Thursday, 23 December 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Pure. TV. Gold.
5 words, 7 syllables, and one gorgeous hour of guilt-worthy television.
Pure. Genuis.
The Perfect (Slightly Naughty) Sunday Afternoon Treat
Millionaires Shortbread
Ingredients
♥ For the shortbread:
♥ 250g plain flour
♥ 75g caster sugar
♥ 175g butter, softened ♥ For the caramel:
♥ 100g butter or margarine
♥ 100g light muscavado sugar
♥ 2 x 397g cans condensed milk ♥ For the topping:
♥ 200g galaxy chocolate, broken into pieces
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180'C/Gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 13 x 9inch (33x23cm) Swiss roll tin.
- To make the shortbread, mix the flour and caster sugar in a bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Knead the mixture together until it forms a dough, then press into the base of the prepared tin. Prick the shortbread lightly with a fork and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 20 minutes or until firm to the touch and very lightly browned. Cool in the tin.
- To make the caramel, measure the butter, sugar and condensed milk into a pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, stirring all the time, then reduce the heat and simmer very gently, stirring continuously, for about 5 minutes or until the mixture has thickened slightly. Pour over the shortbread and leave to cool.
- For the topping, heat the chocolate til smooth consistency and pour over the shortbread. Leave in the fridge to set, then cut into bars or squares.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Exciting New Prospects
A Levels are scary.
Really scary.
Don't get me wrong, I knew they were hard before I started. I knew but I didn't know.
It's still early days, I mean, I'm on my seventh week of Sixth Form now, but boy do I know it! Sixth form is turning out to be one of my most exciting, exhausting, exhilerating experiences of my life so far. Everything is new, not just to me but to everyone. Suddenly theres new friends, new choices, new routines (not to mention the daily dash-to-the-chip-shop-and-eat-as-many-of-everyone-elses routine) and plenty of new information.
Everytime I get bogged down by my work I feel myself drifting back to the same familiar daydream nowerdays...
California. Next Summer. Road trip.
I'm thinking outfits, bumping into celebrities, 'accidently' stumbling into flash parties, designer stores, convertibles, wind in my hair, Rayban Wayfarers, Hilton hotels and non-stop cocktails...
Oh, hey reality!
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
I catch on to trends kinda late.
Shoe boots.
I want some shoe boots.
Some suede, black, ankle length shoe boots.
I know shoe boots were in fashion a few catwalks ago, and I know I had the opportunity to buy some gorgeous Topshop ones for £12 in last seasons' sale but I have to admit to feeling like big foot in pair.
Shoe boots are large, actually no, they are more than large.
CHUNKY.
I am five foot.
PROBLEM.
I''ve always thought that chunky shoes and minimal height lead to clown feet/big foot/tripping over plant pots syndrome but this autumn I have decided to take up the burden of tripping over small garden decorations and check the trend out.
Well for $18.99 why not?
I want some shoe boots.
Some suede, black, ankle length shoe boots.
I know shoe boots were in fashion a few catwalks ago, and I know I had the opportunity to buy some gorgeous Topshop ones for £12 in last seasons' sale but I have to admit to feeling like big foot in pair.
Shoe boots are large, actually no, they are more than large.
CHUNKY.
I am five foot.
PROBLEM.
I''ve always thought that chunky shoes and minimal height lead to clown feet/big foot/tripping over plant pots syndrome but this autumn I have decided to take up the burden of tripping over small garden decorations and check the trend out.
Well for $18.99 why not?
Friday, 10 September 2010
Busy Busy Busy!
I know I haven't posted in a while but there has been so much going on I simply didn't have the time, so prepare for a very long post!
Well I'll start with the best news I'm sure everyones excited to hear, I passed all my GCSE's! I ran into school for the first time in, well, ever and collected that dreaded crisp envelope, I think my hands were shaking with terror! My bestfriends R, J and I rushed to the toilets and hurrily tore apart the envelopes to reveal a very complicated results sheet. After highlighting, calculating and actually realising which grades were mine, I excitidly called my mum to inform her of my A*, 3 A's and 5 B's! I was absolutly over the moon and so were all my family, I had to call everyone, right down to the cousins and great aunts and uncles!
Results night was a brilliant celebration of a 5 years well spent at school, and definately a night that I will never forget, not to mention the amazing and beautiful people that I will never ever turn my back on. I realised that night that changing schools and saying 'goodbye' to all these people will be one of the difficult things I've had to do so far in my life, but I'm intent on keeping in touch and meeting up regularily.
Starting my new Sixth form was so scary as I haven't changed schools since Year 4! But after a week at 'Tommie's' I'm having the time of my life and building up some amazing friendships. A Level work is definately an almighty step up from GCSE, as one would expect, but I'm never one to turn down a challenge! As well as doing AS English Language, English Literature, History, Philosophy and Ethics and Psycology, I am also doing an English Baccaloriat as I know how competitive universities are becoming!
My Boyfriend, Drew, has been in Corfu, Greece for a week and it has been the longest week of my life! I miss him so much and cannot wait for his plane to get in in the early hours of the morning. Drew being away has allowed me to fully become accustom to Sixth form life without any destractions but I'm just about ready to be distracted again now, hopefully by lot's of huggles :)
She's still writing? I hear you ask? Well I have one last final item on my agenda and it's the most important! My Step-Father is doing a Sponsored 100mile bike ride with some of the other firefighters and I urge everyone to sponser him as it's for a fantastic cause - I will post the link ASAP!
