Adding To My Baking Repertoire

I feel like as we grow up we start to expand on what we think we can do and what we actually do. For example, being an avid and devoted watcher of the Great British Bake Off I always assumed I was a fabulous baker but then I realised I should probably try it for myself. I have to admit, this story sounds like it's going south, but have no fear because I my friend actually can bake and I'm not too shabby at it! I decided to go straight in and try bread making and it turns out I have a discernible skill when it comes to the world of baking. I have taken full advantage of this and just a couple of weeks ago I made a cheddar and onion loaf for my uncle's birthday, went down fabulously I might add. Anyway back to the point, I decided I wanted to go all professional and instead of having the flour in crumpled bags strewn about the cupboard I bought some Kilner jars so I can have them out on the worktop and impress guests with my professional looking kitchen. I think they look fab, I just need to sort out some proper labels for them and I'm good to go!

 I also decided to go all out and get some decorative cupcake cases, I'm sure Mary Berry would be thrilled!

 

 

Gabrielle

Blowing Away The Cobwebs

For some insane reason I chose today, the windiest, coldest day in months, to go to the pier. On the plus side I'm pretty sure the wind coming off of the sea was so rough that I don't need to exfoliate tonight, silver lining and all that! I do have a tendency to take things for granted and rush through situations but I thought I should take some pictures to remember how the world looked for me today. I know the sun wasn't shining and there weren't buff blonde surfers running around on the beach but I think it was beautiful (and bloody cold!).

P.s. this is a lighthouse, if your mind wandered anywhere else I take no responsibility!

 

Gabrielle



First Beach Trip Of The Year

All my life I've lived near to both the beach and the woods and sometimes I don't think I appreciated that enough so yesterday I decided to go to the beach with my Mum and my dog and just de-compress a bit. I don't know what's happened to Winter this year, it's been mostly raining here in England but yesterday the sun came out and it made the seaside look amazing. I think scenes like this are hard-wired into our brains to make us feel relaxed and I have so many memories of being here when I was growing up with my family so it's always a special place.

 And no day would be complete without a little something sweet to warm the cockles right?

 

Gabrielle

My New Christmas Skincare Gifts

Recently I've found myself being very aware of how healthy (or not) my skin feels and I've been trying different face masks and moisturisers, charcoal, oil-free, tea tree, and for Christmas I got some new bits to add to my collection. I haven't tried everything yet but the products that I've been really impressed with are from Sanctuary, I got two sets from them and one included an electric face brush which is something I had never used before so I was quite excited to try it out and I'm rather impressed!