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ʜᴇʏ ɢᴜʏꜱ! 👐🏻

ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴍᴇ, ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ! ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴏᴋɪᴇ!?!

ʙᴀᴋᴇ ᴏꜰꜰ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ʜᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴛ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.

ꜱᴏ, ʟᴇᴛ’ꜱ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʏᴜᴍᴍʏ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘᴇ.

It is from BBC Good Food (Check it out here

𝕀𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤

• 𝟙𝟘𝟘𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 • 𝟜𝟘𝕘 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕒𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 • 𝟜𝟘𝕘 𝕘𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 • 𝟙𝟙𝟝𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕣 • 𝟙𝟘𝟘𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖, 𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕤 • 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕫𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕙, 𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 •

𝕄𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕕

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟙: ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝟙𝟡𝟘ℂ/𝕗𝕒𝕟 𝟙𝟟𝟘ℂ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟚: ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕪.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟛: 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟜: ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕤, 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝟙𝟘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 (𝕕𝕠 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟).

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟝: 𝔹𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝟙𝟘-𝟙𝟝 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟞: 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 (𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥!) 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.

ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏʟʟᴏᴘ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴄʜᴜɴᴋꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴏᴄᴏʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴄʜᴏᴄ ᴛᴀꜱᴛᴇ.

ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʏᴜᴍᴍʏ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ɪꜰ ᴍʏ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ꜰʟᴀᴠᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍʙᴏꜱ! & ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘᴇ ɪꜱ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ Qᴜɪᴄᴋ!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Biscoff Cheesecake 🍰

Hҽყ ɠυყʂ 👋🏻

I’m here with another recipe and this one is a good’un!

Super easy, super quick & SO delicious.

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𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕖:

300ɢ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ʙɪꜱᴄᴜɪᴛꜱ

150ɢ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ

𝔽𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘:

500ɢ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴄʜᴇᴇꜱᴇ

100ɢ ɪᴄɪɴɢ ꜱᴜɢᴀʀ

250ɢ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ

300ᴍʟ ᴅᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ

𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟:

75ɢ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ

ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ʙɪꜱᴄᴜɪᴛꜱ

ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕖:

1. ᴄʀᴜꜱʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ 300ɢ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ʙɪꜱᴄᴜɪᴛꜱ.

2. ᴍᴇʟᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪx ɪɴᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʀᴜꜱʜᴇᴅ ʙɪꜱᴄᴜɪᴛꜱ.

3. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪꜱᴄᴜɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴏᴀᴛᴇᴅ (ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴏ ᴅᴀʀᴋᴇʀ) ᴘᴜꜱʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛᴛᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴘʀɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴛɪɴ ᴇᴠᴇɴʟʏ.

4. ᴘᴏᴘ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʀɪᴅɢᴇ ꜰᴏʀ 30 ᴍɪɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴛ.

5. ᴘᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴄʜᴇᴇꜱᴇ, ɪᴄɪɴɢ ꜱᴜɢᴀʀ, ᴅᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ʙᴏᴡʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪx ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ.

6. ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴀꜱᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʀɪᴅɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱᴇ.

7. ꜱᴍᴏᴏᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴄʜᴇᴇꜱᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴʟʏ.

8. ᴍᴇʟᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 75ɢ ᴏꜰ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀɪᴢᴢʟᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ.

9. ᴅᴇᴄᴏʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙɪꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰ ʙɪꜱᴄᴜɪᴛꜱ.

10. ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ 👍🏻

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2019 Day Twenty Five: Christmas Eve pt 2 🎄

Let me just start by saying Merry Christmas! I hope you all have the best christmas day with your loved ones. Eat, drink, be merry and care free.

Christmas eve pt 2

The evening

Here is the second half of our Christmas Eve adventures.

Our tradition, and one of my absolute favourites, is our Christmas lights tour of our home town.

We have usual hot spots that we visit each year but I also like to keep an eye out, in the few weeks leading up to Christmas, for any other lights that would be good to drive by.

My twin sister Sarah usually comes but she wasnt able to this time as she was working so my husband drove us, mum, and my two nephews around.

Once we had seen our share of lights we headed back to the boys house and gave them their Christmas eve boxes.

Once they had munched on some chocolate, it was time for Christmas PJs, setting up for Santa C and a festive bedtime story.

