Category: Di’s diary

The Green Chain: a blog for charity

Yesterday, PriceMinister launched a fab campaign – The Green Chain – for bloggers to raise money for charity. If you take part in their eco interview, they will donate £10 to one of three...

Berried Treasure

These days I’ve turned into a proper mother – I love cooking and baking, and with a couple of recipe competition wins under my belt from Casillero del Diablo and Tesco Diets, I’m keen...

Mum-in-Law’s Indesit makeover!

At the end of last year I was lucky enough to win the Indesit ‘Party Launderette’ competition on Facebook, the prize being £2000 of Indesit Nero black appliances. I told my mother-in-law she could...

Quality not quantity: how to comp effectively

Dear Di,I was hoping you could help me. I’m having absolutely no luck with comps. I spend 2 hours a day doing the moneysavingexpert.com comps, usually 2 days ahead of the finish date. I...

A Foodie Weekend

One of my main passions is food – both cooking and eating – so last weekend was foodie heaven for me. Friday night dinner at Nottingham’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, Sat Bains, followed by a...

My comping friends

How many comping friends do you have? And I don’t mean the ones on Facebook that you’ve never met! How many of you have comping friends that you meet up with in (whisper it….)...

Music to my ears!

I’ll start today’s post by issuing a giant THANKYOU to everyone who told me their favourite love songs for my Valentine’s Day giveaway. I got Ry to pick the winner out of my new...

My Parisian Extravaganza

Ooh la la! Last Friday I was lucky enough to spend the day in Paris with the lovely Emily from My Fashion Life, after winning the Ford Ka ‘Discover a Style You’ll Love’ Facebook...