Tropical Jeans

Today was probably one of the nicest days that Suffolk has seen in a long time, the sun was shining and there was a slight breeze, even Pip and Wisp came out to join me to take some photos.

 

 



 

 

I got these jeans a few summers ago from Topshop, and these were as close as I could find online.

My shoes are TOMS and they have been a staple in my wardrobe since I was about 15, for every pair of TOMS you buy, the company then gives a pair to a child in Africa so its a good investment for something as comfy as these.

This jumper is from a shop called Beyond Retro and this jumper actually featured in one of my monthly favourites a little while ago, it was only £26 and for 100% wool I thought it was definatley worth it, they have loads of cool vintagey things so take a look, heres a similar jumper.

 

 

Now, Pip (below) is Wisp's (first photo) daughter, and she is the wiggliest and most excitable spaniel around.

 



 

 All this photo taking business meant she felt she wasn't paid enough attention and was bounding everywhere and all over me, so I had to end it there.



Rocky Road

In this post I introduced you all to my version of rocky road, and I did mention I'd do a post on how to make them.
It was my oldest and best friend E's birthday party last night so J and I thought we'd whip up a birthday batch to hide the lack of present.

If like me, you have some Easter eggs lying around still (I know, what is wrong with me?!) this is the perfect time to use them.

400g milk chocolate (Cadbury's is the best in my opinion)
200g honeycomb chocolate
100g dark chocolate (optional)
Golden syrup
A bag of Minstrels or M&Ms
A bag of Malteasers
A bar of Milky way, Mars or Snickers
Marshmallows in abundance
Chocolate covered honeycomb pieces or a chopped Crunchie

Well hello there, heart attack!

Melt the chocolate gently so that it is just melted and not too hot, otherwise the heat will melt your Minstrels and that is less than ideal.

 

Add your Minstrels or M&Ms, this time I used Minstrels but personally I would use M&Ms because they look more fun, and a good splodge of golden syrup, I used a dessert spoonful.

Whilst on the hunt for mini eggs in my local sweetshop, J and I came across these, chocolate covered honeycomb pieces..

 ...Chop these up to smaller chunks and bung them in with some Malteasers.

 

You have to be certain that the chocolate is as cool as possible but molten when you add the marshmallows and Milky way or they'll disintegrate into a mess.

Pour into a lined tin and decorate if you wish, then pop in the fridge for at least an hour!

Easter Weekend

As mentioned in this post, my form like to celebrate birthdays and during this half term three of the girls turn eighteen, seeing as we would be at home revising procrastinating during half term we thought we'd celebrate, M got her presents then but A and L get their presents when we get back because their birthdays are at the end of the holiday, and any excuse to eat.

M loves caterpillar cakes, so IK made her a homemade one!

And her wonderful mother Ismini (dream) made cheese pies..

Mmm.. Cheese pies...

 

And I made some oreo, cookie and marshmallow brownies, which then were covered with party rings, chocolate buttons and smarties.

 

 

 

As you can probably tell by all the pictures, I was a little over excited about the food but the best was yet to come...

Granny T is my close friend B's grandma, she is a domestic goddess and creates the most beautiful cakes for our birthdays, especially B's, here was her creation,

 

 

 

How amazing?!

 

Then it was time for presents, M has banned herself from buying clothing since August and she's done really well, so for her birthday we got her clothes!

 

 

 

 

I got a little too overexcited about the food and actually made myself ill.

Good one Lottie.

 

Then today was the annual Woolley Easter Egg Hunt.

My sister and I are the Easter bunnies, and we hide everyones and eachother's eggs, the rules are to find your own and to leave the ones that aren't your's.

 

 

The possibly over-used hiding place, the Lindt bunny in the old rabbit hutch.

 

 

 

 

 

Hiding my sister's egg in the woodshed, it didn't take her as long to find as I had hoped expected.

 

 

I found one of my rabbits hiding under a sapling.

 

 

Grandpa always gets the hardest hiding places, one of his was hidden here...

 

 

Luckily he managed to reach it (with the help of a stick) then we all headed inside to be rewarded with roast venison and roasted vegetables followed by Steph's cheesecake filled chocolate eggs made my J and I, they were gobbled down so quickly I didn't have the chance to take a photo.

I hope you all had a great Easter!







