• Life,  Travel

    The #DayOutForAll Campaign – Alnwick Gardens*

    Being a single mother (wow I say that a lot) means I spend a lot of time with my parents and immediate family. I moved back home so I could have help while Little Miss was a baby, and I’m staying for the time being so members of my family can have her in their life. I lost both my grandfathers in short sucession and it really was a wake up call, I wanted LM to know all our family before it was too late. Of course this means we have a lot of family days out. Days out should be for all members of the family, including those with…

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    Metro Radio Arena Disney On Ice Presents Frozen October 2016

    As we all know, from the UK the closest Disney park is Disneyland Paris, and although that’s still only just over an hour on the plane, it’s still a fair treck and a lot of money. However, twice a year, arenas around the UK play host to the Disney on Ice spectical! As a child we used to go once a year to bridge the gap between our Disney holidays and Little Miss has been twice already with another trip happening in October straight after our Walt Disney World holiday, so at least we have that to look forward to! In October Disney on Ice will be presenting Frozen! I…

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    #79 150 GFC Followers Giveaway!

    SO! Here is my first ever giveaway on Cocktails in Teacups, to celebrate the fact I have reached (and surpassed) 150 followers on GFC! I think this achievement is worth celebrating and as usual I wanted to be different so i’ve chosen 150 instead of the regular 100. I just want to say a huge thanks really for reading, commented and tweeting. I really have had such amazing support and have met the most awesome people through this blog already and I’m only 6 months down the line! Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Anyway, onto the goodies! I’ve put together a wee bundle of lovely prizes. The Q&A Five…