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Back to work tomorrow? And the first two days of sock tales...

Hands up if you're back to work tomorrow? Not meaning to sound too smug but I'm not! :-) (FYI I do have to work NYE and then back to norm on 2nd January!) 

So... What did Santa bring? 

My lovely gilet 

A gorgeous pair of Pandora earrings - Stars! 

Lovely choccies

I also got new cases for iPad and iPhone (more about those later)

Pj's, perfume, toiletries and charms for pandora bracelet. All in all I did very well! I also got a spa day at wyboston in February! 

I mentioned about the cases? 

Well I got a spigen case for the phone - and it's amazing. It's clear so you can see the phone in all it's rose gold prettiness. The edges are firm to the touch but with a test "knock" on the table it is a rubberised material. A little quirk is that when the light on the phone is on it illuminates the case too... So I'm glad that I have the light set to flash when my phone rings - will be handy if phone is in bag! 

The iPad case is by a company called tuff luv and m selected it. It's going to take a little bit of getting used to following having the stilgut case. 

I've done a spot of sale shopping.. Two bags and a bluray... Will tell more when they arrive! 

Ooh! I got sock yarn, pattern and DPNs and I'm determined to finish the bloody pair! So I will keep you posted on the sock progress. 

Day one and two of sock tale

Day 1 of the sock: cast on and split over 4 needles. Started to Knit 1x1 rib for 15 rounds.. Liking the look of the variegated yarn so far. 

Day 2 of the sock: continued and finished the cuff section. Now onto plain knit. Currently at around 15/40 rounds; not too shabby! 

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"Sparkling Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas one and all! Xxx"

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Merry Christmas to me!

Yesterday; a shopping day with a few little extras thrown in! Met with my lovely friend L yesterday in St Albans. It was one of those days that things seemed to go right in the morning - I know it seems weird to comment on but that was how it went! Traffic was fine; car park was a joy etc. Well, on the way to St Albans had the radio on - and I'm a local girl when it comes to radio; and I very rarely diverge! Anyhow radio on and they start with weather warnings - I'm then slightly panicked as I had heard nothing!! So I listen further and they're forecasting strong winds and rain- well that pretty much happened as soon as I stepped out the car the other end and it did not let up for the rest of the day. It was still wild winds and rain right up to midnight when I eventually fell asleep! 

What did I buy? Well. My plan was stationery and I fulfilled that! Paperchase was absolutely rammed of people - wasn't fun I must admit. But I got a few bits in there.. Wilkinsons was a good haunt. I then found this quirky shop called TINC had never heard of them before and they were a basic stationery supplies store but in different colours. V weird to explain. But I got myself a hard case for the stationery so that it is portable. I managed to find some Washi tape as well. It seemed hard to come by yesterday but I did manage some. 

I did start making index cards for my filofax which is being a work in progress.. 

As it shows:

And last night we got to the Hobbit pt 2. And I won't say that I was disappointed; far from it. I was just very very very tired. But it did instill in me to read the hobbit and try to make sense of it. How? By writing notes in this lovely Hobbit moleskine!

I may blog again later! Will probably find some time tomorrow to blog away! X

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Organising again... And giving of presents

Well, the first present has been given and welcomed! The Jayne hat I created... 

Went to its new owner today who was thrilled! The second one was also completed this evening and shall depart to its new home!

As the title of the post hints at, I've been using the organiser again.  I've been seeking inspiration from Instagram, google plus, YouTube and other blogs. So far I've found a few "key players" in the filofax love world, primarily, there is the fab Philofaxy, am loving their templates they have.  There are also a number of other sites such as My Purply Life... Am looking forward to having a good sit down and trawl.  I have already set up a Feedly feed so that at can keep up to date with these blogs. 

I'm off to do a final stint in the shops tomorrow with my lovely friend.  We're also treating ourselves to a massage in Champneys, a little unexpected and much needed treat! I have a plan to nip to the stationery shops in the town... Paperchase and Rymans... Admittedly, am more excited about Paperchase! There is also a Wilkinsons which is often worth a trawl.  Thankfully I have all the presents I am willing to buy. However, we have run out of wrapping paper so that's on list for tomorrow, and Christmas cards for the nearest and dearest are needed. 

As it's got closer to Christmas I haven't really thought about what was on my wish list... And my wish list is quite fluid as well... So who knows what Santa is going to bring! My wish list however did have on it a few items... 

A faux fur gilet from White Stuff

A new case for my iPad. I currently have a Stilgut case in hot pink, which is very me but it has come to damage in the corners.

Even on its arrival there were some slight imperfections to the corners, but I made do. 

A new case for the new phone - this has made me nervous... It has meant that I have had to be so very careful for the past week and a half.. Which is not a bad thing! And it has made me utilise my Marc Jacobs phone purse which has been great as I have been able to keep together. My charger cable and my earphones. 

