The big reveal .....

Don't get too excited, it's not that amazing !

It is, however, fresh and clean and tidy and a lot less messy than it was.

 Excuse hubby's Harley Duckson on the bedside table ..... I wonder how many other full grown men still have a rubber duck !

So, there it is, fini .... well, almost, ...... just the coving to go up but need to wait for our wages to hit the bank account !

Today is a bit of a sad day, my baby boy (who's nearly 12!) is leaving school tomorrow and it's his 'graduation' to secondary school tonight. I will be wearing sunglasses indoors !!! The end of an era, no more school runs in the piddling down rain, snow and hail (because it's never sunny when school run time arrives!) Lay-ins in the mornings, no more packed lunches to make (he's old enough to make his own now!)

What's a girl to do with all that spare time? Shop? Garden? Who knows ? .......

I'm very excited about tomorrow, we're off on a 'date' to an auction. I've never been to one (an auction, not a date !!!!!) so I've no idea what to expect. I just hope I don't get carried away and end up with a bootfull of stuff ! I shall have to sit on my hands I think.

I've gone 'casual' today

Top (Dorothy Perkins sale), 3/4 lengths found in the loft (I think I paid 50p at a car boot sale for them),

bangles (car boot purchase £1)

Flip-flops (Dorothy Perkins, paid full price for these, yeowch !)

I found this pretty bag in a charity shop today for £4, and it now contains all my handbag goodies :0)

I may do a handbag reveal tomorrow if I'm feeling brave !

Kids ..... who'd have 'em !

I've spent 3 days at the various local hospitals this week for 2 of the ankle biters and I think I need to ban my son from anything and everything ! Just lately he's been a bit accident prone ..... a deep cut that needed hospital treatment, a fractured thumb through his goalkeeper training and yesterday a possible fractured arm (again through goalie antics !) I'm happy to say that his arm isn't broken but he's damaged it quite badly and won't be returning to footie in the very near future !

Anyway it all culminated in a week of running to and fro, especially since it's the end of term and there are discos and parties to attend ....... and I ended up with a headache and having to go to bed at 8.30pm last night !!!!!

I was up at the crack of dawn so I'm going to make the most of my day and get my bedroom finished :0) I'll let you all have a sneaky peak later ........

Ok ........ so I'm no David Bailey !

Please excuse the poor quality of the pictures I'm about to release ............ you've been warned ! hahaha
I thought I'd be brave and do a couple of outfit posts and all it's really done is confirm my hatred of the camera ! It's really hard to get over the whole body image thing but I'm doing my best. I think this will be a long learning curve (which might have to start with a new camera !) I'll keep plodding along in the hope that one day I may be happy with what I see in front of me. In my defence, I'm no where near as bad as I used to be! This time 2 years ago I'd have run a mile from a camera.



Anyway, enough waffling .......... !!!

Today's outfit - Monsoon Top (charity shop £3), DP trousers (£5 sale), necklace and bangles also DP sale (£2 and £3)

I picked up this dress today in a charity shop for £4. It's M&S (old label) and I took a bit of a gamble on it, wasn't sure if the print would suit, if the length was right or if the belt would go but I think it works? Shoes are my old faithfull wedges that are about 10 years old !

Top DP sale (£5), leggings (ermmmmm can't remember!) Shoes are an Ebay purcahse, I think I paid about £2 for them.

Oh, and the mirror was a car boot bargain to go with the new bedroom - £10. I've been after one for ages so didn't mind paying the price the seller was asking.

Hopefully the wardrobes will be here tomorrow and I can show you all the new bedroom !

A waiting game .....

I'm itching to get the bedroom finished ...... hubby's been decorating all this week and it's starting to come together but the new wardrobes haven't arrived yet ! Delivery is expected on Thursday so I should have the bedroom back to some sort of normality by Friday/Saturday.

I admit to being a bit of a clean-freak so the mess and clothes lying around everywhere is starting to really get to me. But, at the end of it, I will have a much bigger wardrobe which can only mean one thing ......... more clothes ! ..........

Topshop dress via Charity shop (£7). A bit more than I would usually pay but Charity shop prices are not cheap round here !

Ebay purchase (£1.47). Not tried this on yet so I've yet to pass judgement as to 'suitability' !

Another ebay purchase (£1.20). Will do for the winter months teemed with either jeans/leggings and boots and a long-sleeved Tee underneath. The marks are from the camera, not on the jumper !

I'm a bit 'un-photogenic' so forgive the lack of outfit posts. No matter what pose/light/angle a photo is taken of me, I always look bloody awful ! I'll try to gain some composure and a little confidence and do a few next week so any hints or tips for a novice would be most welcome !

On a final, but not less-important note, my relative has come out of hospital today. Although the road to recovery is going to be slow and she's still very poorly, it's good news and I'm delighted that she's well enough to recouperate in her own home with family amongst her. Suffice to say, a HUGE bunch of flowers went winging it's way to her from us. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing !

Spring Greens .....

...... Not the eating type, the colour !

I've been thinking about a bedroom colour scheme for ages now and (as usual) haven't been able to make up my mind. So, off we trundled to B&Q for some inspiration. I knew I wanted a 'feature wall' of bold paper and the rest to be plain. Originally, black and white tickled my fancy but carpet colour choice proved to be very limited. Aubergines and pinks also rated highly but some of the prints would have kept me awake at night ! The bedroom needs to be clean looking, refreshing and relaxing ...... so I walked straight past the colours I thought I wanted and opened my mind .......

this is the one we eventually settled on.

Now, I'm still not 100% sure what it's going to look like on the wall but I'm hoping it will have the desired effect ! I know it won't be to everyone's taste but I think with the 'accessories' and furniture and if I can get the right bed linen, I might just be able to pull it off !

I'm off to the car boot this morning to see what I can lay my hands on so you may be lucky (or unlucky !) and get two blog posts from me today. That's if the cloud that's suddenly decided to plop itself over my house, clears up! I think I'll take the brolly, just in case ............

Thank you for all the kind comments, my family member is slowly mending although a bit of a hospital stay is needed to get her better. Things are still quite serious but not as bad as they were a couple of days ago. I'm on the lookout for a nice present other than grapes/magazines/balloons (no flowers allowed as HDU) - that's my challenge for this week !

Have a good weekend, whatever you're up to xxx

There's no such thing as a free lunch .........

..... well there is in this house ! (Well, almost free .....)

On the menu for dinner last night was:

Bacon and Onion Flan (Onions home grown, pastry home-made)
Courgette fritters ...... yum !

Mashed spuds (home-grown)

Strawberries (the last of, booo hoo!) and cream.

Tonight is spinach and ricotta canelloni and if I can get outside between the rain showers, I'll hopefully get some rasperries to have with some meringues and cream. (Not good for the diet so I'll just have an incy wincy portion!)

I'm stuck in today waiting for a new (replacement for the other 2 that have broken down within a month of having them!) dishwasher. I also had some sad news that a close relative is in hospital and quite poorly so I'm feeling a bit down in the dumps. I've no make up on and feel pretty grotty, so there'll definitely be no outfit posts today ! What cheers you up when you're feeling sad?

All Creatures Great And Small

I'm loving all the bold colours on the High Street this summer, I seem to be going through a 'butterfly' phase at the moment .................... I bought this the other day (in the sale of course!)

This is gorgeous, shame that it's sold out in my size

And this little beauty is sold out too .....

This is stunning but way over my budget:

And these are quite cute !

But I think I would have to draw the line at this, as beautiful as it is !



And just to finish the outfit off:

When my new wardrobe arrives, maybe I'll have space to indulge in a few more flutterby items xx