tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60490842698458178682024-03-19T03:51:19.914+00:00The Crazy PerfectWelcome to my personal blog. I am a 31 year old mum to four, 2 girls and 2 boys. My family is crazy and perfect!
The aim of my blog is to get my feelings, opinions and other things out in the open. I will happily review any items asked of me, and it will be an honest review. If I don't like, you'll know about it!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-61075946045276872922013-12-16T21:30:00.001+00:002013-12-16T21:30:24.755+00:00Minion Cakes!!!With Christmas around the corner I thought I'd share my creations of Minion cakes! For those of you who don't know what a Minion is, firstly, where have you been? Haha, they are the cute little yellow, um, minions belonging to Gru in Despicable Me. We love the film here and have bought the second to watch over and over again.<br />
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My obsession with making Minion cakes began back in August when I made one for T's 10th birthday. They're slowly getting better and they are always really tasty (so I'm told anyway!).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minion eye cakes made for T&Js Christmas Fayre - December 2013</td></tr>
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I think number three has been the best so far as the icing was a little runny on number four. What do you think?<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-72908154001714992932013-12-12T09:57:00.003+00:002013-12-12T09:57:38.330+00:0012 days of Christmas Advent competition - DAY 12, the final day!So, this is it, the beginning of the end. It's been fun, 12 days of madly rushing around sorting prizes, posts and scanning the entries as they get added.<br />
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A massive thank you to everyone who has taken the time to enter the competitions, I do hope you'll stick around after Christmas, I have some great things planned for the new year! We'll have more competitions, reviews and even a few series starting!<br />
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I won't go on any longer, I wish you the best of luck for this final competition, and any others you have entered.<br />
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<br /><a class='e-gleam' href="https://gleam.io/9uS2t/12-days-of-christmas-day-12-an-ipad-mini" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 12 - An iPad Mini!</a>
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Anyway, we have a brilliant prize here! As I am late, I'm extending this comp until Thursday 19th 23.59 - the voucher will be sent via email as soon as the winner confirms by replying to my "Winners Announcement" email. Don't worry if it's you - you won't miss it!<br />
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<br /><a class='e-gleam' href="https://gleam.io/kNJVR/12-days-of-christmas-day-11-a-50-amazon-voucher" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 11 - A £50 Amazon voucher!</a>
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Keep a special eye out tomorrow as we have a FANTASTIC prize coming up, but it's only live until Sunday (15th) at 23.59! Tell all your friends to keep watch too so none of you miss out!</u></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-55561131824091037852013-12-10T00:21:00.002+00:002013-12-10T00:21:54.547+00:0012 days of Christmas advent competition - DAY 10!Check me out! Early for todays competition as I am going out for the day.<br />
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We have a bundle of smellies up for grabs today!<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/wderK/12-days-of-christmas-day-10-a-bundle-of-smellies" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 10 - A bundle of smellies!</a>
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J and T love using my phone to fill it with pictures.<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/nVV4h/12-days-of-christmas-day-9-a-leapfrog-creativity-camera-app" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 9 - A LeapFrog Creativity Camera App!</a>
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Check out the lovely ranges they have, the scarves come in a variety of colours.<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/TGIqE/12-days-of-christmas-day-8-faux-fur-scarf" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 8 - Faux Fur Scarf</a>
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It includes: £20 worth of vouchers for Little Dish meals, an OXO Tot Twist Top Water Bottle, In The Night Garden DVD, A fleece blanket and a little rabbit teddy.<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/MrUSn/12-days-of-christmas-day-7-a-small-bundle-of-baby-goodies" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 7 - A small bundle of baby goodies</a>
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So, today, the 6th day, what have we got?<br />
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We have some lovely "Print your own" Fridge magnets and a £10 photo voucher so you can get using the frames straight away!<br />
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The fridge magnets are part of the <a href="http://www.inkfactory.com/photo-gifts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Print your own" photo gift range</a>, there are some lovely items that can easily be used for gifts.<br />
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Best of luck!<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/jp8O7/12-days-of-christmas-day-6-a-set-of-print-your-own-fridge-magnets-10-photo-voucher" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 6 - A set of "Print your own" Fridge magnets & £10 photo voucher</a>
