20 Tag Questions

1.Thing you cannot leave the house without
Keys, mobile phone, purse

2.Favorite brand of makeup
I really love Urban Decay.

3. Favourite Flowers
I love Gerbera daisies and also really like daffodils.

4. Favourite clothing stores
Being plus size I am fairly limited to where I can shop at the moment I am enjoying Yours Clothing and So Fabulous.

5.Favourite perfume
My ultimate favourite is Chanel Chance. I also like DKNY Be Delicious and Britney Spears Curious.

6.Heels or flats
Flats. I am tall so heels do not work well with me.  

7.Do you make good grades?
I was average. I have 9 GCSE’s, 2 ½ A Levels and a degree.

8.Favourite colours
I like blue, green and purple.

9.Do you drink energy drinks?
No, they are so disgusting.

10.Do you drink juice?
Every so often.

11.Do you like swimming?
I like swimming and don’t go as often as I should. Charlotte will be starting swimming lessons next year so will get to go more.

12.Do you eat fries with a fork?
Nope, the only way is with your fingers.

13.Whats your favourite moisturiser?
I like The Body Shop’s Vitamin C one.

14.Do you want to get married later on in life?
At some point it would be nice.

15.Do you get mad easily?
Depends on the time of the month! Generally it takes a lot to get me mad though.

16.Are you into ghost hunting?
No.

17.Any phobias?
Does Peter Andre count?

18.Do you bite your nails?
No but I do pick at them.

19. Have you ever had a near death experience?
No

20.Do you drink coffee?
Yes. I love coffee.

3D paper snowflake

Finding easy craft things to do isn't always easy so I was very happy when I stumbled upon 3D paper snowflakes. They are easy to do and look amazing. This is my attempt, it took around 10-15 minutes to complete.

You can learn how to make them here

Sausage Tortilla

Friday's recipe is an easy, filling and tasy meal great for kids and adults.

Ingredients

4 Eggs
4  Sausages
1 Potato
Chopped Onions
Peppers
Mushrooms
Garlic
Herbs


How to make your sausage tortilla

1. Chop up sausage,vegetables and sliced potatoes. Fry with crushed garlic and herbs of your choice.
2. Transfer to an oven proof dish, I used a silicone cake mould.
3. Mix egg with a bit of milk, salt and pepper. Pour over the sausage and vegetables.
4. Bake in oven on 180 until egg has set.

I served mine with grated parmasan and sweet chilli philadelphia on the top.

NOTD: Mavala London with Barry M Silver Glitter

On my nails this week is Mavala's London with an accent nail topped with Barry M Silver Glitter.

Winter Tag

For Tag Tuesday this week I am going to be doing a winter themed one.

1. What are your favourite things about winter?

I love winter my favourites things are the weather, dark nights and Christmas

2. What is your favourite winter food?

Turkey and all the trimmings

3. What is your favourite winter drink?

Gingerbread latte or baileys hot chocolate

4. What is your favourite winter perfume?

Chanel Chance

5. What is your dream way to spend a winters day?

Spending time snuggled on the sofa with a good film and munchies.

6. What are your winter beauty essentials?

Burt's Bees lip balm and The Body Shop's Vitamin C moisturiser.

7. What is your favourite winter candle?

A the minute I am loving Yankee Candle Red Berry and Cedar

8. What colours are on your Christmas tree?

Red, silver, white and green

Review: Kub Madera Cotbed

Purchasing a cotbed was one of the most important purchases whilst I was pregnant, I decided to have a cotbed as this would last our daughter until she was 4 or 5 with the array of baby shops and online retailers you would think finding the perfect cotbed within budget would be easy, well it's not.

I changed my mind plenty of times throughout my pregnancy from the colour I wanted to the style I wanted. We had a budget of £150 which ruled out a lot of the cotbeds I liked, namely the ones in Mamas and Papas. I found plenty of online retailers with nice cotbeds at reasonable prices but without seeing them I was unable to see how sturdy they were.

We took a trip to a local baby shop where I found the Kub Madera which fit everything I wanted it was the right colour, looked stylish and was really heavy and sturdy.The shop has the cotbed on sale for £200 and they wanted £50 delivery. After searching online I managed to get it for £156 from precious little ones it is now on sale for more which makes me even more happy with my bargain.

The cotbed was easy to assemble and looks great in the nursery. It feels well made and I have had no problems with it. The cotbed comes complete with teething panels at the top. I especially like that it will turn into a daybed so when the time arrives it will still have one side with panels. You can also purchase a underbed drawer, I cut down on expense and bought some underbed storage from Argos which have been great for storing blankets and sleep bags. However, once we placed the mattress on the lowest setting the storage no longer fitted under the bed. The other problem we had when lowering the mattress was that we had to dissemble the whole cotbed, it would've been better to have a way to lower just the mattress, as a consequence we missed out the middle setting.

Below are some pictures of the cotbed in the nursery when we first put it up. 

Christmas Crafts

Saturday during blogmas will see Christmas crafts. I would love to say I am amazingly talented but the truth is I just love the idea of being creative. I often set off to learn a new skill and give up when I can't do it or it's not neat enough.

Whilst shopping in Wilkinsons at the beginning of the week I came across these sets of Christmas crafts and got them in my basket quick and were cheap (£1-£1.50).

In the sets they give you everything you need to create your own little Christmas craft.

The first set was a Christmas decoration set that gave me the materials to make a robin and gingerbread woman. The set included all the felt cut into shapes, a plastic needle, thread and stuffing.

The next set was bunting which came with Christmas trees, gingerbread men and women and string.

The final set I got was for felt stockings, this came with the felt already cut out to make two stockings, one with Father Christmas and the other with a snowman. It also came with a plastic needle, thread, stick on eyes, stars, snowflakes and some double-sided tape.

 

Here are the finished products, I haven't done the bunting yet. I was pleased with how they turned out.

These kits are really good and I had a lot of fun making them. They are simple to do and turn out really nicely. The only criticism I have is that the double sided tape isn't very good so I used PVA glue to stick on anything that wasn't preglued.

Eggy Noodles

Food Friday is here I found this recipe in a baby led weaning book (minus the sweet chilli and soy sauce) and it is just the perfect comfort food that is easily and quickly cooked. This can also have chicken or prawns added.

 
Ingredients.

75g of dried noodles per person
1 egg
Mixed vegetables(I used frozen mixed vegetables) 
Sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce to taste

How to make your eggy noodles

1. Make noodles as directed on packet.
2. Beat egg
3. Boil vegetables
4. Drain noodles and place in a frying pan with egg and vegetables. Stir fry until egg is cooked.
5. Mix in sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.