Win a Curious Candy Hamper

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I hope you guys realise the sacrifice I am going through, by letting you know about this competition I'm pretty sure it means I can't win, BUT, maybe one of my lovely readers will win. Curious Candy is our local, proper, old fashioned sweet shop, here in Bangor Northern Ireland. As well as the classics, they import American candy, chocolate and sodas for us grown ups. To win their hamper, it's a simple Facebook like & share competition which you can find here. Good luck. 

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An Entire Rainbow of Kettles to Brighten Your Kitchen in Autumn from Debenhams

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It's the month of bundling into the house and sticking the kettle on. Big pots of tea with sugarcubes, mugs of hot chocolate with mallows. Debenhams sent me this beauty of a kettle to kickstart the hot drinks season. 

Their online store has an entire rainbow of kettles to choose from, you just have to decide which would make the coolest kitchen talking point. Debenhams are also running their famous Blue Cross Sale this weekend, so you can save some money.

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BEAR Alphabites Cereal is a Bowlful of Fun

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There are dozens of kids' cereals these days, and there seems to be a new one every week. Unlike when we were kids and you had Frosties, Rice Krispies, or Cocopops and that was it. The choice is great, but one thing I miss is the beloved free plastic toy that cereal used to come with, that you could fight with your siblings over. I don't know why that stopped. Maybe too many children were eating them by accident. 

The new BEAR Alphabites cereal may not have a toy, but it will appeal to the little collector in your family. Each packet has a bright & colourful fact file on the back, one for each letter of the alphabet. Potentially they could be cut out and framed for a bedroom wall, or alternatively, just studied between munches in the morning. 

 

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BEAR are a familiar and trusted brand for healthy kids' snacks. Their new breakfast cereal is an equally healthy choice. No salt and sugar, the sweetness comes from coconut nectar (which doesn't taste like coconuts).  You can choose from multigrain or cocoa multigrain, and as you would expect from Alphabites, they are shaped like letters. It was a big thumbs up from my son.

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thank you, BEAR

thank you, BEAR

Eco-friendly Light Up Kettle from Stellar

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The Stellar SEA31 glass electric kettle can boil up to 1.7 litres, or just one cup, without effecting the heating element. Clever, if you're trying to save the world one tea bag at a time. 

The best part for me however is the novelty that it lights up blue when in action, so I can have a little disco in the kitchen in the morning. 

Can't Decide What Colour to Paint the Kitchen? Paint It EVERY Colour; oh & Bring the Bucket of Lego

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Go Splash! Pocket-sized Water Flavours on the Go.

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Go Splash are handbag sized, low calorie water flavourings. Basically juice dilute for on the go. I don't really do 'bad' reviews, but to tell you the truth I'm stuck trying to get my head round why you would need to carry dilute. If you are buying a bottle of water out and about, you can just as easily buy a low calorie juice. Likewise, ordering free tap water in a restaurant and whipping out the Go Splash! isn't going to endear you to the staff. The only thing I could come up with would be if you were somewhere like a theme park. You could carry a bottle to fill at water fountains, then add your squirt of Go Splash! to encourage your child to drink if they aren't keen on plain water. I suppose it might also be good for glasses of water in the office, without having to store a giant 1 litre bottle of dilute in your drawer.
But at £2.45 for a tiny bottle, it's expensive compared to larger bottles of dilute available for at home. Maybe I'm missing something really obvious, but its not something I would use. Available at supermarkets.

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