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Today we have a fantastic app toy from <a href="http://www.leapfrog.com/en_gb/new_home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LeapFrog UK</a>! I love LeapFrog products, I find them so easy to use and so helpful teaching the kids.<br />
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Here, we have some lovely chocolates from Hotel Chocolat for you to win in today's advent competition! Check out my review of Hotel Chocolat <a href="http://www.thecrazyperfect.com/2013/12/youre-sweet-like-chocolat-hotel.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/3sqOr/12-days-of-christmas-day-4-a-hotel-chocolat-christmas-goody-bag" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 4 - A Hotel Chocolat Christmas Goody Bag</a>
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As always, best of luck!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com144tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-72438399602294786172013-12-04T10:28:00.003+00:002013-12-04T10:28:59.531+00:00You're sweet like chocolat - A Hotel Chocolat reviewNever have I been more excited than when I received an email from the lovely people from <a href="http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hotel Chocolat</a>. I mean, what girl wouldn't like the chance to "test" a box of chocolates?<br />
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I chose the <a href="http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/shop/christmas/sleekster-classic-christmas-selection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sleekster Classic Christmas Selection</a> RRP £23.00.</div>
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The box itself is stunning, it made me feel all Christmassy just by looking at it. It would make the perfect gift for someone as it even comes with a little card.</div>
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The chocolates were a variety of flavours; from the delicious Milk Bauble, containing milk chocolate, to the melt-in-your-mouth Cranberry Cup. Each chocolate was so exquisite and tasteful, you could tell these were made to taste good!</div>
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The description of each chocolate is very clear and made it easy for the kids to choose which ones they liked (boo!) and which ones <strike>I could have</strike> they didn't. Unfortunately, that didn't leave me with many, sob! But, I liked being able to share with the ones I love.</div>
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Aside from being awesome at chocolate making, Hotel Chocolat are well known for their support to cocoa communities in Ghana and Saint Lucia. Their own Engaged Ethics program has being running for 8 years and allows benefits to the cocoa communities. I like a company looking out for everyone involved in the process, I wish more would follow suit. You can read more on the Hotel Chocolat story <a href="http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on the website</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-82339564973879727992013-12-03T00:38:00.000+00:002013-12-03T00:38:00.540+00:0012 Days of Christmas! Advent competition - DAY 3!Day 3 already? Only 22 sleeps until Christmas morning!! Yay!<br />
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Today we have a few goodies up for grabs!<br />
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As much shock as that may be, it isn't something that's going to make the national papers.<br />
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However, whilst I was not eating breakfast and catching up on social media, I came across this video from Tom Daley.<br />
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I admire the guy, he's an Olympic Gold medalist for crying out loud, but why did he feel the need to do this?<br />
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In the video he says how supportive his mother has been, how some family members were against it - what does it matter what they think?<br />
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I struggle to understand the buzz about famous people. Yes they are well known, yes they have more money in the bank than most of us, but, at the end of the day, they are humans too, right? Why do they feel inclined to post tweets, facebook statuses, pictures, videos and the like, about their private life? Because surely, their private life should be exactly that? PRIVATE?!<br />
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It annoys me that the news media thinks that we all want to know what colour pants so-and-so is wearing today, who's pregnant, or if Miley Cyrus has poked her tongue out today! Leave them be, let them live their lives.<br />
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So far, I have seen nothing but support for Tom Daley. Not many people, famous or not, would do what he's done. But I can imagine there'll be some against it. I wish Tom and his partner the very best for the future!<br />
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The one thing I'm certain of though - my daughter will be GUTTED!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-91316790845211694602013-12-02T09:59:00.000+00:002013-12-02T10:02:20.872+00:00Christmas GiftsIn an earlier post I mentioned how difficult I find it to buy for the men in my life. I have to admit, I also find some female relatives impossible to buy for!<br />
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Take my mother, for example. I could just imagine her face if I ever tried giving her something to help with either housework or cooking. She only reads one author, Kathy Reichs, and ALWAYS buys any new book as soon as it's on sale. She loves Bones (The TV show) but, if there's no new DVDs out, I'm stuck.<br />
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So when <a href="http://www.personal-planner.co.uk/EN/">Personal Planner</a> contacted me and asked if I would like to review one of their planners, I hoped it was something I could pass on to her.<br />
