Home at last and catching up

Hello everyone …… didja miss me lol???? It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted cos it was such a busy holiday and as I’ve mentioned before … not so reliable innernets, and even when we had it I didn’t have enough time to do a proper post!! I’m going to try and catch up on what you’ve all been up to over the next couple of days too.

Here’s a couple more piccies from the hol :o). First up is Bear outside an English phone box, she LOVED these… only trouble with this one was she couldn’t get inside, no matter how hard she tried… must have been just for show lol. We travelled up to the Lake District – oh how incredibly beautiful it is up there, we got to visit Beatrix Potter’s ‘Hill Top’ Cottage…  unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take any piccies inside but it’s fascinating because it’s just as she left it, right down to her hat and shoes. They have some of her books open at the pages where she’s used parts of the house to illustrate her stories. I really enjoyed the tour, I’m a big fan ;o)!! After our fill of BP we were a bit peckish and we found this gawjus cafe’ – just chockers with Cath Kidston and crafty goodness. You can see by the smile on my dial I was in heaven he he…. I think it must have been a bit breezy that day judging by my ‘windswept and interesting’ look ;o). My DH didn’t seem to be quite as comfortable surrounded by all the girly frills and stuff he he he bless him, he’s such a tolerant man :o).

Today the plan is to catch up with a few dear friends then I’m off to one of my favourite places to hopefully buy my new sewing machine!!! How exciting!!!

Attention all stitchers from UK and France ;o)!!!

As you would probably have guessed by now, I’m getting a bit excited about our upcoming visit to see my gawjus girl and her partner in London … That’s my Tahlia in the red coat with her partner Luke on the left. The other couple are my DS Ross and his lovely wife Alicia – they visited UK last Christmas. I cannot wait to give Tahlia and Luke a great big hug – I miss them SO much!! Only 3 more sleeps til we leave :oD!!!!!!

Of course, we’ll also be doing some travelling around and some sight seeing, so I was hoping my friends in the UK might be able to help me out and let me know where the patchwork shops are over there as I’d love to check them out :o). We’ll be hiring a car for part of the holiday and plan to travel around a bit. We’ll also be going to France and spending a week in Nice so if there are any stores around there I’d love to hear about them too ;o).

I haven’t started packing yet … but I have to say, all of our suitcases are looking much smarter now, thanks to Fiona from Bubz Rugz – look what arrived in the mail yesterday… and when I opened it up …

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3 GAWJUS luggage tags for our suitcases!!!!!!!!!! Don’t they look smart now (try to ignore my DHs guitar stuff in the background he he he). Bear (my DD2) also snaffled the pretty pink ribbon to go on hers :o)  …. We’ll have NO trouble picking out our bags on the carousels now!! THANK YOU SO MUCH Fiona … your thoughtfulness just warms my heart :o)!!! I LOVE them :o)!!!

I’d better be off … I still have HEAPS to do before we go ….