Our Best Christmas Jumpers in 2019
I know it’s a bit weird – Best Christmas Jumpers is a bit of an oxymoron, isn’t it? But that’s rather the point – Christmas Jumpers are supposed to be awful. They were once a thing of style, and then they became laughably questionable… and now they’ve swung full circle. We LOVE a terrible Christmas jumper. The Best Christmas Jumpers are truly hideous, and yet come the Christmas season we don...
1More Stylish True Wireless Earbuds | Review
If you’re hunting for the perfect wireless headphones for your teen, stick around. I have been reviewing the 1More Stylish True Wireless earbuds, and these might just be what you’re looking for. Because trust me – I feel your pain.It goes without saying that any house with teens is a house filled with headphones. How did our parents manage when all we had was a record player? My teens are almost permanently plugged...
Gorgeous Rabbit Lamp from Fox & Ivy
We love, love, love this absolutely fabulous little Rabbit Lamp from Tesco in their Autumn/Winter Fox & Ivy range. You might remember him from our Ingredients for Movie Night. Everyone fell in love, so we gave him his own post!) Yes, it’s silly. Yes, it’s unreasonably cute. And yes… he’s just rather adorable, sitting there all neat and quietly elegant. In beautiful pure white ceramic but with an unexpected splash of...
Adult Advent Calendars for Grown Ups! 2023
Well we can’t let the kids have all the fun. We are all over the Advent Calendars for Grown Ups. It’s a horrible dark winter morning, you’re out of bed at way-too-early o’clock; what better way to cheer yourself up before you head out into the cold and wet than to open a little door full of joy – that is ALL FOR YOU? I mean, some self-indulgence now and again never goes amiss (‘self-care’ I believe we call it these days)....
‘Our top 5 family card games for Christmas’
Don’t know about you, but our Christmas is filled with silly games in the evenings; no TV for us, we spend hours playing parlour games, family card games, Pictionary (our own version; no board, a hat full of Christmas-themed paper slips, and yes, we might even have our own flip chart & stand…) and the like. Every year we add a couple of new ones, but every year some of the old faithfuls come out again –...
The Best Cheese Board – yes, of course you (don’t) need one.
I’m a sucker for a perfect cheese board. Of course we don’t get it out every week. But everyone loves sitting around at the end of a meal, nibbling on the cheese and accompaniments as you ‘fill up the corners’, finish up the wine and relax in the glow of a few hours spent in lovely company.And of course at Christmas, nothing beats it – and not just for when you’re entertaining. In the odd quietness...