I got my two nephews and niece matching Christmas pjs, the same print but the boys were blue and Evie’s were pink.

They were lovely, and only £7 each from Asda.

I got them all a size up so they can have them for next year too.

All ready for Santa! 💙🎅🏻

Once the boys had listened to ‘The Night Before Christmas’ story and gone to sleep we settled down to have our Nachos and watch some Christmas tv.

We watched ‘Father Christmas’ and the Christmas Eve episode of Eastenders ready for tomorrow.

It was nice to chill after a fun but busy day!

& of course when I got home I had to get ready for Santa myself…

That’s it for another year of Blogmas, it goes by quicker every year!!

25 days, 25 festive posts, Done.

🎁🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 Day Twenty Four: Christmas Eve pt 1 ☃️

This is where Christmas really starts. I definatly count this as one of the big ‘Christmas days’ inc Christmas day ans boxing day and any subsequent family Christmas days after these few days.

The day started off by having a Christmas Eve brunch with my sister and my niece Evie-Mae.

After brunch we had a look through Evies Christmas eve box…

(Blogmas 2019 Day 19: Christmas Eve Boxes )

Inside Evies box was a ‘Make your own Christmas Wreath’ kit.


Evie even created her own ‘Christmas Rhino’ to go on her wreath (you had to be there!)

It was good fun 😊

After all that craft we needed a treat… we tucked into some chocolate coins whilst watching Christmas Hey Duggee.

Yum yum, don’t tell Mummy!

Later on we made some cookies for Santa!

I think Santa is really going to enjoy them.

A lovely fun, festive start to Christmas Eve with my favourite little girly 💜

Now I have some baking and food prep to get started!

& its Christmas eve part 2 with my nephews.

I hope you are enjoying your Christmas eve! Don’t stress.

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Halloween Bat cupcakes 🦇

I hope you enjoyed Halloween on Thursday 🎃

What did you do?

If, like us, you are celebrating Halloween this weekend then this little recipe will be right up your street.

These bat cupcakes are super cute, chocolatey and my ultimate favourite flavour combo, chocolate orange.

They are perfect for the spooky season, a Halloween party, to make with the kids or to just to help you indulge with a cuppa this weekend.

So, enjoy!

What you’ll need…

  • A chocolate cupcake packet mix (12 cupcakes)
  • 1 egg
  • 1.5 tbsp oil
  • Water
  • Chocolate buttercream icing
  • Orange extract
  • Jaffa cakes
  • Jaffa cake nibbles
  • White choc drops (for eyes)
  • Icing tubes (to draw on the fangs)

What you’ll need to do…

  • Make the packet mix as instructed
  • This usually entails adding your egg, oil and water to the packet mix and stirring.
  • Separate into your cupcake cases evenly.
  • Cook in the oven (See individual packets for times/temps.
  • Whilst the cupcakes are cooking, mix some orange extract into your chocolate buttercream.
  • Leave your cakes to cool before decorating.

Decorating…

  • 12 Jaffa cakes
  • A pack of Jaffa nibbles
  • Chocolate orange Buttercream
  • Icing
  • White choc drops

  • Top each cupcake with a generous helping of chocolate orange buttercream.
  • Cut each Jaffa cake in two, to create wing shapes.
  • Pop the wings either side in the icing.
  • Pop two nibbles in between the wings for the eyes.
  • To add detail to the eyes, use a little leftover buttercream to stick a white chocolate drop onto the nibbles.

Eat & enjoy!

I hope you like this little recipe idea, they taste heavenly or should I say devilishly good 👹

🎃🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃🎃

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🔟 years!🎉

So, last weekend me and my Uni friends met up, but this time it wasn’t any old meet up, it was our 10 year friendaversary meet up!

Let’s take it back to the start

…

In 2009 I did my first year of university at the University of East London (UEL).

Whilst studying for my degree in Early Chiodhood studies (ECS) at the Stratford Campus I was introduced, at the beginning of a morning lecture, to Kirsty & Tarana and as they say, the rest is history!

And we’ve been friends ever since!

I only studied at UEL for a year before returning to my hometown to complete my studies, but we always stayed in contact and have met up at least every few of months, in London.

So, that’s the background, let’s see how we celebrate 10 years of friendship.

As I said, I went down to London last weekend to meet the girls and we had a fun day planned.

