Hit vs. Shit

It’s been a funny week. A really funny week. My thoughts are with Norway, the friends and family of Amy Winehouse and the family and anyone who knew Kerri; a friend who passed away recently.


Here are some of this week’s highlights…

– Seeing my two bestest friends, Becca and Trudi.
– Not having to work and finally catching up with myself.
– Epic, long awaited shopping trip with Trudi, in Bath, one of my favourite places.
– My family. Enough said.
– Being alive.

I am also thankful for Gin in a Tin, new makeup and brightly coloured parcels in the post.

The Shit List this week goes to…

-The weather…gone were my chances of a week in the garden, although this weekend has gone some way to appease that and I am off to the seaside today.
– Having to face up to a few harsh truths.
– The shops being full of the scrag ends of sale stock/Autumn clothes and not much that is suitable for now.
– It’s still a week to payday.
– Aforementioned tragedies and the attitudes of people in general.
– Being booted out of bed on a Sunday morning by a cat with serious wind issues AND muddy paws.

Highs/Lows this week?

…don’t worry, things WILL get better

xxx

Wearings

Just a couple of outfits from the last couple of days.

The black lace ups are the second pair of Jeffrey Campbells from my Sarenza haul! The are the softest suede I’ve ever owned and so comfortable. New shoe staple. I want them in blue, too.

Huge thank you to everyone for being so wonderfully supportive. It really, really helps to know there is such a lovely bunch of people out there.

I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead of them; the sun has finally shown it’s face here; typically after drizzling all day during my trip to Bath (which proved expensive and yet yielded little on the clothing front, just dregs of sale stock by this point).

xxx

P.S. Snacking Saturday will return next week, as you can probably gather, this week involved Brownies!

Nutella Fudge Brownie Bites

Yes, another baking post. There are two reasons for this;
1. Bad news, totally out of the blue has left me somewhat…struggling for inspiration with anything. Twitter followers…just, thank you.

2. It’d be really damn rude of me not to share such a delightfully simple and sinfully delicious recipe.

I present,
Nutella Fudge Brownie Bites


Ingredients:
– 175g Nutella. Buy a 200g jar and you’ll have the perfect amount left for guilt free eating off the spoon.

– 5 tablespoons self raising flour.

– 1 egg.

– A good dash of cinnamon, and some chunks of chocolate/dried fruit/chocolate chips etc.

Method:
Beat together the nutella and the egg until smooth. Add in the flour and mix well…the batter will be sticky but not too hard to work with. Add in anything else you fancy (I used chunks of milk chocolate and liberal amounts of cinnamon).

Spoon in to 12 fairy cake cases (you could also do it as a sheet, as bigger bites, or mini bites but will need to adjust cooking times) and bake at 180*c for around 10 minutes. Cooking time is approximate because it depends on how you like your brownies! I like mine not too gooey, but not too cooked either, so 10 minutes was perfect.

Cool (a little) and eat.

I made one mini mini bite for testing as the actual brownies are a request for work (can’t get rid of that place even though I’m off!). The brownies will be quite springy when first out of the oven but get that dense, fudgy texture as they cool.
xxx

Practise Run

I’m considering this outfit a trial run for Autumn. My latest Sarenza order arrived yesterday, including some boots I’d chosen to put away for colder times…
One look at the grey skies made me realise there was no way these babies could be hidden away. They were begging to be worn right now…and so there is a silver lining to any situation.

What made the deal even sweeter was that these shoes; Jeffrey Campbell Erikson are just £40 in the sale! Meaning I was able to take full advantage of being an ambassador for Sarenza and buy some sensible shoes for work, too! I think I’ve become a bit obsessed with JC shoes, actually…and it’s not the usual hype about the infamous Litas! I opted for the Miller flats which, with a bit of weather protection spray will be perfect for now and later in the year!

The Sarenza sale has some amazing bargains right now, so if your in the mood for a feet treat, hop along!

xxx