Shopping Saturday

Good evening

After a very rainy night, it was great to wake this morning and see the sun peaking from behind the clouds.

The morning was spent catching up on washing - nothing better than seeing it whirl around on the line - one of my favourite smells is freshly washing linen.

After lunch I headed with a friend to Southwold - this time not to the beach but to the lovely town with its wonderful selection of independant shops, selling everything from CK treats to books and also shoes & boots. 

During last weekends wardrobe clearance, I got rid of several pairs of shoes & boots - some to the CS and other were only fit for the recycling bank.  Today I treated myself to a new pair of boots - they are so soft and comfy with a warm snuggly furry lining - think they won't leave my feet now till spring!!

Like I said there is a lovely little shop that sells quite a range of CK goodies and these mugs were something that I've been meaning to get for ages - quite simply we don't own enough decent sized mugs for coffee and early morning teas!

Lastly I also made a start on stocking fillers for my boys and also some bits & bobs for the Stocking Swap ;)

Off out for a curry with my sisters later - think I might wear my news boots!!

BEKI @ RAMBLING MUMMY

I left you a note on your blog but I think I've found the pillowcases you wanted - left the shop details and prices on your blog post - hope it might help in your search :)

TFI Friday

My goodness what a week - eventually got my sewing space back but have not had time to even thread the machine :(.  Have been ill (migraine) and then working lots and lots.  I have however been to visit my friend in her pretty haberdashery shop and bought supplies so I can start making my stocking for the stocking swap - is the first one I've taken part in and I want to get it all sorted on time!

When I last saw my friend she was wearing the most gorgeous dress over her jeans which I instantly coverted - turns out she'd made it herself and this week when I went to see her she'd made one for me :)

The polkadots are pink and the whole thing fits like a glove and I'm so glad its the weekend tomorrow and I can finally wear it.  For work I get to wear the most fetching poloshirt and fleece with any jeans that aren't too paint stained so at weekends and holidays I love getting a chance to wear pretty dresses and clean jeans or leggings.

Is shaping up to be a good weekend - Southwold shopping with a friend tomorrow, dinner with my sisters tomorrrow night and then a family day out on Sunday.  Just need to hope that we get no rain and possibly a bit of autumn sunshine instead.

Dots, birds & sewing room takeover!

It was my day off work yesterday and I'd planned once I'd done all the boring domestic stuff that I'd have a couple of hours at my sewing machine (still need to make cushions for my bedroom).  However once I'd finished I walked into the dining room (aka sewing room) to find that MrVV had taken it over to use as a photography studio to take pics of new ebay stock :(

Instead I got organised and finished clearing my wardrobe out - lots has returned to there but plenty more has been delivered to the local charity shops.  New rule - one in / one out AND think before I buy - no more impulse buys.

Its one of my many sisters birthdays today so after work I'm going to visit her and take her pressie and card. Couldn't resist this wrapping paper - I think polka dots are one of my all time favourite things.

Last but not least for today - I just looked out into the garden to see how we faired after yesterdays rainstorm (first rain here for 8 weeks) - the grass is definately less yellow.  A regular visitor was out there having his breakfast (excuse the slightly blurriness);

Sunny Sunday

What a lovely sunny day its been here in Suffolk - slightly crisp and misty first thing and then by mid-morning gloriously warm.

We headed out to our favourite carvery pub for a family lunch - as a treat for big son who has had a week of achievements and successes.  First of all he got elected as class rep on the school council, then selected to represent his school in a big inter-school science/general knowledge quiz at the TV studios in Norwich and then finally got results of his first big maths assessment since starting high school (3 tier system here) and he's top of the whole year of 150 kids :)

Best bit - despite only charging for him as a child (he's bigger than me) - he got a full adult portion of meat and most importantly an adult sized plate for him to fit completely to the brim - do wish I'd taken a photo.

After that we headed to here -

Had a quick look in all the little shops - resisted temptation to buy anything!!

Then headed along the prom towards the harbour;

Past the gorgeous beach-huts - if I ever win the lottery I will buy one of these;

Stopping at one of the kiosks for one of these;

Last but not least - this was parked on the high prom - another part of my lottery winning wishlist!!

All in all a rather lovely day.  Hoping to top it off by winning some CK fabric on ebay tonight so I can start on my first project from the Sew book - my very own Stanley!!

Sew Pics as promised

As I promised yesterday, here are just a few pics from the Sew book - things I like and shall one day get round to making;

I saw mentioned on another blog about some excellent gifts in this months magazines - a teatowel in Easy Living (can't find one of those yet - my shop still had last months!) and a calendar in Prima - found that and they were right pictures are lovely...

Right off to pack my summer clothes away and find out what I have to wear this autumn and what gaps my wardrobe has.

Have a good weekend

Vicki xxx

Some days you could just hug the postie!!

As todays title says - some days I just could hug him. Usually when he brings my latest magazine subscription or a winning bid parcel from ebay. Today it was because he brought this .......

After a rather busy and sometimes frustrating week at work, its going to be a treat now to relax with that and this....

and start my weekend. 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend folks - see you Monday xx

Autumn :)

Well I suppose as it is October 1st so we should start to feel the changes in the seasons, however it was quite a surprise this morning to wake and realise October had blown in.

Was quite something to have to hunt out socks to wear - think I might be saying a final goodbye to my favourite summer footwear and hello to something more closed in and weatherproof.

This change of seasons does mean something good though - new socks :)  I found these ones in Next and they just jumped out at me.

Autumn treats were brought by the postie too - new CK catalogue and Novembers Country Homes magazine. 

All that was needed for the perfect autumn photo was a few pinecones from the lane and a raid on littlest sons conker collection!!

See you soon xx