A few #ECMeetup thank yous

After a #ECmeetup Lu and I get a lot of messages of congratulations. I swear it can feel like a joint birthday party at times (our birthdays are only five days apart anyway) It would be pretty easy to be outchea feeling ourselves, but we learnt pretty early on that this is not about us.

We can’t be Santa without elves supporting us so here’s a list of our #ECMeetup elves in no particular order…

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Ella and the Cadbury Chocolate Factory – Plus a video review with Aidan

Want to know why I went to the Cadbury Chocolate Factory? The answer is simple, they invited me, and my momma didn’t raise no fool (I think this might be song lyrics). Honestly who is going to say no to a modern day “golden ticket“? So why did Cadbury invite a bunch of media people into their inner sanctum (allow me to be dramatic)? Well they just launched four new slabs and four more martians and they wanted us to tell you all about it…in a nut shell.

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Basically, Cadbury took four of the most loved bars of chocolate (well Astros is not a bar, but you get me) and turned it into big ‘ol slabs of chocolate and then….

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Practically free post wedding gifting ideas

First things first…wedding gifting ideas? What’s that for? Well I’m referring to gifts from the bridal couple to those who helped make their day a success. These gifts are certainly not compulsory but if you can get them for practically free…Why not.

Weddings and other big celebrations often leave you with three things 1. A very grateful heart, 2. A pretty low budget and 3. Left over decor items and craft supplies.

These wedding gifting ideas show you how to use number 3 to bypass 2 and express 1.

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5 steps to an epic family games night

Anyone for a games night? With winter coming up, nights in are about to be all the rage (since nights out are about to be too cold to bother). The start of  winter coincides with the start of #PrimaGamesFest  – a celebration of family fun and board games – which really plays into my favour.

With this in mind I thought I would share my “secrets” to an epic family games night. Or at least one that won’t leave anyone (apart from maybe a sore loser) in tears

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