Meeting at Stratford, we headed to Leciester Square for lunch.

We always had a tradition of getting the pizza hut buffet after some of our lectures during the Uni year and so we thought this was the perfect tradition to start the day with.

It was really good!!

I havn’t had the buffet in ages 🍕

Once we had eaten and had a catch up we headed to the main event, Matilda The Musical!!!

We wanted to do something we had done together before, as it’s a special occasion, and we all love musicals so we chose this one as it’s a brilliant story (A children’s one, very apt for ECS graduates) and none of us have seen it before either.

The musical is AMAZING!! The actors were fantastic, really talented and very funny. How those children get up on that stage and perform like that is beyond me but it is aweosme to watch.

The music ans songs by Tim Minchin are brilliant too. You’ll be singing them for days, trust me!

If you are a fan of the book or the classic film (as I am) then I would 100% recommend this to you!! It won’t disappoint.

It was getting late once we had made it out of the theatre so we said our goodbyes and headed home.

It was a really fun day out and a great way to celebrate two of the loveliest people I know.

Even though I only went to UEL for a year I will always be glad that I did. It was a great experience in halls and I met some lovely people, including these two, so I will always be grateful for that.

I hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of the Summer holidays!

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Our Easter bakes 🍫

Here are the results of our Easter baking…

‘No bake’ Easter slices

Rice crispie cakes

Check out the full blog post here & my Easter activities too –> here.

🐣🐣 I hope you are enjoying your Easter Sunday funday! & this beautiful sunshine in the UK ☀️☀️

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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DIY Easter baskets for kids 🐣🍫

Last year, as my nephews were a bit older, I decided to make them Easter baskets as a little treat, for Easter Sunday.

This year my niece is a bit older too and will be able to appreciate one as well as the boys, so I have decided to do them again.

I’ve been to a few different shops in order to get the little bits and bob’s for the baskets. I’ll list everything that I bought & the prices (if I can remember haha)

I like to make them personal to each child and get a mixture of chocolate and crafty/fun bits to make them more exciting and fun!

You will see from the pictures that I have popped some ‘non Easter’ food items into my nieces basket. She isn’t a massive chocolate fan (I don’t get it either!!) So I have got her a selection pack of some of her favourite oaty Goodies Bars.

This is a great way to make a basket for a much younger child, especially under 2’s who probably won’t have/need loads of chocolate.

Buckets, Asda £1.50

Luckily for me there were three different colours!

The top two baskets are for my nephews who are aged (almost) 3 & 4.

The bottom basket is for my niece who is (almost) 2.

Cadbury Boxless eggs (with buttons inside)

Plain Cadbury boxless egg, Tesco £1

Cadbury Disney egg heads, Tesco £1

Chick marshmallows, Asda large pack £3

They also did white bunny marshmallows too, for the same price.

Milk chocolate bunnies, Tesco 2 for £1.50

Milk chocolate lollies, Tesco 2 for £1.50

Chick gingerbread kits, Tesco from £1

I also picked up these little gingerbread chick kits.

If you had a bigger basket, hamper or if you just want another little activity to do with the kids then these are really fun and super easy to do. You get some tubes of icing and little packs of hundreds and thousands to decorate your chicks, in the pack and I can guarantee the kids will love them.

The non chocolate/edible items.

Easter activity books, Tesco £1

These have got stickers, colouring & arts and crafts activities inside them so they are great for adding a bit of Easter craft fun to the weekend and will certainly keep them occupied.

Large Easter bubble wands, Tesco £1 (or £1.50, I cant quite remember!)

Easter T-Shirt, Tesco F&F £6

They had a great selection of Easter themed clothing bits in Tesco, for both boys & girls and they were very cute!

Again, this is a great option for a younger child who may not be able to enjoy the arts & craft bits of the other baskets.

Some other shops that do great Easter bits include:

•B & M

•Poundland

•TK Maxx

• Other major supermarkets such as Aldi.

It’s so easy to create these super cute little Easter baskets, full of treats, without spending a fortune! & they are a fun way to create a Easter gift for the kids.

Let me know if you have a go and what bargains you managed to find!

Happy Easter 🐣

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Half term diaries pt 1

Hi guys!

I thought I would document my half term, here on my blog. After all, I started this blog to capture memories, and so I thought that since I have a few things planned this week, this would be a nice way to document them.