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<i>That wasn't going to happen though!</i> The problem started when I went on to the website.<br />
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As you know I am a busy mum of four. You can't see my fridge due to letters, reminder notes, timetables from school. My phone's calendar is full of appointments for all four, I had a diary I kept in my handbag once, that's full! I'm fed up of having pieces of paper with important information on everywhere!<br />
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On the website, you can choose and change pretty much every aspect of the planner. I went for a "Large" size and got to work at personalising it. It was so simple to do, no faffing around with things, I added a picture to the front and one to the back of all my mums' grandchildren. Then I had that thought. "This is something I have been looking for ever since I started getting a mountain of letters from school!"<br />
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<b>Sorry Mum! This one is mine!</b><br />
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I changed the cover pictures, added birthdays, important dates, changed the themes - it was a breeze!<br />
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And the end product? Well, take a look for yourselves!<br />
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I absolutely adore my planner! It didn't take long to arrive, about five days. Even though my Mum didn't get this one, I'm ordering her one for Christmas!<br />
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Do you like the look of them? Well, I have a competition for you to win one in today's Advent Competition <a href="http://www.thecrazyperfect.com/2013/12/12-days-of-christmas-advent-competition_2.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Good luck!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-31271672403366114982013-12-02T09:58:00.002+00:002013-12-02T09:59:46.107+00:0012 days of Christmas! Advent competition - DAY 2!The lovely people at Personal Planner have offered a code for someone to win to create their own fab planner.<br />
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Check out my review to see what I thought of it <a href="http://www.thecrazyperfect.com/2013/12/christmas-gifts.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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<script async="true" src="https://js.gleam.io/e.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-89100893987705796562013-12-01T14:10:00.000+00:002013-12-01T14:10:24.663+00:0012 days of Christmas! Advent competition - DAY 1!Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!<br />
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As many of you climb into the attic or loft, dig deep in the garage or shed, or just go and buy new decorations to put up today, why not take a five minute break and enter this fantastic competition?<br />
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I will be adding 12 competitions in the next 12 days. This is the first.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thedogsdoodahs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dog Doo Dahs</a> is a really great website with a range of cards to suit your fancy.<br />
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<a class="e-gleam" href="https://gleam.io/xAh1D/12-days-of-christmas-day-1-win-1-of-5-personalised-cards-from-thedogsdoodahscom" rel="nofollow">12 days of Christmas - day 1 - win 1 of 5 personalised cards from TheDogsDoodahs.com!</a>
<script async="true" src="https://js.gleam.io/e.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-66832928795573044792013-11-28T10:44:00.000+00:002013-11-28T10:47:00.095+00:00Buying for the men in your life.<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there's one thing I hate, it's Christmas shopping for men. Take
my partner, for example. If he had his own way, he'd be happy with a pile of
Xbox games for Christmas. Now, that would be fine if the games didn't cost £40+
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came across this great <a href="http://www.homewetbar.com/Budweiser-bbq-sauce-and-marinade-gift-set-p-1290.html">Budweiser BBQ sauce and marinade gift set</a> from <a href="http://www.homewetbar.com/">Home Wet Bar</a> - my partner loves his BBQ sauce so this would be perfect!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well as the list of Xbox games, he also adds the same things
every year; socks, pants and smellies. I don’t mind those things so much,
especially as it seems our washing machine eats his socks and the kids love
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another winner for presents, I find, is something the children
have created. This also works for birthdays, of course, and I love receiving a
card that they’ve spent creating themselves. Last Christmas we made some lovely
photo frames for their grandad – ideal if your children have had a photograph
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My dad is so hard to buy for. He enjoys watching the cricket,
drinking coffee and playing some game on Facebook. But recently he’s found Mrs
Browns’ Boys. The first episode he watched, my mum said he didn’t stop
laughing! So, after trawling the web, I found this funny personalised mug!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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choosing a present. Since he bought himself an iPad, many presents from other
relatives have been iTunes vouchers – nice and simple! I would rather put some
effort into choosing a gift. I seen an advert for this book and instantly
thought off him! He’s forever telling us jokes, making us use our brains with
his riddles or reading out the funny letters from the paper or Readers Digest.
