Evening all! Hope you are all having a lovely week and are getting over the colds and coughs that everyone seems to be coming down with. I am fighting fit now, which is just as well as life is pretty chaotic at the mo. We seem to have had quite a bit on recently, and I am hoping that next week is a bit calmer. It has all been lovely stuff...including Ruth's best friend's birthday party with bouncy castle, Grace's Brownie Promise (yes, I did get the uniform, although no sash), lunch with my good friend Olivia (who made Nigella's crab salad which was heavenly), work, work and more work. I also had tea with my friend Clare in her most amazing house. Her husband is a craftsman builder and they have restored their house to how it would have been in Victorian times. It is so beautiful, as is the garden, and it is really nice to see someone take such care over each alteration. I only wish I had taken my camera so you could see how truly magnificent it is.
I seem to be getting more and more fairs and parties lined up and am having a bit of a panic about whether I am going to have enough stock (so I really should stop meeting up with friends, I know!). I should really be sewing now but I thought I'd get a quick blog post in now as I will be busy over the weekend. Also, I have just been to Pilates and I can't move off the sofa now! Tomorrow it is a trip to the local curry house to celebrate 2 friends' 40th birthdays, Saturday it is Brownie Jumble Sale (bargains aplenty I hope!), and my most anticipated event of the year (aside from my birthday!) the Cheltenham Literature Festival. I have a very good friend who gets the tickets to as many things as we can fit in (and afford), and our first one is Ian Hislop on Saturday afternoon, with many more to follow over the next 2 weeks.
Just to add to the chaos I may have got a 'proper' job coming up soon for a few weeks. Can't say much yet, but will let you know if it happens...just to say my fingers are crossed. It will only be for a few weeks and will be good fun but it will be tricky fitting in everything else. The ironing may go by the wayside for a while!!
In between all the running around I did manage to have a foray into some charity shops and got some great finds. Isn't it funny how sometimes you can't find a thing and then other times you get heaps? I couldn't carry any more home otherwise I would have popped into a few others! I saw the dog ages ago and didn't buy it, and then it was reduced (seems wrong somehow to have a sale in a charity shop), so I couldn't resist!
The plates were a bargain and I have got 6 large ones and 2 small. Andy said "Oh good. I was just thinking we needed more plates". To be honest we do have a fair few but who could resist these?! The fabric is from 2 huge pairs of curtains - there is so much fabric I don't know what to do with it all! I may use one pair somewhere in the house, and the other pair I'll make things out of. The lampshades are prime for recovering, and the cake stand is huge and I think I will put a smaller one I've had for ages on top to make a tiered stand. The toasting fork will be useful for crumpets in front of the fire!
Still no sewing to show you, but I will try to get some work done to show you next week, and I will be updating the website then too...maybe even with some Christmas stuff. Hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever you are up to.
Cathy XX