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Weekend Fun ☀️

𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂 18𝓽𝓱 – 𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓭𝓪𝔂 19𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮.

𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪 𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓷 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂.

𝓦𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓪𝔀𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓯𝓵𝓪𝓽. 𝓘𝓽𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓶𝓪𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓮𝓮…

𝓐𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓮 𝓲𝓷, 𝔀𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓪𝓭, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓴𝓴𝔂.

𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝔂. 𝓦𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓪𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱, 𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝓫𝓸𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓰𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼.

𝓦𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓼 𝓓𝓪𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓻 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓫𝓮𝓭 𝓪 𝓬𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱.

𝓦𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓷 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱. 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓭𝔂 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓱 𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓾𝓷 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓶𝓪𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰!

𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓫𝓲𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝔁𝓲𝓷𝓰.

𝓐 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂, 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓶, 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝔁𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮

𝓞𝓷 𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝔀𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪 𝓼𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓮𝓪, 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓜𝓾𝓶’𝓼 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂.

𝓦𝓮 𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓜𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓓𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓫𝓾𝓽, 𝓸𝓫𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓵𝔂 𝓒𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓪 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓼, 𝓼𝓸 𝔀𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓜𝓾𝓶𝓼 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂.

𝓘 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓴𝓮. 𝓘 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓪 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓢𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮 & 𝓪 𝓒𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓮 𝓒𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝔂 𝓑𝓪𝓴𝓮.

𝓨𝓾𝓶𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓭𝔀𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼, 𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 & 𝓳𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓴𝓮! 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓪 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓾𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮, 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽.

How did you spend your weekend?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Ｂａｎａｎａ Ｂｒｅａｄ 🍌

Hey Guys 👋🏻

I did a spot of baking this weekend after a busy week at work. I find it quite relaxing (as long as the recipe is simple!)

I made a Banoffee pie for a family BBQ (Link to my blog post recipe here ) & a banana bread cake. This one is for my mum. I had plenty of left over, very ripe bananas!

Let’s take a look at the recipe…

(The recipe I followed)

Mҽƚԋσԃ

1. ʜᴇᴀᴛ ᴏᴠᴇɴ ᴛᴏ 180ᴄ/160ᴄ ꜰᴀɴ/ɢᴀꜱ 4.

2. ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀ 2ʟʙ ĘŸá´á´€ęœ° ᴛɪɴ á´€É´á´… ʟɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴘᴀʀᴄʜᴍᴇɴᴛ.

3. ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ 140ɢ ꜱᴏꜰᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ 140ɢ ᴄᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴜɢᴀʀ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʟᴜꜰꜰʏ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴀᴅᴅ 2 ʙᴇᴀᴛᴇɴ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴇɢɢꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 140ɢ ꜰʟᴏᴜʀ.

4. ꜰᴏʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ꜰʟᴏᴜʀ, 1 ᴛꜱᴘ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴘᴏᴡᴅᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ 2 ᴍᴀꜱʜᴇᴅ ʙᴀɴᴀɴᴀꜱ.

5. I ꜱʟɪᴄᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴀɴᴀɴᴀ ʟᴇɴɢᴛʜᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴄᴏʀᴀᴛᴇ.

6. ᴘᴏᴜʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴛɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀᴋᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 50 á´ÉŞÉ´ęœą, ᴏʀ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴄᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ. ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴀꜰ ᴀᴛ 5-ᴍɪɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴀʟꜱ ʙʏ ᴛᴇꜱᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ꜱᴋᴇᴡᴇʀ (ɪᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴꜱᴇʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴʟʏ), ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ᴠᴀʀʏ ᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴘᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏᴀꜰ ᴛɪɴ.

7. ᴍɪx 50ɢ ɪᴄɪɴɢ ꜱᴜɢᴀʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ 2-3 ᴛꜱᴘ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʀᴜɴɴʏ ɪᴄɪɴɢ.

8. Cᴏᴏʟ ÉŞÉ´ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪɴ ꜰᴏʀ 10 ᴍɪɴꜱ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀ á´ĄÉŞĘ€á´‡ ʀᴀᴄᴋ.

9. ᴅʀɪᴢᴢʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴄɪɴɢ á´€á´„Ę€á´ęœąęœą ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴋᴇ.

Eɳʝσყ!

