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Yeah.
What a day! I guess, technically, it’s now tomorrow. But I’m still up and want revel in this fantastic day just a teensy bit more before heading off to bed. My morning started off like any other. I managed to … Continue reading
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£25,000 in Westfield Prepaid Cards + London 2012 Prizes #iwasthere
Show some love for your side of town and be in with a chance to win a Westfield shopping spree and more. Which do you prefer? Westfield Stratford City (an official London 2012 provider and the gateway into the London … Continue reading
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Posted in Competition, Freebies, London, London 2012, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged #iwasthere, competition, free, freebies, i was there, London, london 2012, london 2012 olympic games, shopping spree, SPONSORED POST, STRATFORD, team gb, visa prepaid cards, westfield london, WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY
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Making Pizza Dough from Scratch
Last night I tried Baking Mad’s “how to make pizza dough” recipe, my first attempt at making my own pizza completely from scratch. The results were promising with any imperfections having more to do with my own general inadequacies in … Continue reading
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Posted in Food, Recipes
Tagged baking, baking mad, cooking, home made pizza, how to make pizza dough, pizza, pizza sauce, recipe, SPONSORED POST
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Team GB Gets the Gold Medal Stamp of Approval
Historic “Next Day” Gold Here’s an Olympic first: next-day stamps to be issued by the Royal Mail for each Gold Medal won by the Team GB during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The main image of each Gold Medal stamp will, wherever … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, England, London, Shopping
Tagged 2012, gold medal stamps, London, london 2012 olympic games, olympics, royal mail, SPONSORED POST, team gb
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Whisky Fest ’12
Planning any international flights soon? It might be wise to save some time to do a bit of airport shopping before hopping your plane or exiting the terminal. Why? Because it’s yet again time for World Duty Free and its specialist shop, World … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Shopping, Travel
Tagged airport shopping, duty free, SPONSORED POST, whisky, whisky fest, whisky fest '12, world duty free, world of whiskies
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Infiniti Curved Visions
Recently, designboom and Infiniti launched an international competition to find the cream of the crop talent in digital art. The comp is themed around different elements of the Infiniti brand. The first theme was “Inspired Performance” and garnered heaps of global interest … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Cars
Tagged cars, competition, design, designboom, infiniti, Infiniti Curved Visions, SPONSORED POST
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Get Work Related Qualifications at Your Own Time and Pace
BTECs are vocational and work-related qualifications undertaken in vocational subjects ranging from Business studies to Engineering. BTECs are equivalent to other qualifications such as the GCSE (levels 1 to 2), A Level (level 3) and university degrees (levels 4 to 7) and are designed to accommodate the needs of employers … Continue reading
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Lordy Lordy, I’m Turnin’ 40!
Photo by Annie Mole I turn 40 in less than a week. Compared to some other folk I know who’ve already topped that proverbial hill, I think I’m rather blasé about hitting the big 4-O. Still it’s a pretty ponderous … Continue reading
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The Butt End Last Piece of Toast
Beer money. Coffee money. Electronic money. Cold hard cash. Liquidity. Spare change. Chump change. A Paypal account. Transferred funds. Current cleared balance. Money. I’ve got it. Not a lot and nowhere near as much as I’d like. But I’ve got … Continue reading
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Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged income, investing, investment, money, savings, SPONSORED POST
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Chu-chuhk-a-chuhk Chu-chuhk-a-chuhk
Chu-chuhk-a-chuhk chu-chuhk-a-chuhk chu-chuhk-a-chuhk. All through the night. I love sleeping overnight on long train journeys. That is, if I’m in a sleeper car, anyway. The rhythm of the train barrelling down the tracks lulls me into dreamland, and then when … Continue reading
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Posted in London, Scotland, Travel
Tagged edinburgh, London, overnight train, rail holidays, rail journeys, railroads, railways, scotland, SPONSORED POST, train, train travel, trains
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Innersound Speakers
I get paid to do some pretty strange things sometimes. I recently explained to someone that much of what I do to make money is sit on my sofa with my feet propped up and my Macbook on my lap. … Continue reading
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Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged innersound, innersound speakers, SPONSORED POST
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Time Flies/To-Do List Looms
Summer. Seems so long ago. I moved flat back at the end of August. Months down the road, I’m feeling settled in and cosy – really loving the new home and confident I made the right decision. I know where … Continue reading
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Posted in London
Tagged daily life, daily routine, flats, moving, SPONSORED POST, time
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Ex Stig Ben Collins to Lead Dodgem Derby from Over Wallop to Battersea Park (Londonist)
Ex Stig Ben Collins to Lead Dodgem Derby from Over Wallop to Battersea Park Londonist, March 25, 2011 at 14:00 pm Top British racing driver and ex Stig, Ben Collins, is hitting the roads tomorrow (Saturday, 26th March) with a convoy … Continue reading
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Posted in England, London
Tagged BEN COLLINS, bumper cars, DODGEM DERBY, EX STIG, KETTLE® RIDGE CRISPS, London, Londonist, SPONSORED POST, STIG
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Competition: iPad 2 Giveaway! (Londonist)
Competition: iPad 2 Giveaway! Londonist, March 25, 2011 at 9:00 am All you have to do is tell AdzunA the naughtiest thing you’ve ever done at work. Whether it’s pilfering stationary, an office romance or poisoning the boss’ soup, Adzuna … Continue reading
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Posted in London, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged ADZUNA, competition, free, FREE IPAD 2, freebies, IPAD 2, London, Londonist, SPONSORED POST
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Don’t Forget! 50% off at Lucky Voice Through This Sunday the 16th (Londonist)
Don’t Forget! 50% off at Lucky Voice Through This Sunday the 16th Londonist, January 10, 2011 at 16:00 pm Just a quick reminder that you’ve got until this Sunday the 16th to beat the January blues with a half-price sing at … Continue reading
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Posted in London, Music
Tagged karaoke, lucky voice, PRIVATE KARAOKE ROOMS, SING, SINGING, SPONSORED POST
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Discovering the Right Boutique Hotel for You
When booking a hotel, if you can “go boutique” I reckon you should …. most of the time anyway (I recently had a very comfortable and convenient stay at the high rise and well heeled Presidente Intercontinental Mexico City and … Continue reading
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Wine! But Where to Buy it?
Whether thirsting for something from Rioja, Mendoza or Mosel, something high end and unique or cheap-n-cheerful, to wow a host or treat a guest, there’s a plethora of options, often to a bewildering extent. Choosing the right wine for the … Continue reading
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Monday Sucks. Let’s Talk about Women’s Undergarments!
Here’s some hubba hubba for your Monday morning: lace suspenders (or garters as they’re called Stateside). Anachronistic marvels of sartorial engineering, these thin bands of fastened loveliness unite gravity defying elastic garter belts to the objects of their purpose: stretchy, … Continue reading
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Posted in Shopping
Tagged agent provocateur, garter belts, garters, lace, lace suspenders, lingerie, SPONSORED POST, underwear
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