Busy doing nothing......

After a flying start to blogging in 2013, I came to a stall towards the end of last week as the husbands been off work and we've been out and about, pottering and just generally having fun.  We've had days out, got jobs done, done a bit of crafting and even fitted in a child free walk and coffee with a friend.  

We've had a day out at The Eden Project which the kids loved as they could run around without having to hold our hands or the fear of being run over and being in the domes meant we kept dry.  We also brought 2 year passes so I'm sure there will be many more visits to enjoy.

We also went to the reclamation yard and picked up a dresser top we'd looked at, and we've been making plans for decorating the kitchen and dining area.  Very excited to have somewhere to store my pretties, but more about that another day.

I've also done a bit of ebaying - buying and selling and had a trawl around the charity shops.  All in all its been a lovely week and we still have the weekend to look forward to.  I brought this lovely gondola basket that I've been eyeing up on ebay for a while and its perfect for carry crochet and knitting projects around the house.  

Another thing I've been getting excited about is being able to use our National Trust membership which we received as a present for Christmas.  There are some lovely houses, a couple of mines and some great beaches down here and I just pray that we have a glorious summer as there is nothing more lovely than sitting in the gardens with a lovely picnic..... fingers crossed!

A Tale of Two Picnics

I have been looking forward to this weekend for the whole week as it’s the first weekend in a couple of months that it’s been just the four of us.  We didn’t have any concrete plans and planned to just potter around. 

On Saturday we headed over the St Agnes for a quick look around a vintage fair that was going on and had planned to have a little wonder around St Agnes afterwards and I had packed a picnic lunch.  Well the rain was so heavy that we abandoned our plans after a look around the stalls and a stop in the ‘tea room’ and headed back to the car for the first picnic of the weekend.

Sunday morning started at 7am and I was very surprised to see that there was not a cloud in the sky.  I knew this couldn’t last as it was a cloudy day predicted and I knew we couldn’t be lucky enough to miss the clouds.  As expected the clouds arrived at about 9am, but was still fairly bright so we packed up our flask and some picnic supplies and headed off for a wonder around Mevagissey.

Our picnic was much more successful and we sat on the harbour watching the little boats bobbing up and down.  It was lovely to get some fresh sea air and have a look around the shops.

oh and I might of brought myself a new Cath Kidston handbag. Whoops!

p.s. I didn't get to take any photo's at the Vintage Fair as it was sooooo busy and I only brought a rather cute knitted bunny who I'll introduce you to tomorrow x