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Aberdeen Cyrenian’s Shoebox Appeal
We all know that not everyone has someone to celebrate Christmas with nor have presents to open on Christmas Day as we see adverts and appeals asking for donations for various charities over the Festive period. I wanted to do something for a charity and had heard of Shoebox appeals for people abroad as well…
Snowman Christmas Table Centrepiece
Although we won’t be having Christmas Dinner at our house this year, I decided to make a Snowman Christmas table centrepiece for our kitchen table. It was so simple to make and inexpensive too. I already had the globe vase (was bought from Home Bargains two months ago for £2.95), so I bought a pack…
Meal Planning Monday
Well that’s us now into December and the next few weeks are no doubt going to pass in a blur with cards to write, presents to buy and wrap, food shopping to do and people to see. This will likely lead to eating out a few times and also eating a lot of crap as…
The Christmas Tag!
It’s only 29 days and 28 sleeps until the big day and I am already getting excited about it! Probably too excited for someone of my age but never mind :). There was a post on Lemonade Budget’s blog about a Christmas Tag so I decided to join in as well. It was originally started…
Traditional Christmas Cake
It’s only 36 sleeps until Christmas so I decided I had better get a move on and make my Christmas cake! It has become an annual tradition making one of these. Now I don’t like rich fruit cake such as Wedding cake or Christmas cakes but this is one booze traditional Christmas Cake that I…
Meal Planning Monday
It’s Monday again and we are now more than halfway through November, Christmas is coming scarily too soon…..I want to know where is the time flying to?! This week doesnt involve too much cooking, yaaayyy!! It was my friend’s birthday last week and she was the big 3-0 so I am going out for a…
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