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10 Thrilling Fillings for Pancake Day 2012

Pancake Day’s tomorrow. Yum. GoneDigging has picked out some thrilling fillings, (they really do go beyond lemon and sugar!) and will make your pancakes taste flipping fabulous…

But first, of course, you have to make the pancakes. Forgotten how? Here’s a reminder:

For the pancake mixture:

• 110g/4oz plain flour, sifted

• pinch of salt

• 2 eggs

• 200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water

• 50g/2oz butter

Instructions:

• Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl

• Make a well in the center

• Whisk together the milk and eggs in a large jug

• Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture, whisking constantly until a smooth batter forms

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10 Fun Valentine's Day Facts

Whether you love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is here. It might seem like a holiday dedicated to commercialism and over-consumption of chocolate hearts, but there’s a whole host of fascinating facts about the holiday that few folks know... here are a few of our favourite cupid-inspired titbits, specially selected by everyone here at GoneDigging Towers... Happy Valentine’s Day!

Fact 1

Valentine’s Day was first celebrated during the Roman times in the middle of February. It was a holiday called Lupercalia to commemorate fertility. A “love lottery” was held whereby young men drew young women’s names from a box to commemorate their rite of passage to the god Lupercus. The chooser and chosen would then be paired for one year. These random pairings often led to marriage.

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Please Help, Before It’s Too Late

I want you to click your fingers once every three seconds – click two three, click two three, click two three. Keep doing it for as long as it takes you to read this blog.

Keep clicking.

Every three seconds on the 45th day of our calendar year, a girl’s dreams are shattered.

Keep clicking.

Not because of dirty water or malaria, but because of her other half.

Keep clicking.

He’s not abusive, she’s not in a refuge and their relationship is largely harmonious.

Keep clicking.

Sadly, however, he’s absolutely cack at remembering Valentine’s Day.

Keep clicking.

Every year she hopes he’ll organise in advance. Every year she’s disappointed. This shouldn’t happen. And most importantly, it doesn’t have to happen.

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Coronation Street’s Funny Moments

It’s been a tough old time of late for those folk on the Corrie cobbles. We’ve seen Becky jet off to Barbados with her new chap, but not before leaving a path of destruction in her wake. And super-baddie Frank Foster got away with his horrible crime – the arse. Little wonder, then, that we keep coming back for more. And little wonder the classic programme continues to scoop up awards quicker than a cheeky pint at the Rovers. As an ode to the classic soap, we take a look back at some of our favourite Corrie moments from the not-too-distant past…

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Pampering Gifts for Mother’s Day

Mums deserve spoiling. Fact. That’s why the clever clogs in GD Towers have put together a cracking collection of pampery treats readymade for Mother’s Day. Wiggle your mouse, check ‘em out and order one…

Let’s start with something she can enjoy in the comfort of her own home. Our awesome pamper hampers come in a snazzy wicker basket and include five hand-cut soaps, a candle, fizzy bath rocks and a large strawberry and cream bath bomb. And because no proper soak in the tub is complete without a tipple, there’s also a personalised bottle of sparkling rosé for her to crack open.

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Win a Personalised Love Keyring

Right, peeps. The day of love is – OMG – next Tuesday, in case you’ve forgotten. And as you probably know, every Wednesday, we run a competition.

We, at Gonedigging, like to think we’re ‘giving’ kinda’ folks. Well, we’re a gift company, so of course we are, it comes naturally to us :-)

And this week’s fab giveaway - keeping in line with the Valentine’s theme - is this lovely jubbly Engraved Silver Love Keyring...

Smart, hmmm? You can have this silver-plated keyring engraved with ANY NAME or INITIALS.

Fancy winning one? Well why wouldn’t you? Watch out for our Win on Wednesday competition. Forgotten what to do? Just go to our Twitter page this Wednesday (8th February), look out for our tweet then ‘retweet’ it before 11p.m. Easy peasy.

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10 Splendorious Gift Ideas Under a Tenner

Limited budget? At GoneDigging, we understand the strains on the purse strings. So guess what? We’ve carefully selected a stack of gift ideas for under £10.

In the words of Jessie J, it’s not all about the money, money, money, right? Our collection of fab-tastic gifts under £10 definitely won’t put a hole in your pocket.

Here are our top picks...

1.) Name in Image Wall Calendars - from £7.99

2.) Magazine Spoof Gifts - from £9.99

3.) Personalised Chocolates - £5.99

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Properly Epic Fails

For this week’s set of Friday videos, we thought it’d be fun to keep it simple. Classic, if you please. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of properly epic fails for your viewing pleasure. If you’re not a fan of the Jackass school of humour, wiggle your mouse and hit the Back button now. But for those of you who, like us, can't help but chuckle at people falling off things and looking stupid, these little beauties should see you nicely through to home time. Enjoy!

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Fantabulous Voucher Codes from GoneDigging

It’s no secret that here are GoneDigging, we’re big fans of voucher codes. Well, aren’t you? ‘Course you are. In these times, there’s nothing better than the sound of discount. If you don’t know already, (but we’re sure you probably do!), we’ve got a fair few Gone Digging voucher codes up for grabs. “Really?” we hear you holler, as if you didn’t already know. Yes really...

Have you yet to join the bargain-hunting bandwagon? Well, chaps and chappesses, you can start now, ‘cos there are gazillions of Gone Digging voucher codes to be had. At the mo, we’ve got a terrific 10% off everything you buy on our splendorious website.

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Win a Personalised Love & Romance Calendar

Valentine’s Day is just a couple of weeks away. Speaking of which, we’re giving away one of our super-soppy Love & Romance Calendars in this week’s Win on Wednesday competition.

All the guys and gals at GoneDigging Towers love 'em. In fact, these cals are one of our best sellers at this time of year!

Here, take a look below. These calendars feature 12 lovey-dovey photos for every month. And the best thing? You’ll see both yours and your lover’s names cleverly embedded in all gorgeous images on every page. Awwhh!

Here's a snippet of what's inside...

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