So, hopefully, this <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universally-Challenged-Contestants-Funniest-Things/dp/1843174669" target="_blank">book</a> will tickle him!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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endless. Many have favourite aftershaves, even a shaver would please some, but
I’ve chosen a gift experience this year. With it he can try out skydiving,
drive a car fast (legally!) or even learn to fly a plane! The choices are
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-91720332951948136492013-11-25T23:46:00.002+00:002013-11-25T23:46:50.415+00:00Christmas is coming and that can only mean one thing......Well, maybe not just one!<br />
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I've been letting my blog go by itself for a few weeks now. I always thought I'd have plenty of time to write loads of posts. How wrong was I? If it's not lack of sleep combined with the inability to even think straight, it's an illness that has struck down one of the kiddies.<br />
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Take last week, for example. Baby B (who now has four teeth by the way!) was being very grumpy. His front top teeth are refusing to cut through and the two fangs (do they call them that? The ones either side of the front two anyway!) have come through. On top of teething, he's had a chesty cough, runny nose and sneezes. J's nose has been running like a tap for the last week, he even had a day off school last week as he wasn't well at all. C was sick last week too, she had to have a day off school. I'm really surprised that T and myself haven't had it yet *touch wood*.<br />
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It's no wonder people can be so miserable during the winter months. All I feel like is cuddling up under the duvet and hibernating until Spring! Maybe not, it's my birthday in February, I'll be the big 3-0, so I don't want to miss that! But seriously, I feel so down. I don't like the cold weather. I love snow, I love Christmas, I just don't like cold!<br />
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Am I on my own? I doubt it. I just wish Winter would hurry and go away! I need some warm sunshine!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-4119741477654937782013-11-20T12:51:00.003+00:002013-11-20T13:06:28.405+00:00Competition: Win 1 months supply of Formoline! (10 winners!!)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I have a box of Formoline to give away to ten lucky people!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fibre is entirely inert, none is metabolised, and it passes <i>safely </i>through the system with the bound fats, removing them from your body before they are digested.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I was doing my daily nose through them when I spotted a post from the lovely Sara Thomas from Pretty In Pink blog about specific guidelines when it comes to reviewing items or being paid to post content. You can read her post <a href="http://www.pretty-in-pink-blog.com/2013/11/blurring-advertising-and-blogs.html" target="_blank">here</a> and read the ASA's post <a href="http://www.asa.org.uk/News-resources/Media-Centre/2013/Blurring-advertising-and-blogs.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a nutshell it basically states that if a company pays for content or a "positive review" then it MUST be disclosed (A little note stating that you received payment).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, my regular readers will know I have done both reviews and paid for content. I disclose on every post that I feel needs to be. But it turns out I needn't had to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sent an email to the ASA enquiring as to where I stood when a company sends me a product, for free, for a review. I always thought it had to be disclosed. Their reply certainly put me straight!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-87224348668316997102013-11-04T22:59:00.000+00:002013-11-04T22:59:04.035+00:00Let's go crazy, crazy, CRAZY!Apologies for quoting an annoying pop song, although T would be giving me "The Look" right about now if she heard me say that!<br />
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These last few weeks have been absolutely mental! Half term last week didn't help, I'm now up to my eyeballs in washing, housework and blog posts! The important things come first, of course, so my poor bloggy has been put on the back burner for a while <insert sad face here>.<br />
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I can't even promise it'll get better in the coming weeks. Christmas is less than eight weeks away (Argghhhh!!) and I'm nowhere near ready for it. On top of present-buying I have room-decorating, floor-laying, de-cluttering and much more things to do! I need a few extra pairs of hands and hours in the day!<br />
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I hope the run up to Christmas is going smoother for you. Do you have any tips on how to keep it stress-free?<br />
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Before Christmas comes, we have Bonfire night tomorrow. Please keep safe!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-70579864556473176192013-11-04T22:35:00.003+00:002013-11-04T22:59:24.395+00:00Weighing it up! An Ozeri Digital Kitchen Scale review.Having found a new passion for baking and designing character cakes, we were thrilled when asked to review a set of Digital scales. I've always used cheap tacky scales from the discount shop which never measure precisely.<br />
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It also allows you to add multiple things and measure them separately. Weigh in some flour - reset - add the eggs and weigh - reset - you see where I'm going. It's a brilliant gadget that will make my life that little bit easier, when it comes to baking at least!<br />
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A rare problem I faced with the cheap scales bought from the discount shop was that I struggled to get the exact measurement I wanted. These scales are so precise, you can measure as little as 1g!<br />
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These scales are so simple to use, a must in every busy kitchen! I almost forgot the little surprise! It even has a timer! So you can set the clock for however long you need it and carry on with the day! I think it truly is a great item!<br />
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You can buy these from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007TCER2O" rel="nofollow">Amazon</a> at a bargain price of just £9.95!<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I love the rain. When I don't have to go anywhere and can curl up in my duvet and listen to it outside. But when I have to go somewhere, I hate the stuff! We get soggy, my shoes don't dry properly and I feel cold.<br />
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I actually prefer the snow - at least you can have fun in the snow, throwing snowballs and making snowpeople.<br />
