Day Out

This year instead of a birthday gift my parents took me on a day trip.....  it was 2 days before my birthday but they're going away this weekend.

So after weeks of trying to guess where I would be going I ended up at Oakham Treasures near Bristol.

I'd never heard of this place until a couple of months ago when one of my volunteers brought in a leaflet as she thought I might like it. Little did I know my parents had seen a leaflet too & thought the same.

Liked it....... I loved it!!!

I will warn you there's a lot of photos!

My shoes!

Liberty bodice

My tipple!

I had that monkey!

Yet another new cardigan

I can't recommend this place enough, it was great going with my parents as they enjoyed telling me the story of things they had as children. We went early in the morning & there was only a few people, which was lovely. It felt like we had the place to ourselves so could browse around slowly. I would say it would be boring for very young children so I'm glad my brother didn't come with his son. I think one of the nicest things was the relaxing atmosphere & bored children would have made it stressful!

There was so much to see my eyes were hurting.

 Drink, food, cigarettes, clothes, sewing..... they had the lot!

You can find out more on their website

OAKHAM TREASURES

Hope I haven't bored you all with my photo's!

100 Happy Days

Day 96 - 100

A visit to the real ale festival after work…. I've decided I really don't like real ale!

Clean sheets…… nap time!

Food! The hardest day of counting calories

Finishing another book

Weigh in day! I lost 4 lbs :) 

So that's it…… it's all over.

I did enjoy the challenge but did it make me happier?

I don't really think so, sometimes you see things that make you happy but you can't always take photo's.

In future I think I will focus on things that make me smile/happy without the stress of snapping away.

Of course there will always be pictures of my cats!

My Sew for Victory project went better than I thought yesterday but we did have a few hiccups, I will tell you all about it soon.

100 Happy Days

Modesty panel arrived all the way from America. Great idea!

New knitting pattern

Popsy won the battle of the lap!

Sewing Bee final with knitting & treats!

Had my hair cut for the first time in a year!

Popsy being cheeky!

Dog heads above my bedrooms. Being mindful of all my lovely things

Only 3 days left of the challenge, I'm pleased I've kept it up even if most of the pictures have been of my girls! 

100 Happy Days

Another week has passed…… here's what made me happy

A well deserved pint after work on Saturday!

Flowers from the boot sale

New stamp postcards to be framed

My pattern arrived ready for the Sew for Victory challenge

A gift from my charity shop friend. I plan to frame it for the shop 

Cuddles with my girls after a long day

Finally finished my book, I loved it but it took me weeks to read

Only 11 days left!

100 Happy Days

I'm late this week….. here's what made me happy

Me & the girls selling our wares at Crikey. Pulling a silly face!

A lazy morning with Popsy

Tea & biscuits with my new Beryl cup & saucer 

Jean won the battle of my lap

A gift from a fellow charity shop manager!

Cuddles after a very long day at work

A rock n roll Friday evening!

There seems to be a lot of cats this week……. they have a knack of making me feel happy!