royal biscuits

Okay, so according to myself, Si, my friends and all my family these are the best biscuits EVER. Even Prince William served something similar at his wedding reception. Now I have no idea if the same recipe was used, but this recipe has been passed down to me from my gran, and she named them Pralines. Now I am no expert but I'm pretty sure these aren't pralines {or if they are please enlighten me, it might just be a Scottish thing} so after racking my brains for another name, I have aptly come up with 'Royal cakes' {don't sue me though if there is another cake under this name}

So anyway, I begin...

8oz chocolate {baking or normal}

2oz castor sugar

2oz drinking chocolate

4oz margarine

2oz dried milk

2 table spoons syrup

1 table spoon vanilla essence

1 cup of raisons

1/2 ib rich tea biscuits

This recipe is easy peasy, just make sure you have everything measured out before getting started.

So here we go-

1. Break biscuits into small crumbly pieces in a bowl

2. Add the raisons and vanilla essence. Mix everything around

3. Melt the marg, sugar, syrup, with the drinking choc and dried milk, until you have a smooth mixture

4. Add to the biscuit mix

5. Roll the mix out in a tin 1/2 inch thick {cheats tip, I use a plastic bag over my hand to press the mix down}

5. melt the chocolate and then spread over the mixture

6. Leave in the fridge for 30-45 mins, or until set.

7. East those bad boys up. 

Let me know what you think :)

an idea

Dress - H&M / Jumper - New Look / Shoes - New Look

These photos where actually taken last week when we had unseasonably warm weather, however this week we where back to rain, clouds, and well more rain. It makes me laugh how the minute the sun comes out, we raid our wardrobes for last year’s summer dresses and we get out our whiter than white pins. We Brits are suckers for the sun. Any-hoo, I have been on a major thinking spree lately, about the whole, ‘what’s life about?’ ‘what career path shall I take?’ etc, etc and quite frankly my brain is getting all muddled and confused and keeps shouting out WAY to many options that it’s reducing me to a big-crumbling-mess. Urrrgghhh. So I am going to sit down, clear my mind and compile a 24 for 25 list, to complete before I’m 25 {yer, do you get it?} I have seen this done on many blogs, and I love the idea of having my goals and dreams written out. So, my birthday is only 2 weeks away, so I must get scribbling.  

Has anyone else tried this?

a few from easter weekend

This weekend has been filled with way too much time on our hands. Si took the bank holiday off as well, and we got to spend 4 whole days together {today still being one, and we have no idea what to do} The great British weather has, of course, given us a weekend full off the cold and rain, with only a splash of sun on Friday.

We haven’t been up to a great deal, lunching out, eating rubbish, catching up on the current season of Homeland {please tell me someone is also watching this? I am loving it so far} and redesigning my office space {photos to come} my dreams also came true thanks to my bestie Harriet. She took me to the newly opened Harry Potter world for my birthday {which is in a few weeks} so I will post my pictures later in the week.

So I am off to rack my brains with what to do today. I am thinking baking, Harry Potter and bowling…we will see. 

how i'm starting the bank holiday...

... late night shopping up ASDA, eating lots of junk food and staying up all night watching Season one of Homeland. Cos that's how we roll in the Sumon household.

memory lane

I have spent the last few evenings sorting out all my files, music and pictures and converting them from my old home computer to my shiny new Mac. So I had the delight off going through the mountains of pictures I have from back in the days. I literally have squillions, to many to even know what to do with. So I have picked a few of my faves from over the years. I LOVE looking at old pictures, and it brings back so many memories, that's why I still have a camera permanently attached to my hand. I think I have convinced myself I am going to be the crazy old women, sitting in her rocking chair, surrounded by my grandkids, showing them all of my photos. So here are a few that brought back good memories when I was looking through...

Just a quick snippet of the good times.

to do

Dress - Primark / Cardigan - H&M / Belt - New Look / Shoes - Primark

I told you I got to wear my maxi dress {yey, high five} it’s actually a strapless, casual, throw it on kind of dress, perfect for the beach, but I couldn’t wait any longer, Miss impatient over here. I have another 4 day week on my hands though, and can’t wait to finally get down and dirty and finish painting all the rubbish bits off the house. I still have hall skirting that has been left for nearly a year; I just can’t put it off any longer. We hope to put the house on the market over the next few months, so I have to get my butt into gear and finish this darn house. I also plan on getting round to starting my scrap book. I literally collected everything possible from my trip to America last year, and can’t wait to get all creative on its ass. So bring on this weekend, oh and the chocolate.

this sunday has mostly involved

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plenty of food

These kiddos

and this special little dudeface

I have had such a lovely weekend spending it with family and friends and getting my chillax on big time. I found myself watching 'Alfie' late on my own on Saturday night reliving my love for Jude Law {that man, phwooar}We had a gorgeous afternoon tea for Si's nanas birthday and we went for a sunset stroll on the cliffs resulting in a impromptu photo shoot, involving many accidental bum shots and lots of laughter.
I also spent the majority off my time playing around with the mac and made some Movie trailers to get to grips with the thing. So check out my romantic comedy trailer {ft Si and I} A girlie film {ft my nieces} and a holiday season film {ft my friends}

enjoy.

{how cheesey am I ^}