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Things I’ve learned about the first day at school

July 13, 2014 By Ellen

In less than a month my youngest son, Boy Three, will be joining the ranks of school pupils as he goes through the classroom door for the first time. For him it’s the start of a huge adventure during which he will tell me that his day was “OK” but that he learned “nothing much” […]

Filed Under: advice, Asda, Boy Three. children's shoes., parents, pupils, school, school uniform, starting school, things I've learned

Retro Sweets: Like the 1970s but better…

February 24, 2014 By Ellen

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Do you remember Refreshers? Parma Violets and Love Hearts? Those Swizzels Matlow sweeties have such a strong place in my memories. Nostalgia on a stick… in […]

Filed Under: #collectivebias, 1970s, Asda, Collective Bias, nostalgia, Retro sweets, shop, Swizzels Matlow

My life in chocolate

July 23, 2013 By Ellen

It started with the buttons. I suppose it does for most of us. Those delicious melt-in-the-mouth discs. Only they don’t really melt in the mouth, they melt everywhere else.  Boy Three shows how to let a Button melt Boy Three replaces his chocolate button eyes with, well, chocolate button eyes They might seem innocent enough, […]

Filed Under: Asda, Cadbury., Cbias, Chocolate, shopping

Halloween post: a bad day in the land of cars

October 29, 2012 By Ellen

  Whooooo. Yup it’s the time when front halls up and down the landfill with the smell of slowly decaying pumpkin and the annual sweetie circulation begins.  Are you scared yet?  To help get us in the mood Asda asked if we’d like to take part in their Spooky Scribes Challenge and sent us a […]

Filed Under: Asda, fancy dress, Halloween, pumpkin, short story, sponsored post

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