Just a quick post to say: Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all a very healthy and happy 2016, filled with joy and love!
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Happy New Year!
Oaty Biscuits
I think these oat biscuits are just the snack you need right now. Ridiculously easy and quick to make, you’ll be crunching on these through to the new year!
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Nobody is Ever Missing Review
A straightforward synopsis of Nobody is Ever Missing would read like this: a woman leaves her job and husband (and entire life) in Manhattan and buys a one-way ticket to New Zealand to go hitchhiking, without telling anyone.
Sounds a little bit like Gone Girl, doesn’t it?
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Quentin Blake Exhibition at The Lightbox
I think I timed my visit to see the latest exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking rather well, as it coincided with Quentin Blake’s 83rd birthday today!
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Christmas Book Gift Guide
Christmas stockings should be full of books (although normal stockings should be similarly so). Here are some suggestions:
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Christmas Giveaway!
The Christmas Shop!
The week starts with a visit to Garsons Farm in Esher…
Specifically, the new HUGE Christmas department!
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Perfume Notes: Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere
Make room on your Christmas lists for Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere.
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Christmas Cake Recipe
I have a very good raisin and festive reason for posting this recipe today: make a Christmas cake this weekend. Action that, Christmas!
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The Penguin Book of the British Short Story
Regular readers (hello Mum!) will know how much I love short stories. So imagine my dancing feet when I heard that Penguin were publishing two volumes of collections of short stories this month.
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