Garden Centre Haul (Yes! Another One!)

Another weekend & another visit to another garden centre. We had a 50% off voucher for this particular one so wanted to try & get our Christmas village scene from them. I love this Santa Workshop. It has lots of things moving on it & the music can be on or off. Finley loves this. We got it out when we got home to check it over ( sorry I didn't think to take that photo) & he would not let us put it away again! 

This particular garden centre (Garden Pride at Ditchling in East Sussex) always have amazing decorations. I could seriously spend a fortune there.

I did buy a small Yankee Candle in Cherries on Ice ( which I have burning as I type) but didn't take a photo of that either. I am a terrible blogger!

Thank you for reading

Amanda xxx

Product Empties #3 | Part 3 | Make-Up

The last installment of this round of empties. Make-up takes a turn this time.

Most of these have been in previous empties as well. I would buy all these products again & have already done s in all cases. The primers are some of the best I have tried. The powder is my ultimate go to right now as well. I sometimes struggle to buy my shade so I generally try to stay 1 compact a head & buy when I see it even if I have only just opened a new one.

RIMMEL EXAGGERATE UNDERCOVER SHADOW PRIMER
RIMMEL FIX & PERFECT PRO PRIMER
BOURJOIS HEALTHY BALANCE POWDER (x2) in 55 (DARK BEIGE)

Product Empties #3 | Part 2 | Skincare

Part 2 of my current empties. This time it is the turn of skincare. I think the reason for so many this month is due to having a few sample sized items to use up.

Beginning with Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash. This was lovely. Really cleansed my skin for me nicely & the scent of it was nice & subtle. I would buy this again when I have used up all my back ups of other brands. 

Clinique All About Lips. Loved this. Sad to have finished it. Really kept my lips conditioned really nicely. On the list for a repurchase one day!

Boots Essentials Cucumber Eye Gel. I quite liked this. I always adore the cucumber scent of their range. I know it was only a 15ml tube but I still felt like there wasn't much product in the tube as I used it very quickly. I would possibly buy it again but not at this time.

Clarins One-Step Facial Cleanser with Orange Extract. I got this 10ml sample with a recent order & omg I love it. I have already bought the larger bottle because I thought it did a great job. 

Clinique All About Eyes. Another sample size pot & an item that we know I love too. I have no completely run out of all the sample pots I had of this. I am quite sad about it too. Added to my list along with the lip treatment though.

Harmony Moisturizing creme balm with Aloe Vera butter. Got in a GlossyBox ages ago. Honestly the jury is totally out on this. Scent was OKish but I found it quite a thick cream which sometimes too a while to sink in. I would not buy this even if I could actually find it for sale somewhere as I don't think it was that good.

Lastly - Clarins Eye Contour Gel. I liked this but as it was only a smaple size there wasn't many uses from it. I would buy it again when the time is right as I thought it did a good job. 

Thank you for reading

Amanda xxx

Grocery Shop

Time for a grocery haul post. I have not done one before & if they are not your cup of tea then I would click out now.

If , however like me you love a good nosy of another persons trolley of shopping then lets continue.

Tesco has been my shop of choice for ages now. 1 because it is my closest ( & cheapest shop after Iceland)  & 2 because I always have loads of vouchers etc to be using in store. I am hoping though in the new year to shake it up a little & do the weekly shop elsewhere at times ( Sainsburys I have not been too in ages & I am keen to try an Ocado shop - I know how to live.)

Anyway onward. Below are the photos & I will try my best to list everything below each photo & any deals I got on them.

The Andrex toilet paper 9 pack is 2 for £7.50 ( usually £4.49 each.) Aqua Fresh Mouthwash buy one get one free ( £3.29 each.) Dove deodorant ( 2 for £4 on the 250ml.) Rob wanted deodorant too but didn't care what so I just picked up some of the cheaper ones.The moist toilet tissue is 85p a pack. The slippers were £4.

I wanted some new pyjamas as its getting colder now & my shorts are just not cutting it now. These were £9.

 Tins of Ceser dog food are 7 for the price of 4 ( usual price is around 70p.) I got 14 tins which will last Barney for just a week there about. Tesco Super Berry Granola. Walburtons Thins ( We have the half & half. They are really yummy.) 2 packs of Tesco choc chip cookies. The boys adore these & at only 40p a pack you can't really go wrong. The multi pack of biscuits was £1.19. Lastly the hot choc sachets were 4 for £1. 

 Cornflour. Peanut Butter. Chocolate chips & fudge pieces were on 3 for 2. Costing between 70p & 95p.

Frozen products. Tesco own straight cut oven chips. Tesco Butcher Choice Cumberland Sausages. Skinless Salmon ( 2 packs for £6. usually £3.25 a pack.) Turkey rashers ( 2 for £5. Usual price is £2.63 per pack.) Lardons. Tesco Thai Curry ( deal was 3 for £6 but 2 have gone into the frdige for tea this evening.)

 Chilled items. Apple Juice 4 pack. Milk ( 3 for £3.) Clover ( 2 for £3.) Activia Natural Yoghurt. Cooked Ham. Bernard Matthews Turkey roast pieces. 

 Vegatables. Sliced Greens, Spinach & Peppers ( all for the Guinea Pigs because they are spoilt!)
Tender stem Broccoli (2 for £2.) Carrots. Cauliflower. Cherry Tomatos. Sugar Snap Peas & trimmed Fine Beans. 

Last but not least we have the fruit. Easy peel satsumas. Cheap Tesco apples. They are for Finley's pre-school mid morning snack so he doesn't need anything too fancy.Red Grapes. Raspberries & Strawberries are on 2 for £4. Bananas & finally Blackberries.

My sub-total was £150.87 but with around £17 worth of savings I paid £133.51.

So I hope you found this post interesting. I know it is normal to record a video rather than make a blog post but right now this is an easier way of doing it for myself. I certainly enjoyed sharing a different topic with you. 

Amanda xx

Christmas Gifts | Under £10

A slight break from the Wednesday Wishlists for a few weeks whilst I bring Christmas gift ideas as well as party wear coming up in a couple of weeks as well.

This week I am showing gifts for under £10*. A mixture for her, for him & the kids.

* Please note prices stated here are correct at the time of this post going live. 

1 - Cupcake Illustration Cotton Tote Bag | Not On The High Street | £6.

2 - Personalised Typewriter Notepad | Not On The High Street | £9.

3 - Baylis & Harding Aqua Men's Gift Set | BHS | £8.

4 - Hornby Train Mug | Internet Gift Store | £6.99

5 - Ridley's Snakes & Ladders & Ludo Board Game | Internet Gift Store | £9.99

6 - East of India Black Sign - Save Water | Internet Gift Store | £8.99

7 - Doc McStuffins Flocked Chair | Argos | £9.99

8 - Fisher-Price Imaginext Dino Feature ( Assortment) | Argos | £9.99

I could have added so many things to this post but managed to dwindle it down to just these few. 

Let me know if there is anything you would like me to do a post on for Xmas gifts. I could do specific to her or him posts. Maybe you want to buy a gift for a foodie. I can do that too. 

Thanks so much for reading. 

Amanda xx

Weekend Baking

I was in a baking kind of mood on Sunday. With just a short trip to the garden centre to look at Xmas decorations ( although it turned out not so short) I had a whole afternoon to dedicate to being an amazing mum!! 

I made fairy cakes, smartie cookies & lemon butterfly cakes. There is not much left from this baking session so I may be having to get the cook book out again later this week.

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