Some of my favourite shops

Nest.....in Burwash Manor, Cambridgeshire.

On a farmyard full of little shops and a tea room in the Cambridgeshire countryside.

Nest sells wonderful vintage artifacts, homeware and kitchinalia.

Rosita Lollipop, in Hitchin, where my lovely friend Jess, who really is a 1950's babe (but much younger of course) designs and creates the most beautiful, the zany, the wonderful, the unique magnifique.........

A colourful explosion of vintage meets retro chic.

Remember those days of quality and charm, remember those toys we used to play with, remember those sweets we used to get, remember those places we used to visit......
Rosita Lollipop will take you back in time.....
That's what I love about it, I'm sure you would love it too.

Look.......

Seeing is believing.

This is one of my most favourite shops....Jolie.....in Walkern High Street.

An oasis of pleasure and such a happy place to be, it makes you smile and feel warm inside, I just love it.

www.jolie-home.co.uk

Linda and Dani the owners are lovely too, you must go and visit the shop, they will give you a warm welcome and once you have been you will want to go back and go back and go back.

As well as beautiful gifts and things for the home you can buy the most wonderful yarns and knitting books, they have knit & chat and workshops where you can meet lots of lovely people.

Elasticated Waist......your worst nightmare

Throw them away.....they are your worst enemy, believe me.

To date I have lost 1st 4lb and still losing, yey.

I have ditched my elasticated waists for a waistband....

Why?

......because over time I have grown with the elastic without really realising how much and believe me elastic don't arf stretch.

So next time you look at that elasticated waist, think again, it's not worth it, at least with a proper waistband you can keep control of that 1lb or 2 and do something about it before it gets out of hand.

Something good

I was just browsing through one of my

favourite blogs and was drawn to the Macmillan Comfort Blanket Campaign. I am sure most of us have known of someone who has been touched by this terrible disease, the campaign is for the worlds biggest knitting coffee morning ever, to be held on Friday 25th September 2009. I will be holding a coffee morning at my house on that day, but anyone can do it you just have to register at http://www.coffeemorningregister.org.uk/

Each blanket has 40 squares and I will take the completed blanket to the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexander Palace in October.

Each comfort blanket created will be given to someone affected by cancer.

If you would like to help me create a comfort blanket you can download it from some square designs from http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ Leave me a message and will will arrange to get the square/s.

This is for such a fantastic charity so come on everyone help me make this event big event if you would like to come to my coffee morning please leave me message and I will forward details to you.

Thank you my lovely friends. Please watch this space for more information.

I did'nt know that...........

How clean is your house?

I did'nt know that.......

25% of contents in a vacuum cleaner is human skin.......urgh

The average dishcloth contains a million times for bacteria than a toilet seat....Gross

76% of women make beds daily compared with 46% of men...........I knew that

Flushing a toilet with the lid up ejects an aerosol like plume of germs around the bathroom that floats for up to 2 hours.........take an umbrella to the loo.

Well just a little bit of useless information, or maybe not so useless but fuel for your OCD......never let it be said that I hav'nt helped you with your compulsions.

Yes well I think I've got it, yey!! I am so happy, I just love reading other peoples blogs, there will be a lot more to come.

No this isn't me and David, just some random people on the beach last year. How very British with those lovely hats!

From Southwold pier, in the rain

Well, its been a long time.....almost a year...
Can you believe it, I lost my blog, could'nt even remember what I called it...but that's how I am. Lol (as they say....apparently it means laugh out loud, so my teenage children tell me). I am going to keep this short just to test that I am doing the right thing.
So will be back very soon, when I know what I'm doing.