(Credit: BBC Good Food Recipe, Link above)

Let me know if you have a go at this recipe!

What’s your favourite thing to bake?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Ｂａｎｏｆｆｅｅ Ｐｉｅ🍌

Hi guys 👋🏻

I hope this finds you well.

I was going to post a Biscoff baking recipe recently but I wasn’t 100% happy with it (it just means I’ll have to make it again 🤪)

So, instead I thought I would share my fail proof Banoffee recipe because it is A-mazing!

Also, it’s super easy, and always a cried pleaser (if you have to share it)

Ｉｎｇｒｅｄｉｅｎｔｓ

¹ ᵖᵃᶜᵏ ᵒᶠ ᵖˡᵃⁱⁿ ᵈⁱᵍᵉˢᵗⁱᵛᵉˢ

ˣ² ᵗⁱⁿˢ ᵒᶠ ᶜᵃʳᵃᵐᵉˡ

ˣ⁴ ᵇᵃⁿᵃⁿᵃˢ

ᴮᵘᵗᵗᵉʳ

⁵⁰⁰ᵐˡ ᴰᵒᵘᵇˡᵉ ᶜʳᵉᵃᵐ

ᴹⁱˡᵏ ᶜʰᵒᶜᵒˡᵃᵗᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵈᵉᶜᵒʳᵃᵗᵉ

𝟏. 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫)

𝟐. 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬

𝟑. 𝐌𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤.

𝟒. 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬.

𝟓. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦.

𝟔. 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥.

𝟕. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫.

𝟖. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦.

𝟗. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞.

𝟏𝟎. 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲!

Such a delicious, creamy, sweet dessert.

The perfect combo of ingredients.

I made this one for my husband as he prefers this to a Birthday Cake 🎂

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Staying in a Hobbit hole!

So, last weekend me, my husband Tim, Bestie Roxy & her partner Mike went on an adventure.

We are all fans of LOTR (Lord of the rings) and The Hobbit and when Roxy told me about the Hobbit hole to stay in we knew we had to book it up for the boys.

It was a surprise for them, they had no idea where we were going and what we were doing. So exciting.

We stayed at ‘West Stow Pods’ in their Hobbit Hole. This is in Stowmarket.

We stayed over from Fri-Sun, a perfect weekend stay (although we all agreed we could have happily stayed for longer!!)

It was SO cool, we just kept turning to each other and saying ‘We’re staying in a Hobbit hole!!’ with big smiles on our faces.

The boys both loved it and just kept saying how cool it was (mission accomplished)

It looked so authentic inside and out with the iconic round door, sloping, curved walls, wooden interior, fireplace and so on. The furniture was all wooden too and there were even a few props and stuff which were fun 🤣

There were all the films if you wanted to watch them, all the books and even some board games too.

We did a high ropes activity nearby, whilst we were there, which was good fun.

It had everything you needed for your stay. All we needed to do was shop for a feast, a feast fit for a Hobbit.

It was in its only little area of the forest and had it’s only fenced front garden (which we ate our lunch in, on the Saturday, when the sun came out, bliss) so although you knew there were other pods nearby you could totally emerse yourself in the experience and get lost in the magic of this quaint and unique place.

I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for somewhere a bit different to stay for a weekend and for any LOTR and/or Hobbit fans, it’s a must.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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A long weekend of sunshine đŸŒž

What a lovely bank holiday weekend we’ve just had here in the East of England. Weather like this doesn’t happen that often and as soon as it does boy do we know… out come the flip flops, shorts & Instagramed blue sky pictures! But isn’t it great!! & perfect coupled with a extra long weekend.

Here is how I spent the Bank holiday weekend, in the sun.

Saturday 5th

A sunny (& V.hot) Parkrun in the park.

A stroll to the local park and a go on the swings, followed by a drink in a cafe along the waterfront.

Sunday 6th

Watching the football, in the sunshine, followed by a lovely sunny picnic with my husband Tim, sister Sarah & nephew’s Noah & Casey. We had some yummy food, relaxed in the sun, played and stopped for a Starbucks.

Monday 7th

Lunch in the sunshine at one of our favourite local eateries. Pretending we are in Italy.

