Some Birthday Decorations.

I love making my own decorations. I like to use things we have around the house. This Monday it is Dixons birthday, so I took the chance over the weekend to put up a few pieces ready to celebrate. I used fabric scraps and magazine cuttings. Nice and simple. (And yes, yes I did spell 'Birthday' incorrectly. Totally meant to...)

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Strawberry Mojitos.

I made my favourite drink over the weekend. As a pre-birthday treat! I thought that I would share it with you... Strawberry Mojitos! I first had this drink on the beach in Barcelona, and completely fell in love. It's the first time I've made them myself. It turned out very well!

You'll need: White Rum, Soda Water, Ice, 2tbls Brown Sugar, 4 limes quartered, a handful of strawberries quartered & a bunch of fresh mint. 

Directions: In a jug, squeeze out 2 limes worth of juice, add your brown sugar and stir until partly dissolved. Add in your fruit and the leaves of a small bunch of mint. Give it all a stir. This will bruise the mint to let out its tasty oils and let out some of the strawberry juice! Add 2 cups of rum to 5 cups of soda. Add ice. Mix and serve!

You can add more sugar if you'd prefer, or more lime (I love lots of lime). Taking out the rum and adding mango juice makes a great mock-tail too! I hope you love them as much as I do.

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Guess what today is?

Woo hoo!!  I even did you a little drawing, what do you think? I have some amazing things planned to celebrate. Firstly, Dixon and me are going to a Gujarati restaurant called Hansas. I've been wanting to go for so long, Indian food is my absolute favourite! Then, this weekend, my parents, brothers and their girlfriends are coming to Leeds! Its the first time they have visited me since I moved to Leeds (5 years ago!). We're going to a champagne bar and, of course, I'm taking them for more Indian food! Maybe I should call it curryday? It also means I have exactly a year to finish my whole 25 list. I better get a move on. I hope you're all having a wonderful week.

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