Alike – A Tiny Pixar Film

There is a funny little article by Nikki Racklin (above) about the gender divide between men and women when it comes to Cath Kidston, on The Daily Telegraph this week… Says she: "My husband just doesn’t get it. "Ugh, too much chintzy chintz. It makes me feel a bit sick," he shudders. But what chintz:…

Goodness, tis all very well filling your Christmas Planner with all manner of scrumptious ideas, delicious recipes and inspired gift ideas, but if you find yourself in a demented rush to buy seven types of Christmas Pudding and every roll of Baroque style wrapping paper you come across before your pumpkin has even gone moldy,…

I am signing off for the holiday Sweeties. My presents are wrapped, the cookies are baked, Finn is just the right side of delirious with excitement, and all that is left to do is to say thank you to every single one of you. To all those of you who sent me Christmas cards and…

When my mum and dad used to fight when Helen and I  were little, we  were always quick to take sides.  Helen would never let a word be said against Mum and I was a Daddys girl through and through. Ostensibly because we have the same noses, but more truthfully because  I am a mercenary…

  Money. Ouch. Yep that’s all. Ouch. I envy those people who can stretch a tenner out for a week and started saving when they were six. But it just isn’t me. I can’t quite manage frugal, because frugal seems so darn dull. But I am now a fully-fledged grown-up and there is just no…