Saturday 26 October 2013

Some Nice and Happy Things




This week we've had so much rain and after many wet and grey days
it started to get a bit depressing. So I was very much cheered
 when the sun finally appeared on Thursday morning.
Such a welcome sight!  And it stayed shining the whole day! 

hip hip hooray!

It was the usual busy day in our house
 but it was so much nicer going about our chores and routines
with lots of bright sunshine coming through the windows.

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On Wednesday I went for a wander around shops and
found some pretty bargains. 
This little jar was a pound in a charity shop


and these bowls had forty percent off their original price in a shop
that was closing down. 


I always love a bargain especially when they're unexpected and
they're found on a wet and miserable day. Gives me a smile
everytime.

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My husband baked and we do love a homemade cake in our house.
He made Torta Caprese, a chocolate and walnut cake.


It's very yummy and gave us our cake and chocolate fix this week.

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I was able to do some sewing on Tuesday and made
 good progress on the set of cushion covers I'm making for a friend.
I'm hoping to finish them very soon.
In the evenings I've been making granny squares while sat on the sofa
 watching television.


I'm finding crochet enjoyable at the moment and like to see the
stack of little squares growing slowly everytime.

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My copy of Molly Makes magazine came in the post and it's got
a very nice free calendar!


It's full of beautiful pictures and they're inspiring me to do more crochet
especially this winter.

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Our three year old girl did her very first dance exams in ballet and tap
last weekend and we got the results this week. She did well on both
 and we're just so proud of her.

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Thanks for reading!

Wishing you lots of nice&happy things this weekend
and the coming week!

5 comments:

  1. Hi Marion thank you for visiting and for your lovely comment over at mine. That chocolate and walnut cake looks delicious and we all need our little chocolate fix. I am yet to get my hands on this months Mollie makes and can't wait to be honest and having seen yours just makes me want it NOW. Enjoy your week xoxo

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    1. Hi Hannapat! You're very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to visit mine and for your nice comment. I have enjoyed reading this month's
      Mollie Makes- hope you get yours soon. And for this week's bake it might be coffee cake. Will check your post for inspiration! Thanks! x

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    2. Hi Marion thank you for visiting my blog too. Just a quick note to say that I do a Friday Bake, so when you get around to making your coffee cake, do link it in for others to see. The post will be sometime on Friday, but only if you wish that is. Hope you are having a good week xoxo

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  2. What lovely happy things! Great bargains, and I love that blue fabric under your plate, it so pretty. I may have to buy that issue of Mollie Makes, I keep seeing it everywhere and it's tempting me! x

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    1. Thanks Gillian! That blue fabric is an old table mat. 3pounds for a pair in a shop in Holt, Norfolk. I'd usually pay just a pound for these things but it was actually the cheapest of the lot- the others were 6pounds&more!....Thanks again for visiting. Have a good week! x

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