Travelling round the UK with work for the past six months has been fabulous in so many ways. We've seen places never visited before and stayed in some great Airbnbs and hotels, ambled past stunning Scottish lochs and eaten oysters on windy beaches. Lots of good stuff. But one thing has really irked me. Not... Continue Reading →
Clean 18 : Well Done Iceland, Ready Meals In Paper Packaging!
Those of you who follow us on Instagram will have seen me banging on about my most recent food obsession - Iceland's frozen seafood sauces. Damn, they are good. I mean, really good, but despite being prawn and clam packed bundles of deliciousness for the ridiculously low price of £3.50, they still have the plastic... Continue Reading →
Clean 18 : Butchers Meat & Paper Bags
It's not just the 5p plastic carrier bags in supermarkets which cause lots of problems, but the ubiquitous plastic wrapping around every single product filling our shopping bags. There's a fabulous organic store in Manchester called Unicorn Grocery which Mr M and I have been going to for years. Their wrapping policy is strictly old... Continue Reading →
Clean 18: Six Great Reasons To Switch To Soap
Yep, we're still at it! Still on course, determined to reduce our plastic use here at Moregeous Mansions and nailing January. We've switched to glass bottle milk delivery, used all our own bags all month and planned meals to avoid those early evening supermarket hauls of excess packaging. I've also been a bit stricter on... Continue Reading →
Clean 18 : Switching To Our Glass Milk Bottle Delivery In Manchester
I fear I may have peaked early. My best decision of the 2018 is a done deal. It's all downhill from here. Even though the small, family run dairy farm I could see across the fields from my bedroom window had a proper name, "Worsleys", the bottles which appeared every morning on our doorstep were... Continue Reading →
Clean 18 : New Year, New Start With The Greenpeace Plastic Pledge.
Happy New Year 2018! I'm not going to say how did 2018 even happen. I remember the days when Prince was warbling about partying like it was 1999 and it still felt yonks away. As the years roll relentlessly on, it's inevitable that we occasionally think about the past with rose tinted spectacles. It's true... Continue Reading →
Never mind meatballs & tealights, now you can buy Ikea Solar Panels!
Readers of the Moregeous blog know that we're big fans of Ikea here, having spent beyond a fortune over the years on cool rental furniture & kitchens for clients & tenanted properties, as well as the obligatory candle & orchid splurges. However instead of the new furniture range many people have been cooing over this... Continue Reading →