Why I baked a wedding cake (and saved £430)

As long as I can remember I’ve been into baking, be it cakes, scones, biscuits or flapjacks. It’s a well-known fact among my friends and family, who frequently request baked goods when we meet up (chocolate Guinness cake being the most requested). So when one of my best friends got engaged at Christmas and rapidly sped into...

Swap Shops: How to get something new for nothing

As a natural-born hoarder, the thought of a Swap Shop fills me with both joy and fear. The fear that I’ll actually be forced into clearing through my worldly goods, and the joy of picking up some new bits to add to the collection. For those who don’t know what a Swap Shop is, it’s basically a...