A drink in a cafe on the waterfront with Tim, my mum and dad. Outside in the sunshine, soaking up the last of the sun and enjoying the extra day off work!

I hope you were able to get out in the sun & make the most of that extra vitamin D 🌞

What did you guys get up to at the weekend?

Any plans for the next May bank holiday?

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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A weekend away with family đŸŒ¸

This weekend me and Tim went to stay with my Auntie & Cousin in Norwich. We had planned this trip for a little while but the snow had scuppered our plans earlier on in March!

With the weather clear and our bags packed we headed off on Friday after work. We made it in good time (although a slow moving tractor on the way almost trapped us for a bit, good old East Anglia)

We were greeted with a delicious tea of pizzas which we all enjoyed, whilst catching up.

We also got cuddles with my Aunties new baby guinea pigs Digby and Tufty. They are brothers and are super cute! (Below is Digby!)

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On Saturday Morning (being the keen parkrunners that we are) me and Tim got up and went in search of Brundalls Parkrun, our first outing as Parkrun tourists. We actually found it quite easily and it was really cool doing a different course. Plus being good and still going out for a run whilst away meant we could be more indulgent when necessary over the weekend haha.

We really enjoyed the run and although it was a bit worrying not knowing the course it turned out to be pretty straight forward, A 4 lap course, we just had to remember which lap we were on!

We headed back to freshen up and have some brekky.

We spent the rest of the day watching films and playing board games. perfect weekend entertainment, especially the board games as they were vintage ones from my aunties loft (They don’t make board games like they used to these days) We found some real gems.

We went out for a meal in the evening to a local Indian restaurant that we frequent on our trips to see my Auntie, it’s lovely there and the food is really tasty.

We enjoyed poppodoms & sauces to start and for the main I chose the tandoori chicken with boiled rice, yummy.

On Sunday we all indulged in a much deserved lie in followed by a chilled out day of watching tv, chatting, having copious amounts of tea, an amazing roast dinner cooked by my cousin and playing a fun word based card game called Wordsmithery.

It’s always such a shame when a lovely long weekend ends! Back to the reality of a working week. Thank goodness it’s a short one, roll on the Easter Hols I say, I’m defiantly feeling it now ZZZzzzzz.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Fun at the 02! 

So, at the weekend, (Sat 1st July) yes the 1st of July, the first day of the SEVENTH MONTH of the year! Seriously 2017, slooooww dowwn. Basically we went to the 02 for  the Star Wars: identities exhibition as my husband Tim loves Star wars and its his birthday next week. 

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. As someone who is only now watching the Star Wars films properly I found it really interesting and a fun experience.

There were over 100 pieces that were used in the actual Star Wars films, costumes, droids, models, to look at as well as an accompanying audio guide. 

You also got given a wristband at the start and you build your own Star Wars character and shape their identity using it. You make choices about their species, home planet, job, personality etc and this creates your character for you. 

Here is Tim’s:

Here is mine:

This was so much fun and I remembered alot more about the film’s than I though I would. 

Tim had a great time which is the most important thing ♡

After we had been to the exhibit we headed to get some food (also in the 02) there is such a good selection of restaurants in there to choose from and because we had been to the exhibit we got 25% off our food bill, winner!

We went to Zizzis and had a delicious Italian feast.

For starters Tim had this A-maz-ING bruschetta with creamy mozzarella, tomatoes & basil pesto 👌

I had one of my favourite starters, calamari (V.fitting after my character choice haha)

Tim had a classic Bolognese for his main, which was so rich and delicious. (Yup, I stole a sneaky taste, I’m not the only one who does that am I? I mean what’s mine is yours right! 😂)

I had a delicious mushroom tortelloni dish in a creamy sauce.

We shared their new tomato, basil & mozzerella bread 👌

We love having days out for a birthday, I love receiving gifts people have chosen for me but there’s something lovely about having experiences and making memories too.

Definatly worth a look for all you Star Wars fans 👍

Until next time, 

Roseanne 🙂

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A weekend of fun đŸŽ†đŸ˜ąđŸ‘

This weekend we’ve had lots of fun, friends, fireworks, frights, family & food! My idea of a great weekend. 