March/ Easter Favourites

Sorry for neglecting you little bloggy, it's the last week of term before Easter and everything has been pretty hectic with coursework.
I love anything festive or seasonal, so Christmas and Easter are my favourite times (mainly because that's when all the cool food comes out) and in my opinion, one of the best things that Easter brings, along with lambs, are these bad boys,

Should these qualify as a monthly favourite? Probably not. But it's very hard for me to put into words the way I feel about mini eggs, they are just amazing! Luckily for me (unluckily for my waistline) where I work sells them around the year and as I type I am devouring this very bag.

These babies probably shouldn't be here either but I was so pleased with how they turned out (I find rocky road tricky!) that I might call in my boyfriend/assistant to do a recipe!

Oohh, they were so good!

Another thing that I associate with Easter are pastel colours. Now, I'm not really a fan of pastel green and lilac on my nails, although strangely enough I can with pale yellow and most certainly baby pink.

 

This nail polish is from Barry M in Strawberry Ice Cream/309. I find Barry M to be great for nail polishes as they are only £2.99 and they even tempt me to stray away from my usual shades of red.

 

This lipbalm by Estee Lauder was given to me by my cousins for Christmas, I blew it off as a silly lipgloss, something I rarely wear, but upon trying it I realised I was wrong and this stopped my lips from falling off when I was watching J play hockey in arctic conditions.

 



 

 My shade is 02 Tender Pink which comes out very sheer and tastes and smells nice too (always a bonus).

For a while I refused to change from my Body Shop strawberry body butter but I couldn't actually use that for my face, but my friend, L, introduced me to this,

Nivea's Soft cream is good for everything, even sore lips, and it seems to last for forever and it seems to be a make up bag staple in my class!

A slightly food and beauty orientated month, the holidays are coming now, so I promise more posts!

What I'm Wearing 23/03/2013

When I first started writing this blog, I wanted the general theme of it to be an "all rounder" and I feel that instead of being a circle, my blog is more of an acute triangle pointing directly towards a huge stack of recipes, so this post is me dipping my toe into the fashion post pond.

I wouldn't call myself a fashionable person, especially as I sit here writing this I am dressed in an unflattering teddy fleece onepiece and slippers, with my hair piled on top of my head. I know what you're thinking, snuggly, hey? In reality, that is how I dress the majority of the time, I go to my school's sixth form and my thinking is that it is a single sex school, there isn't anyone to impress, so usually I go in looking like a drowned rat.

Anyway, it's J's friend's very casual surprise party this evening and I thought I'd post what I was wearing... (Apologies for all the appearances that my loo makes!)

This playsuit was a bargin from H & M that I found lurking on their sale rails, it goes really well with all jackets, so I find myself wearing it reasonably often.

I edited this so much to try and disguise my no make up face... And failed miserably!

 

My denim jacket is just from Topshop, when I bought it I didnt realise that it was slightly cropped, but I try and balance it out by rolling up the sleeves so they are 3/4.

 

 

My silk scarf is one of the scarves that my mum has passed down to me as she doesn't wear them any more, I think they're really pretty and I've had tonnes of compliments on them.

But of course I couldn't go empty handed, so I rummaged around and made some rocky road.

At my school, whenever it is someone's birthday someone is sure to make C's rocky road. Now, this isn't your normal rocky road, it's infinatley better than any that I've ever tasted.
(Cue food porn.)

Yes, those are malteasers you can see.
Yes, those are marshmallows, m&ms and bits of toffee.
Yes, I have used honeycomb chocolate because there were no Crunchies avaliable.

I do hope none of these people are on a diet...

Reece's Cookies

This is so easy, it shouldn't really be classified as a recipe.
After a trip to ASDA and finding out that they have loads of American food in there, my boyfriend and I waddled off home with our arms full, and one of the things we bought were these,

To make these all you'll need are some Reece's mini peanut butter cups and either some ready-mix cookie dough or some of your own cookie dough.

If you're going with the former, simply follow the directions on the box,

Take about a tablespoonful and wrap it around a peanut butter cup,

Disappointingly my bag of Betty Crocker only allowed for 6, hey ho!

Take them out after the allotted time, don't move them until they have cooled otherwise you risk dropping your cup out the bottom, and that would be a shame, seeing as that's the best bit.