Friday 15th February 2019

Half term is here!!

And what better way to roll in the half term than a delicious meal with a friend.

Me & my friend Steph met up for a long over due catch up at Wagamamas.

I tried a few things that I hadn’t had before and it was super delicious.

Then we rounded the evening off with a trip to Creams, a nearby dessert restaurant.

They do amazing crepes 😍

Saturday 16th February 2019

Me & my hubby Tim spent the day relaxing at a local spa ‘Aqua Springs’. This was our Valentine’s treat and a great opportunity to relax and spend some time together.

We rounded off the day with a couple of games of Cluedo with my mum and dad.

I’ve been wanting to play for ages but it’s not so good with just 2 players so we’ve had to wait.

I love their original Cluedo board!!

Unfortunately, I was the only one who didn’t win a game 👎🏻

Sunday 17th February 2019

Today, me & Tim visited my uni friend Kirsty and her little ones in London.

It was lovely to have a much needed catch up and Tim got to meet the newest edition to the gang, little Bella.

We had a great time chatting, playing some silly games and eating pizza.

Monday 18th February 2019

Today me and my friends Steph met up again, but this time in the day time so that I could see her boys too.

We had a lovely time at the soft play centre, a bit of lunch and then back to hers for a cuppa and a chat.

In the evening we went round to my mother in laws to see her and give her, her birthday present.

Another nice cuppa and a catch up to round off the day.

Tuesday 19th February 2019

Today me and my older sister Charlotte, and my niece Evie, went for Afternoon tea.

We successfully resisted any treats in the staff Room for the whole of the half term, and this was our reward.

We havn’t been here for Afternoon tea before but it didn’t disappoint!

There were four different finger sandwiches each (Chicken, Tuna, Cheese & Ham)

And a lovely warm sausage roll 😍

There was also a scone with cream and jam and a assortment of cakes, very nice!

Once we had finished we got the bus back into town, visited Elmer and then went back to Charlottes for a play.

My favourite girly 💜

What have you been up to this half term?

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day 21: Our Festive Snack table 🎄😁🍴

As I have said previously, the festive food goodies are one of my favourite bits of Christmas.

It’s great to enjoy some yummy treats, surrounded by friends and family.

There are a few treats that we get every year and this year we (mainly me haha) have taken that a bit further and have been creating a ‘Festive snack table’.

Everytime we’ve gone to a supermarket or seen a tasty, tempting snack we’ve picked it up for the table and it’s starting to look rather good.

This is great for cosy evenings and if any guests come over during the festive period.

Here’s what we have included on our snack table…

Chocolates

Festive chocs are a must! Especially for a chocoholic like me!!

A Christmas classic is the matchmaker style chocolates. I picked these up in Aldi in both the chocolate orange and mint flavours.

I also got a selection of truffles.

We have the new Malteaser truffles that are amazing and, my husband’s favourite, the Lindt Lindor truffles. I picked those up in the original milk chocolate flavour and the new Mint flavour, they look so festive 🎄

You have to have a tub of chocolates at Christmas time, it’s a must. Whether your favourite is Heroes, Celebrations or Quality Street these just feel so Christmassy.

My favourites are Heroes (Cadburys ftw!) Where as my husband’s is Celebrations.

Biscuits

Shortbread is my absolute favourite biscuit and a Christmas must have. I love those festive tins too. I have my favourites, the Tesco tin, and I’m also trying out the Aldi shortbread too.

Mince Pies

I’ve really been enjoying mince pies this year and I’ve been testing as many different ones as I can (It’s a tough job but someones gotta do it!!)

Co-op have come out on top so far but I’ve also been trying the Tesco, Aldi and M&S ones, just to be sure! Haha.

Specialty items

I discovered my love of Panattone last year when I was gifted one, so this year I purchased one of Aldi’s Pandoro, I can’t wait to try it.

Savoury Snacks

Our savoury snack choices this year were of course Pringles and Aldi’s version, stackers as well as Twiglets and Mini cheddars.

Other

These cute Robin treats were part of Aldi’s Christmas range and we couldn’t resist. On the right is a hollow chocolate robin character and on the left is a chocolate orange celebration cake.

I hope I can bring myself to cut into them, they are pretty cute!!

So, that’s our snack table! What’s your favourite festive snack?

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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