Stickers and cute things for the filofax. I have been pointing people in the direction of Paperchase so there is some hope! 

Film wise I have asked for The Great Gatsby. I never got to see it at the cinema, but I just loved the whole glamour of the film. Pretty much anything by Baz Lurman I am going to love! I also asked for At Worlds End as it is filmed in my home town. Actually this time last year they were filming it, and I remember seeing this monument and thinking it was a new art installation! Wish I had got a picture of it now! 

But I will have to wait like a good girl, and wait and see what Santa elected to buy! 

I haven't had a chance to do any Christmas baking yet, I have the mincemeat... I'm thinking this is something I can do on Christmas Eve. 

Ok... I'm off to watch the boys play call of duty... Don't know what version... I'm sure it will keep me entertained for a while! 

A Restful Day

Today has been one of those days when I really haven't had any energy. We entertained both families last night, and even though it wasn't a late one, both of us are pretty bombed today! :-)
Today has given me some chance to start eBaying again... I've posted a link to my +eBay  sales on another page on my Blog. Head over and have a look at the For Sale tab and I'll aim to keep it updated with various goodies! At the moment, it's clothes; but I'm sure there will be other items soon enough.

M made a lovely soup today; Mum and I won the raffle at Slimming World on Thursday and we won a bag of root vegetables and fruit, so M made a soup with the goodies. Carrots, parsnips, onion, potato, Tumeric and Cumin.. I must say it was very thick, but so tasty and very filling, well done M!

Organise, plan, aim...

These are my new key words. I'm working on getting myself sorted. I feel like in floating... 

I have my filofax 

It's probably about 2 years old now. A gorgeous colour and lovely leather... And I'm making the effort to use it. I've tailored some tabs...

Ranging from to buy, to read, to watch, creative projects and items to sell... And keeping 3mths in advance in there... I'm slowly getting there. I've been tracking down various blog posts and Pinterests about it filofax organisation and planning...

(Excuse the photos.. They're taken on the phone!) 

On another note; considering selling at craft fairs in the new year. With my various knitted items and crafted items. Think I'm going to involve my knit stitch munch bunch ladies too! If anyone's got hints, tips, ideas or tales please share! 

I've been off the grid

Where does the time go? Invariably that is a question that everybody asks.

All I can do is apologise!

What have I been doing?

Well, we went away to Somerset for a long weekend... Which was lovely... As the pictures show... (They will be here!).
Our plan in fact was to visit the various Christmas markets and get some presents, or some interesting decorations for our first tree.... Alas... Not much was forth coming. What decorations we did get came from pound land.... But you wouldn't know! And then we stopped in a garden centre chain and got our lights... But we were able to stop in the farm shop (which I love!) there I managed to get a couple of goodies for presents.

Then upon our return it was my turn to host our stitch club... And what fun we had.... Christmas songs on in background and many laughs and giggles were had.  I had wanted to get pictures but we didn't end up doing so! Next time!

Thursday was slimming world night... I have no idea how I got on. To be honest my brain isn't getting round it at the moment.

Friday night was M's Christmas party, and the Dickensian evening was in the village so dad and I went to the Christmas evening and Matt off to his Christmas party... A late one was had... I got a message at  nearly 1am that he was ready. I arrived, 1:05; but he didn't appear until 1:25! So it was tiring. But he had been warned that nothing was getting in the way of us getting our tree! 

Saturday... It should have been a joyous day for us getting our tree.... But it was longggggggg! But well worth it... Check out the tree! 

My crafting has taken a little bit of a back seat. Although I did start a cross stitch... But it's too late this evening as I write this to do any this evening. 

I have been commissioned a snood to make.  I have placed my first order with black sheep wools. www.blacksheepwools.com I'll be sure to post a review of how things go with them when the items arrive! 

Adventures with mother

Well... On Friday I spent a wonderful day (if unexpected day) with my mum; Christmas shopping! and by getting out there early we beat the major crowds... however... we were out at 10am, and didn't walk back through the door until 7pm! and we were only local!
But we were able to get a couple more presents that were still on our list!

And something that wasn't on our lists... or radar.... a new phone! Popped into the +O2 in the UK O2 store, and two hours (yes - two hours) later walked out with an iPhone 5S.. in luvvly Rose Gold... Must say I am loving it so far, although I am a little concerned that I'm going to drop it before Christmas... when I get a cover for it!

We went to Welwyn Garden City shopping - their John Lewis is pretty lovely, and a staple in the town centre, and there's always something so comforting about a John Lewis Store :-) Saw my lovely friend in +M&S  - although we couldn't stop for long! Then we went to the Galleria in Hatfield, and although I had planned to go and have a proper look around - they have a lovely +Waterstones and Le Cruset store.