Small Talk

So what are you upto at the moment?
I am so shit at answering this question at parties.
When I get home I can think of lots of exciting, fun things i've been upto lately (well ok maybe a couple!) but when asked at a party my mind just goes blank! I think its because I am and always have been really crap at talking about myself. I'm just not that sort of person. I think it's due to growing up with a loud, funny, centre of attention sister and being the quiet one, busily doing whatever she wants with no_one noticing.
Photo above it Gabe with his face painted as a 'black tiger' love it!

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I did it!

I got my nose pierced yesterday. I have had it exness before when I was 16. But I did it myself that time ;-)

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kidlets

I had vague plans of what we could do today, the kids and I . None of these surfaced, for various reasons,, and I ended up having a very productive housewifey day!
You see, I am a housewife, but I often neglect my duties. For instance,hubby rarely gets tea and his sandwiches made for work in the same day.
I'll cook something gorg for tea and the next day there's no bread for hubbys toast or for his sandwiches that day. That's just the kinda gal I am.
However, today I have hoovered upstairs (yes upstairs! I think this is generally a bi-annual event.)
I have took the car to the car wash (gabe loooves this!) and hoovereed it out.
I have also cooked from scratch Butternut Squash soup for the kids (including homemade chicken stock natch) and lasagne and veg for us.
God its been a good day.
Lets see what the night (and princess terror Kitty) brings....

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lifting your spirits

On a grey dreary 'summers' day in stoke I was sat at traffic lights when I saw these gorgeous flowers and it made me smile.
I love that someone has made the effort to brighten up a dreary patch of grass - thank you!

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Ooh

My Cath Kidston sewing case arrived today, it's yummy.
That is all...

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k1sl1

This Thursday, like all Thursdays is Gabe's 'swimming day'. My parents come over to see us all in Costa del Stoke and that means when the kids have gone to bed (actually, IF, not WHEN) I can ask mom for a knitting lesson.
Kitty went off really quickly (has woken twice since but hey ho) so I quickly whipped out me bunting pattern and asked mom to teach me to decrease.
As i've been practicing knitting now by knitting random messy rows when Kitty allows by sleeping (not very often) for a few weeks now,moms teaching actually made sense. I loved it.
Almost knitted my first bunting flag and I am dead chuffed.
As for knitting 2 purl stiches together through the back of the stitch - aaaaaaargh!
Photos to folllow I promise x

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Shabby Chic

As a poor student (is there any other kind) I rarely bought anything new and absolutley loved a good rummage throught the charity shops of Stone.
I still partake in this favorite hobby to get the majority of my books but decided today that as I no longer have a job (hubby does have 2!) I should really stop online shopping at places like Cath Kidston and dreaming I have the same sort of cash to throw around of the pre-kids, dual income life!

I am always lusting after Cath Kidston, Emma Bridgewater and various shabby chic items, a particular sewing box I want is totally vintage based and I know that with a bit of legwork I can get the real thing for a fraction of the CK cost! Not on Ebay of course, everyone knows Vintage is huge right now, so nothing vaguely shabby is sold at shabby prices on there anymore!

The kids were dead happy to sit in the pushchair for once too as I went round the many charity shops . They know that each of these treasure mines has an ample selection of toys and books they neither need or particularly want, but hey, it's new, and they are already retail junkies just like their mom.

Gabe got 4 books for £1 today and four dinosaurs (including one that winds and walks _ much to his delight) grand total of £4! Kitty got nothing, (i know, horrid mummy) but it appears that like most of her big brother's toys, she loves dinosaurs!
I treated myself to a fabric Laura Ashley bag to store my knitting - what's not to love?

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