Bargains galore and its a wrap!

I am trying to get myself ready for the May Festival Open House as I usually leave it to the last minute and get stressed!

So above are some crayon wraps that I seem to be making all year round. I love choosing colours for these, once I start I can't seem to stop.

Anyway, BARGAINS!

We all love bargains and I must say I have done quite well this week. We have been after a cabinet to put our TV in for quite a while. Every time I enter our loung my stomach churns when I see wires, screens and dvds. Well walking past our local YMCA charity shop I came across this and a steal at £20!

I am afraid that someone else had spied it just half an hour before and did not snap it up in time! SORRY Kim, when you see a bargain you have to grab it, tee heee! Just needs a paint job and I will be smiling away!

I am afraid my next 2 bargains might not be so good as they were purchased from Primark. What with all the credit crunch and stuff sometimes you have to forget a few incy wincy morals. I love love this cardi, very much like a CK one, the colour is so much nicer than in the pic.

And these little pumps, a beautiful dove grey colour and a BARGAIN at £4.00.

A girl can never do without her pumps!

Must get back to my new little project ready for mothers day.......I will post pics if they work.

A hoot to the end of half term!

As most of us are aware its been half term and what a hoot of a time we have had!
It has been a really enjoyable one this time, seeing old friends, quality time with loved ones and time with just me and the boys.




As Friday was the official last day of half term (we don't count weekends) I decided to take the boys to the Bluebell Railway AND it was only a £1 per child!

I think the boys and I all had something to make us go ... ah.... wow....ooooo!

I loved all these posters and tin plates dotted around on trains and platforms....

I told the boys about a poor chap stuck in this case!!!!! Tee hee, wicked mummy!

The boys have been befor but little P was probably only 8months old when we last went. We had given our father a birthday pressie of a chance to spend a day driving the trains.

The boys were amazed to see the actual train that their grandfather had driven, up close too in the shed. Good god they are big!

I thought you girls might like this poster.... oh if it was like that now, a weekend in gay Paris!

Even the heating system in the carriage is beautiful!

The golden age of steam.....................

TOOT TOOT! Have a great weekend!

Snow glorious snow!

SNOW! What snow!!
What a fantastic way to wake up, just look.......... bliss. NO CARS making horrible noises..........


All the roads here were really really thick, the peace was music to our ears...........

All you could hear were the shrieks of laughter and joy...........

I want more!

Why people have to moan and grumble, yes we can't cope with it because we all have it SO EASY! Wake up and smell the flowers, look at your children and see simple happiness!

If we had snow all winter (like the olden days) like our friends in other countries we would just get on and cope. SO STOP MOANING and enjoy........

Sorry, I just feel that this country does not really appreciate what we have and have forgotten the simple pleasures in life. We had no milkman yesterday due to the weather, but I knew this was coming and bought extra the day before. Apparently our local supermaket was out of milk, bread and cheese and people were panicking as if this was the end of the world!

Make your bread!

We coped, we had homemade soup from a humble leek and potatoe and as we had no bread I made cheese scones!

Sorry, moan moan moan, I am moaning like a true Brit! Tee Heee!

Anyway, can you see what I have started to make above....... Thanks to Lucy at Attic24!

Well, listen to your heart, stay in keep warm and enjoy your childrens hapiness as they play in the snow.

Be a devil and join in...go on....... x