Well I'll start with the best news I'm sure everyones excited to hear, I passed all my GCSE's! I ran into school for the first time in, well, ever and collected that dreaded crisp envelope, I think my hands were shaking with terror! My bestfriends R, J and I rushed to the toilets and hurrily tore apart the envelopes to reveal a very complicated results sheet. After highlighting, calculating and actually realising which grades were mine, I excitidly called my mum to inform her of my A*, 3 A's and 5 B's! I was absolutly over the moon and so were all my family, I had to call everyone, right down to the cousins and great aunts and uncles!
Results night was a brilliant celebration of a 5 years well spent at school, and definately a night that I will never forget, not to mention the amazing and beautiful people that I will never ever turn my back on. I realised that night that changing schools and saying 'goodbye' to all these people will be one of the difficult things I've had to do so far in my life, but I'm intent on keeping in touch and meeting up regularily.
Starting my new Sixth form was so scary as I haven't changed schools since Year 4! But after a week at 'Tommie's' I'm having the time of my life and building up some amazing friendships. A Level work is definately an almighty step up from GCSE, as one would expect, but I'm never one to turn down a challenge! As well as doing AS English Language, English Literature, History, Philosophy and Ethics and Psycology, I am also doing an English Baccaloriat as I know how competitive universities are becoming!
My Boyfriend, Drew, has been in Corfu, Greece for a week and it has been the longest week of my life! I miss him so much and cannot wait for his plane to get in in the early hours of the morning. Drew being away has allowed me to fully become accustom to Sixth form life without any destractions but I'm just about ready to be distracted again now, hopefully by lot's of huggles :)
She's still writing? I hear you ask? Well I have one last final item on my agenda and it's the most important! My Step-Father is doing a Sponsored 100mile bike ride with some of the other firefighters and I urge everyone to sponser him as it's for a fantastic cause - I will post the link ASAP!
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Dress Destress!
Okay so next Thursday is one of the most dreaded and equally important days of my life, I find important and dreaded days always seem to go hand in hand nowerdays. I find out my long awaited GCSE results on the 24th and boy am I stressing out!
Much to the dismay of my Mother it's not actually waiting for the reults thats stressing me out, neither is it the actual finding out of the results, but the dress that I will wear to the results day party! Yes the results I get are important, and yes getting into furthur education is crucial to me but how on earth would one be expected to celebrate, ever the optimist, ones results in anything other than the perfect party dress!
Sadly for my bank account, the perfect party dress won't be perfect without the perfect heels, the perfect clutch and the perfect tan...
I've decided on the winning dress with the help of my boyfriend Drew, yet no matter how much I confess my love to him and pull the most convincing puppy dog eyes, it's my purse thats going to be feeling the strain of this buy! But just you wait Drew, your time will come!
Much to the dismay of my Mother it's not actually waiting for the reults thats stressing me out, neither is it the actual finding out of the results, but the dress that I will wear to the results day party! Yes the results I get are important, and yes getting into furthur education is crucial to me but how on earth would one be expected to celebrate, ever the optimist, ones results in anything other than the perfect party dress!
Sadly for my bank account, the perfect party dress won't be perfect without the perfect heels, the perfect clutch and the perfect tan...
I've decided on the winning dress with the help of my boyfriend Drew, yet no matter how much I confess my love to him and pull the most convincing puppy dog eyes, it's my purse thats going to be feeling the strain of this buy! But just you wait Drew, your time will come!
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| The chosen dress, isn't it gorgeous! |
The real driving force.
I have to admit, the art of writing a 'blog' has been popular for a while now and whilst the many thoughts of starting my own quickly ran through my mind, they managed to be whirled away by self doubt and self-consciousness even quicker!
Yes, I said I started my blog because I wanted to develop as a writer, but that is infact a small white lie. My blog was inspired by a school peer of mine, who writes about and doccuments her beautiful handmade garments and accessories. I was so inspired by her fearlessness to start a blog that I have finally picked up the courage to follow suit.
I can't urge you enough to check out her blog at, http://iroirocrafts.wordpress.com/ I just know you'll be reading each inspiring post after post and be completly seduced into the world of 'blogging' as I have been!
Although both S and I have parted ways now, as we both start our own fearless adventure into new areas of education, she has definately left me with the best parting gift, and a project of my own I can now work on.
Yes, I said I started my blog because I wanted to develop as a writer, but that is infact a small white lie. My blog was inspired by a school peer of mine, who writes about and doccuments her beautiful handmade garments and accessories. I was so inspired by her fearlessness to start a blog that I have finally picked up the courage to follow suit.
I can't urge you enough to check out her blog at, http://iroirocrafts.wordpress.com/ I just know you'll be reading each inspiring post after post and be completly seduced into the world of 'blogging' as I have been!
Although both S and I have parted ways now, as we both start our own fearless adventure into new areas of education, she has definately left me with the best parting gift, and a project of my own I can now work on.
A daunting thought.
So as an aspiring journalist, I thought my best bet to get myself started was a blog.
- But what on earth do I write about?
Maybe 'blogging' isn't as easy as I initially thought, I mean, what's so hard about publically publishing your inner most thoughts to the intire world?
- Maybe I really am in over my head!
- But what on earth do I write about?
Maybe 'blogging' isn't as easy as I initially thought, I mean, what's so hard about publically publishing your inner most thoughts to the intire world?
- Maybe I really am in over my head!
Let's face it, the intire world isn't going to be reading this blog, that's abit of an exaggeration. But I don't mind if this blog isn't even read at all, this blog is for me to learn about myself as a writer, to grow and find out more about myself and style, and most importantly to make sure I never forget the good times, because the even smallest memories are worth remembering.
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