will need: 100g plain flour 20g cocoa powder 140g caster sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking powder [...]

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Crowded monkeys

This is how the monkey nuts look this morning: as if they’d like to be repotted. But repotting involves going outside (which is something I managed to avoid completely between Boxing Day and Suzy’s birthday on 16th January) and getting cold and grubby. So you see why I didn’t repot them last weekend as planned. [...]

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