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What I Did: Christmas Day 2017

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda (Happy New Year)!  And a happy 2018!  Hope you had a lovely Christmas, wherever you were and whoever you were with.  If you read my post a couple of weeks ago about Hosting Christmas then you’ll know that Sunny’s Mum, Dad and little sister came to stay and that I was in […]

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Chocolate and Praline Dipped Madeleines

I’ve made (and scoffed) Madeleines more than a few times.  They’re so easy to make and are the perfect kind of tea cake to stick out on a plate whenever you’ve got someone coming over for elevenses (they’re made to be dunked!).  Traditionally they’re flavoured with lemon, but since it’s Christmas I thought I’d do something […]

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How to Host Christmas without crying in the cupboard

Last year Sunny and I hosted Christmas for the first time.  Buzzed about being in a brand new house – and finally one that was actually big enough to have people stay over – we invited everyone (and when I say ‘invited’ I mean insisted/pestered/begged everyone to come).  In the weeks running up to the […]

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Hot Choc-tails

Let’s get things straight here; I’m a die hard tea drinker, but when the nights get a little colder and a little darker I ditch my past nine ‘o clock telly and tea for something a little… cosier cwtchier.  Nothing beats a cream-capped hot chocolate at this time of year, but sometimes it’s nice to […]

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Cardiff Winter Wonderland 2017

It feels like Christmas officially barged its way in this week whether you wanted it to or not!  It’s something that seems to divide opinions; when we saw our first Christmas advert whilst scoffing breakfast on Monday morning, Sunny rolled his eyes over his toast and complained that it was waaaaaaay too early, meanwhile I […]