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I seem to recall making it with white sugar but I've seen a few recipes that use icing sugar. Does anyone have a good recipe I can try, please? Am in need of sickly sweet sweetness!

We moved into our new home in March this year, and the day after we moved in our next door neighbour (who we are joined to) knocked to tell us that he works nights and he would appreciate it if we...

Im making some cookies later - found a tin of this in the back of the cupboard, says best before Nov 2007...oops. Its been used once but the lid has been properly sealed since. Smells fine - should be...

Just wondering if I am a complete pleb! I am partial to dry sparkling wine, and basically like most of them, so tend to get whatever is on offer! I like Codorniu (white or rose), Jacobs Creek, most...

I've ran out of my flash balm - I can go in and get a new Clarins one I suppose although I'm sure someone on here recommended a superdrug version that was half the price - I popped in but couldn't...

Http://www.listopia.co.uk/list.php?l=1 I don't know whether to laugh or be utterly affronted. ? Hungry Bellamy???

Whilst on hols, I bought my son one of those Pez sweet containers ( a Wall e one!) It came with 3 packs of sweets, that have now been eaten, and I've been looking for refills, but cannot find any!...

Anyone remember her, or am I just too damned old?! I remember watching this stunning little star at the 1972 Olympics Amazing to think she was 17 at the time. Mr P remembers more that me, but...

For some reason I felt like a change yesterday so I went to the hairdressers and had my beautiful long hair cut so it sits just above my collar bone. I wasn't too sure how much I liked it when I left...

As much as I can't stand them, we are travelling with Ryanair from Bristol in a couple of weeks time (me, H & our 2 year old) and H has got it into his head that we need to pay for 'Priority...

...I'm not going to be popular with the delivery men am I? There's no lift and 52 steps to get to the apartment I'm considering at the moment!

I know you'll be good at this, Hitchers of old ? esp as I have just spotted Sparkley around ? Am writing the Editor's column for the magazine, and we have an article about sex, written Hitched's own...

So, H didn't come ski-ing this spring because the lady who sorts the work diary had him written in for the wrong month and then couldn't get cover - extreme unjustice, but that was that, no point...

Sorry, this is going to be long. My head's spinning. Despite how I might come across on here I am normally a very decisive person, especially when it comes to things as important as choosing the right...

Hi ? We picked up our new kitten last night and can't decide on a name for him. We had decided on Noodles (wasn't my idea...) but it doesn't seem to suit him. He's very independant and not...

Is it me, or have they put them in bras that are far too big? This is one of their E-G bras, and tehre is now way the model has breasts that large.

We're going on holiday next week, staying in a villa and I thought I could economise on packing if I just take enough clothes for a week and do some washing while we're there. Problem is the children...

Have just seen on the news that gdb is doing to make a speech outside china condemning their human rights but doesnt want to make it in china so he doesnt upset anyone i am feeling quite ' what a...

If I take a suit of Mr G's in tomorrow would it be ready by Friday? The last time I took something in was my wedding dress 8 years ago so I have no idea! ?

Hi We're off to Petrus on Monday for our first wedding anniversary and I'm wondering what to wear- I was going to wear a dress but now I think I might feel a bit over dressed?

I possibly am... my friend moved to australia, and is coming home for the first time in almost 2 years. he and his boyfriend will be staying with me and S for a long weekend. i've just had his...

I thought it was an oak tree, but someone just told me you get acorns from oak trees. Do you get a conker tree? The reason I ask is because I want some conkers, apparantly spiders hate them - I think...

Is there anything I can do to stop the dogs pee burning the grass?? We just put a new lawn down and there are a few burns on it already!

My guinea pig Tufty just had her babies! She started making funny squeeks so we dashed over in time to see her give birth to the first baby. She was scared and unsure about what to do so we had to...

I was watching one of the episodes on More4, it was a London one and had a girl on there called 'Moona' well that's what is sounded like, not sure of the spelling, a city bloke who had a posh...

I've never made coleslaw but think its just onion, cabbage, carrot, mayo. Sounds dull. How can I jazz it up?

Just saw this on Perez Hilton ?

I love fresh cherries and I'm eating them by the handful at the moment, chewing and spitting out the stone! But I'm making a cake which needs pitted cherries. How do I do it whilst keeping a whole...

I want to follow an American recipe for cupcakes and it calls for buttermilk. I have never seen this but Ihave never looked. Any ideas? Thanks

Telephone call - I answer phone and there's a message 'I have a call for you'. I am then put through to what sounds, inevitably, like an Indian call centre where some guy tells me I am in/have won a...

I woke up yesterday with a coldsore forming on my lip, its the second one in 2 months. I put a compeed patch on straight away but has anyone any recommendations on how to get rid of them quickly? I...

Get out of my fucking head you piss poor excuse for a song. I hate you , I hate you, I hate you. And wtf are 'cherry chopsticks'? And why do you think your boyfriend won't be upset?