Cath Kidston

Sorry I didn't pop in sooner to let you know if I went or not.

Well the good news is I did go!!! 

The bad news is I was really not well enough & ended up being ill & not being good company.....sorry ladies!

So you'll be wanting to hear what happened???

We headed off at lunch time for the very long drive to Cheltenham & finally arrived at nearly 3pm!

After a quick coffee to pick us up we headed off for some retail therapy..... no guesses where we went!

We were hoping Cath would pop in the shop but after hanging around for sometime we gave up.
I was not happy as I really wanted the squirrel salt & pepper pots but they didn't have any :(

I had enough birthday money left that's been burning a hole in my pocket since August but I didn't want to pay £5 delivery charge. I did of course find other things to buy! I'll show those next time.

So after walking around for a long time we headed back to the town hall.... this is when it all went wrong for me, I'm not sure if it was the lights, coffee or generally being unwell but I did not feel great :(

After a late start we got in the tent & it was very busy.... I guess she doesn't do many interviews.... in fact I've only heard her speak twice. Once on Kirstie's Homemade Home & I wasn't impressed.... she came across as very shy so I was worried about how she would talk for an hour to a sell out crowd.

Also I've been loving her things since about 1995..... not long after she started..... what if I didn't like her? There's always that fear that when you meet someone you admire they turn out to be an idiot!!

No danger here...... she came across very relaxed & very humble. She was surprised she had done so well & had no real business plan, she said it was down to her loyal customers.....yes that's us ladies!!!....I really enjoyed listening to her talk, she was very interesting. After a few questions from the audience it was a mad dash to get out & back to the book signing tent.

It was packed!! At the same time Nigella was in another room & they both ended up signing in the same tent. I'm not a huge fan of Nigella for reasons I won't go into but I know a few of you do like her so this is for you....

(All the pictures are taken on a mobile so not great quality)

So after queuing for a while.... a long while.... we got to the front...

My friend took these photo's..... when I got home I looked at mine & they're really bad! I didn't realise how wobbly I was....they're really blurred! Take a look....

 Trust me that's the best one!

This will be my most treasured book now! I did speak very briefly to her about meeting Stanley :)

So then the long journey home began.... was it worth it???

You bet!!!

So Saturday I went back to work feeling very ill. I managed the whole day but not the work's night out, which was frustrating as we had won the money for doing well over the bank holiday weekend but the idea of sitting in a small pub with very loud drunk people did not appeal to me!

Waking up on Sunday I felt just as bad...... I don't know why I can't shift this cold.

So this week I'm on holiday .... I had a few plans but they've all disappeared now :( 

I'm just hoping I feel better soon so I can do something.

Back later in the week