Camping and a fresh outlook

Yes, I haven't blogged for a while now, Yes, I have been a bit lapse, No, I have not lost interest. Mr S and I have just been camping for four glorious days down in Sussex. Long walks, bird song, great food on the barbie, weather was grand, wish we could have said the same about the caravan! Joking aside we had a magic time which has inspired many new ideas, keep checking back as they will be on here soon. In the meantime have a great weekend, fingers crossed the sun stays out, I'll be back soon with more on our glamorous get-away!

Admin Friday

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Judging by the insanely false smile this lady loves paperwork just as much as I do! Do you think she is taking dictation from her boss? And if she is, can you guess what is going through her mind - all captions welcome - keep it clean though please!

Friday, is normally an admin day and after much paper shuffling, filing and phone calls I was ready for a break, so decided to toddle off with a bag of goodies for the charity shop. Yes I was meant to be taking things into the charity shop - not bringing anything back with me! (keep it quiet though don't tell Mr S, he won't notice if I quickly wash them and find them homes).

But how could I resist these wonderful Le Parfait jars - I just love them and we use them all the time (can you feel a twinge of justification in my voice?!). There is something about the typography that makes me smile - I'm a bit of a sucker for great fonts and packaging...


So fonts and packaging that make me smile (believe me this is not even the tip of the iceberg!)

all of these items can be found at Labour and wait an inspiring place to step back in time and can be found just off Brick Lane

And the last purchase (thank you Ania x) was this sweet little jug - perfect for heart warming rich gravy....


So I leave you, hoping you have a wonderful weekend, let's hope it's as warming as this daffodil that has kept me sunny through all the admin - see you next week...

A mixed bag

Sunshine, rain, sunshine, rain, thunder, lightening, pouring rain, sunshine..... the only thing we avoided today were high winds and snow.


And after a hard day getting clients to sign off my colour choices, explaining three times where I want some wall lights to the electrician (god you wouldn't think it was so difficult even when I'd drawn the position on the wall!) and hard negotiation to tie my contractors down to a completion date I popped into my favourite charity shop. I'm a bit of a "thrifter" at heart and find it very hard to pass a charity shop without "nipping" in to see what little gems they may have. Mr S always knows what's coming when we come across one - "I'm just going to..." - I don't even get through the whole sentence now without him raising his eyebrows which is my cue to quickly disappear through the doorway before he changes his mind!

So I was very excited to find myself a new case to hold my pens - do you think it will mean I won't loose so many to chippy's (how many pencils do they need behind their ears at any one time?), a Miffy flannel (I love Miffy!) and a brand new Orla Kiely purse - which I am sure will be used mostly to hold my receipts rather than money!



It's been a real mixed bag today.