Closed down 2024. If you are a fan of American sweets and treats you'll be delighted to hear that Nuggies CandyStore is now open in The Canopy (Johnston Court Shopping Centre) in Sligo town. You will find a wide range of sweets in there, and also some unusual drinks, and even some different flavours of... Continue Reading →
Peanut Butter Fudge
A year ago...yes I'm not the quickest in the world, I saw a blog post by the Burlesque Chef for Peanut Butter Fudge. So I had a go at making it and I was a bit worried as I've never made fudge before and thought I might weld the spoon to the saucepan. I didn't... Continue Reading →
Recession Roses?
I won a tin of Cadbury Roses today....yay!!! But they've changed the chocolates....boo!!! We always used to fight over who got the chocolate chunk...to our disappointment they've replaced them with a 'coffee escape'. I wish the bloody coffee would escape because it shouldn't be in a tin of Roses. Little was I to know that... Continue Reading →
Cakes
The last couple of days have been all about cakes 🙂 Lucy made the one above for her friend's birthday. It's a really clever idea for a cake....I hope she makes me one when it's my birthday! Today was a really awful day and as Lucy has taken her cake to her friends I decided... Continue Reading →
Thank Donkey it’s Friday
It's been a bit of a mad week with a lot of toing and froing so I'm delighted it's the weekend 🙂 Lucy was still doing part-time on her course until the end of this week when she got a place in the hairdressing class. So she will be full-time from now on....and I might... Continue Reading →
Sweeties
Sweeties, originally uploaded by magnum_lady. This photo got chosen as pic of the day on pix.ie so I'm delighted about that. Not bad for a bag of sweets that cost 49 cent. Jono had his appointment with the physiotherapist today. It was at Nazareth House which is a lovely old building and has connections with... Continue Reading →