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| Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:50:00 PST Buying a bike |
| For Andrea’s birthday this year I was determined that we would pull through and get her a bike, after wimping out last year with all of the costs and work involved with getting the shop started.... |
| Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:42:00 PST Day 15: All over |
| Sorry for the lack of blogging for the past couple of days. There has been a mixture of work and play with a smattering of blog/fairtrade food fatigue. Today I finished the challenge and can resume ea... |
| Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:20:00 PST Day 12: Fairtrade Fashion Show |
| Not much to report on the food front as we didn't get the chance to eat much due to the evenings Fairtrade Fashion Show at Vandyke School. This deserves a superb write up but we are utterly exhausted ... |
| Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:08:00 PST Day 11: Getting my teeth in |
| Great news this evening, as our little campaign got some fantastic coverage on the front page of the LB Citizen, with the headline "Ian gets his teeth into big challenge". I was quite shocked to see m... |
| Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:06:00 PST Day 10: Nuts and Airtime |
| Firstly - thanks for all the kind messages we received yesterday, after our last blog revealed us hitting the fairtrade challenge wall. Today I managed to find a meal that both Andrea and I could both... |
| Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:06:00 PST Day 9: Breaking Point |
| Today is the day that this stopped being fun. We are both so tired; preparing for the fashion show has taken over our working life so much that running the shop has become a joke and I can't spend any... |
| Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:27:00 PST Day 8: Proper Fairtrade Man |
| For some reason after coming home tonight and doing loads of washing up, I felt uninspired by any of the meals that I thought of. I kept on looking at the selection that I had and feeling frustrated b... |
| Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:12:00 PST Day 7: Cooked for - Again! |
| Quite a luxury during this fortnight of creative recipe's, I had the pleasure of being cooked for two days in a row... Andrea put together a meal that can best be described as fried rice balls on a be... |
| Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST Day 6: Fairtrade Challenge Dinner Party |
| We enjoyed a splendid meal this evening at Nicola & Tessa's, who are also partaking of the Fairtrade challenge. We contributed plentiful left overs of the risotto from the previous evening (reheat... |
| Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:33:00 PST Day 5: Divided Loyalties |
| I am just waiting for this evenings meal to finish cooking, Andrea has just come home from a long days slog in the shop and I am conflicted with divided loyalties. In making dinner I have taken advant... |