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So hurry up snow please!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-90482395764650739212013-10-20T20:57:00.002+01:002013-10-20T20:57:36.037+01:00Please don't share!!At one point we've all seen it. Friends or family on Facebook sharing random pictures. Some are Memes and are really funny! Some are of missing people and I always share these in the hope that it will reach that one person that holds vital information! Some are of scammy competitions, I spend ages trying to explain to some that they are fake and so noticeably fake! Like the current one, "Argos." see the fullstop? That's how you know it's fake! Facebook really need to clamp down on these pages, especially the ones offering 1,692 iPads because the security film is damaged and they can't sell them! (!!) I mean, really?<br />
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But they're not the posts that concern me most.<br />
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It's those ones of abused babies and children. The latest, about a boy called "Chris" who was supposedly murdered by his own father. I know this happens. A few posts ago I wrote about the subject. I'm not trying to hide the fact that it happens. Far from it! But, tell me, what good does it do to share the picture of the little baby black and blue? It won't stop it from happening to someone else. All you are doing is giving the person / people who abused that poor child the attention that they crave.<br />
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By all means, share a post of writing. Tell the world, or at least your friends, family and any followers, how you feel about this and to report anything they feel is even the slightest suspicious. Babies don't have a voice. We adults are their voices, we need to protect them!<br />
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So please think hard before you share that picture again. We need to help these innocent children but not by sharing the pictures of their abuse.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698441527260515743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049084269845817868.post-23676650964903929472013-10-17T16:29:00.001+01:002013-11-04T22:37:16.353+00:00Do you Trick or Treat?<span style="font-family: inherit;">From the moment they are born, all we, as parents, want to do is protect our children. When they are old enough to understand, we drum into them the dangers of life around us. How to cross the road safely, how medicines are not sweets, why it's not a good thing to pull your little brother around by his arm (yep, I've had that!). One of the most important things we teach them, especially in this day, is not to talk to strangers. My worst fear as a parent is someone snatching my child.</span><br />
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So why is it that every year we allow our children to knock on doors unknown. We dress them up in little costumes and let them get sweeties from all those who like to open their door. Yep, I'm talking about Halloween.</span><br />
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It's only been the last couple of years that I've allowed the kids to go out on Halloween. J was almost three when we first took him out. Dressed in his little Skeleton outfit, he looked really cute. I only allowed them to visit people that we knew in the area, yet they still managed a bag-full each of different sweets and treats.</span><br />
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However, the following day while walking down my nans street, J started to walk up someone's path. When I asked what he was doing, he replied so innocently "I'm trick-n-treating mum! I want some more sweeties!"</span><br />
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It made me stop in my tracks. my almost-three year old was linking knocking on doors to getting sweeties. What had I done?
It made me realise why so many parents don't allow their kids to go out "Trick or Treating". It also made me think how many did and allowed them to knock on strangers doors! Why do parents spend the time to inform their kids of the dangers yet freely allow them once a year?!</span><br />
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I am quite excited this year, as it's Baby B's first Halloween and I've bought him the cutest <span style="color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;">little Frankenstein</span> costume!</span><br />
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The girls haven't decided what to dress up as yet, but I've heard some whispers about Smurfs. J wants to dress up as a skeleton again (for the third year running!). I'm even going to attempt some<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/nanasmama/jack-o-lanterns/"> Jack O'Lanterns</a> this year! </span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-556e5d4b-c77c-4f83-bc1c-74132c10f7ff"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Considering last year’s event I think it’s a smart choice to chaperone them again this year until I feel like they’re at an age where they understand the hazards involved and can do it safely on their own…it’s not all fun and games you know. This </span><a href="http://www.fancydressball.co.uk/halloween-costumes.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">costume infographic from fancy dress ball</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (scroll to bottom of page) has some excellent ideas if you like me are chaperoning again this year and will give you some food for thought if you want to spook not only the kids, but also put a scare into the neighbours.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please remember that, although the costumes look lovely, in darkened areas they aren't so easy to spot! Get some reflection badges or bangles - they are cheap to buy and make seeing a child so much easier! </span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If your children are going out alone, make sure they understand the dangers of knocking on strangers doors.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Make sure you keep an eye on your group when you go out. With some lovely costumes available it's likely that other children have the same one - it's so easy to grab a hand of the wrong child.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't let them eat too many sweets! Apart from being bad for their teeth, too much sugar means very hyper kiddies before bed! Not a great thing, believe me!</span></span></li>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If the weather is bad we'll be staying in and playing some games! We'll be playing "Pin the foot on the skeleton", dunking for apples and spider treasure hunt! I think I'll get the kids to carve some pumpkins too! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m still wondering if there’s a reasonable way to dissociate Halloween from the notion of getting treats…any ideas?</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-556e5d4b-c77d-bc7e-8032-0787a1aa9b14"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have any of you made any cool Jack O’Lanterns?</span></span></span><br />
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