It started on Friday evening with us going to the fireworks in Sproughton with friends. We grabbed some hot food & drinks and watched the fireworks together, they were really good. We had sparklers afterwards and then checked out the toasty bonfire 🎆🔥

On Saturday me, Tim, Sarah & four other friends went to Scaresville at Kentwell Hall! I’ve never been to anything like that before and it was brilliant! It’s basically a horror live action experience with sets and scarers. I have never jumped & screamed so much in my entire life 😄😱

The location, sets & actors are fab and you really feel like you are in a horror film. It lasted for an hour & a half and for how good it was ÂŁ27 was a bargin! I can’t wait to go again next year 😱

Here are some pics of the ‘Unfairground’ where you wait for your scare experience to begin!

And a group selfie to prove we made it out alive! 

Sunday saw a visit from this little guy…

Noah, my eldest nephew came round for a play with Auntie RoRo & Uncle TT on Sunday morning. 

He loved the new Mr Kipling cake stand I had got him and we also played some instruments together & did some colouring too.

We stopped for lunch & a spot of Peppa pig before dropping him back off home.

It was lovely to see him as always 💙

Once we had dropped Noah home we made our way to The Swan at Westerfield for Tim’s nannas birthday meal. It was nice to see some of the family & to enjoy some yummy food. 

My main was Spinach & buffalo ricotta ravioli in a tomatoe sauce.

Tim had the cheese & bacon steak burger with chips & onion rings.

Dessert was my favourite though…

Baked white chocolate tart with berry compote & vanilla ice cream

 Hands down one of the best desserts I’ve had in ages👌

Tim had the double chocolate pot 🍫

We spent the rest of Sunday chilling out together, eating snacks & binge watching the big bang theory (Do we really have to go to work tommorrow?!? 😣)

What did you get up to this weekend? 

Until next time, 

Roseanne 🙂

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What’s in my bag? đŸŽ’

I love watching ‘whats in my bag?’ videos on yotube so I thought I would do one for my blog. 

So, what’s in my bag? 

Let’s start with the all important bag! This little black bag is from Primark and was only  ÂŁ9. I love the faux leather material & suede material on the front. The gold detailing & clasp are really cute too.

I love that it has both long & short straps too and although it looks small it fits a lot in it.

Let’s take a look inside…

I always carry my purse & a hairbrush where ever I go. I love this purse, sage green is one of my favourite colours  (one of our wedding colours too, ahhh ♡) & the patterned birds are really cute. It’s nice and big so fits lots in it too! 

I got this lovely big Brush from Primark for ÂŁ1.50, bargin!

I also always have a book with me & if you’ve seen my August favourites you’ll know I’m currently reading this Nicholas Sparks book 👍 

I love this body mist from Zoella original beauty range. Blissful Mistful ☆ it smells gorgeous.

Sunglasses 😎 The weather hasn’t been too bad this summer so I’ve carried these in my bag ready. I love having decent prescription sunglasses, I always hated not being able to have nice ones or just not being able to see!

I would defiantly recommend this Revolution Lip amplification lip gloss as it has such good staying power. I’ve eaten and drank and it’s still in place with a good colour. 

I love this shade ‘Joy’ it’s a lovely plum autumnal colour. 🍂🍁

And finally…

I popped one of these fruity bars, from Aldi in my bag incase I got peckish around town. This is blueberry and seeds flavour. It comes from their ‘Foodie market’ range and they do lots of other yummy fruit flavours to satisfy your sweet tooth. 

I hope you enjoyed this blog post, let me know if you did! What do you always carry in your bag? 

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Sunday by the sea đŸŒžđŸŒŠ

Today me, Tim, Sarah & Noah joined our friends at Felixstowe for an afternoon in the sun.

We havnt had a very good summer so far but this weekend has been hot, hot, hot!🌝
We started off by heading to the seafront and a chip shop for some lunch (I had already grabbed some healthy alternatives from M&S to keep me on plan!)

After that  me and Sarah took Noah inside to cool down! ice creams were purchased 🍦

We had lots of fun at the beach 🐚 

I love the seaside and we British do them so well! Its always nice and feels familiar when we re-visit Felixstowe as I spent a lot of my childhood there with my Nana.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂 

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