Another Charity Shop Hop!

More great bargains to be had...

Some books for Pixie for Yule...all as new, £1 each. Cat In the Hat; My Naughty Little Sister, Jabberwocky and a Picture Dictionary.

A Gap coat for hubby for £6.99...

Some FAB old books - Noddy and Hilda Boswell's poetry treasury - 1968 original. 30 p EACH...THIRTY FLIPPIN' PENCE! I mean, do these batty old ladies realise how much they will be treasured, not to mention their worth???

Some reflexology books,

£1 each


And a Per Una sweater for me...£4.99 - quite pricey by my standards but lovely and I can feed baby easily in it (in other words, I can get my boobies out quick and stress-free!)
And there was a lovely Enid Blyton book which I almost bought, before I realised that it was a new version. With Joe, Bessie and Frannie...and Rick, their cousin.
What a crock of s***?! Whatever happened to good old Jo, Bessie and Fanny...and a bit of Dick?
*snigger*
xxx

More Autumny-ness

Is that even a word? Autumnyness. No, it's not, but it is my new word for the week. *Smug look*


An afternoon walk.

Crunching through the leaves...


Riding through the leaves...


The trees are a-changing. Lovely. Nearly Samhain.




Ivy is showing through over someone's hedge (note to self: this is where I need to "borrow" a little snippet from for the Yule Hearth. Will send the owner many good vibes in return).



Me and my bestest girl enjoying our afternoon amble in the leaves.
Enjoying the autumnyness. There, I got it in again.

Autumn Charity

Autumn baking and making:

MUFFINS - surprise! Banana and raisin - the best type ;)


Sweet potato and carrot soup,

Cheese-topped ciabatta bread,

And a mysterious little fruit we found whilst out walking

We identified it from Food For Free as a medlar fruit - uncanny as our correct postal address has our village  with the word Medlar in it, so perhaps these funky looking things were prevalent many years ago.

Some wonderful little bargains from the charity shop:

Schott's Miscellany (good old toilet reading), Goodnight Mr Tom (total classic), 2 vest tops from Next and Mini Mode, a brand-new Next straw bag with flowers, a dress and knicks, Tomy binoculars (or "bino-clears") as Pixie says - she loves looking at the moon and stars at night, and my bargain of the day - an almost-new Mini Boden dress and tights for Baby. All of this for £8.99!

Glad it was a different bloke serving today cos I nearly peed my pants with excitement at the price again!

I am sooo easily pleased.

I love much cheapness, second-hand chic and the whole reuse/recycle concept.

And I love muffins.

xxx

I'm still here!

I don't know where the time has gone, but I don't seem to have blogged for ages.

We're finally back home now to a house that is still a bit topsy turvy but much more livable.

So a very quick update to remind you're we're still very much here, still crafting, still being as green as we can and still eating muffins!

An ankle bracelet from a recent order:

A friend's scultpure made from reclaimed wood using...a CHAINSAW! This guy is amazing to watch work and does work to commission.

The bigger pixie child and her chalk drawing of the Sun.

So aside from cleaning up the house, and all having snotty colds, we're doing ok and looking forward to a cosy hibernating autumn and winter - you know that time of year where you simply cannot wait to crawl into a steaming bath followed by snuggly pyjamas and a hot cup of something (chamomile, tea, whisky - whatever makes you smile).
And of course, the obligatory slice of cakey.
;)

Relocation Relocation Relocation!

Our recent harvest of carrots, no bigger than babies' toes :(

Relocation Relocation Relocation...

We're currently living at my parents house due to the mad and dusty renovations in our abode. I don't mind the communal living, although my temper and that of my father's are incredibly similar, hence the volcanic erruptions when tiredness ensues. Hubby is sleeping in between the parents' house and our house, depending on what days he works.

Dad is doing the renovations with the hubby and he is working so hard to finish things. We're having an all-fairy theme so I am busy colouring, yes colouring - extra special of me, I know, but it's rather therapeutic and relaxing all the same.

The parents' house is huge, and has a great garden - this is the view from the patio where I'm blogging from:

The big pixie playing clothes shops using Mother's sewing box as a cash till.

The littlest pixie waking up from her afternoon booby-induced slumber.

I am spending my days in between home and the parents' house, cooking, baking and washing nappies - my mother is doing ALL our ironing. SCORE!

I don't do ironing. If I did, children would not get fed, cleaning would not get done and I would not be able to even pee during the daytime. So I wash, dry, shove in any available cupboard space, and... job done.

Mum did the cakes, I did the muffins (surprised, are we?).

I will blog piccies of the rooms as we go.

Here is a gorgeous knitted hat from my Mum for Baby (well I think summer has well and truly evaporated, don't you?)

Baby wearing her new charity shop purchase of a gorg little dress - £1. Bargain! Lolly Dolly courtesy of the lovely Michelle.

I have several jewellery orders in and need to finish them today, although hungry baby is not helping this job. She must be having a bit of a growth spurt but I feel like my boobs have been permanently displayed for days!

And I really must get some writing done. I've had bugger all published since Pixie was born. I seem to mince my spare time away eating muffins, GP, FB and email-catchy-ups. So tonight is the night for synopsis writing, sorting admin (which is in absolute cack state by the way) and trying to be something other than a mummy and wife. I'll wish myself good luck on the last job ;)