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Date Day - May 2011

14:00:00
Every month the OH and I take it in turns to choose a 'date' that we go on. The first, in May was all mine, and I chose to take in some art in London. First, we popped down to the Southbank Centre to see Tracey Emin-Love is What You Want, which was absolutely brilliant. Emin is a genius, in my eyes, I...

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Adventures in interiors continued

20:54:00
My Mum decided to put an extension onto her house, and when she told me that a part of the extension was going to be a small seating area, I decided I'd like to make her some cushions for the chairs down there. My Mum is a big dog lover, and I found some delightful doggy-themed fabric on Ebay (other shopping sites are...

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My breadmaker

22:29:00
As I mentioned in my last post, I got a breadmaker from Monkey for my birthday. I've had conversations with some of the other women at work about how receiving items like that for your birthday or for Christmas would, to them, be the worst thing ever. To me, its BRILLIANT. I love kitchenware and kitchen gadgets. If the house was burning down...

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Curtains

21:09:00
Long time, no blog. We're very much settled into our amazing new house. My 'brother in law' has been round a couple of times putting up some curtain tracks. Two of the windows had nothing with which to hang curtains on, which we have now remedied!I'm a bit of a curtain fanatic. Shop bought unlined eyelet nasties just will not do for me....

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A post of procrastination

13:16:00
Hello all. I'm moving house in less than a week. And of course, that means I simply HAVE to post an update on here rather than do any packing, sorting, cleaning, etc.Its been a long while since I last updated. I had a lovely Christmas time and was thoroughly spoiled by everyone. My lovely other half bought me a candle-making set and whilst...

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