Friday Round Up

jessie takes a quick dip - and dries off afterwards - time to catch up on my subscriptions

chickens keeping wam in a sunny spot  - new yankee - finley joe, my gorgeous nephew

christmas scent for my car - cheeky chicken catching bird seed - freebies make me happy

Well, as expected, it's been a very busy week off! As I mentioned in this post, I had a lovely day at home earlier this week and really enjoyed it. But I've also made a start on some of the life admin I mentioned in last week's Friday post. I've had my flu jab, booked an eye test, found a new hairdresser and ... finally booked a break for Matt! We'll be heading off to Edinburgh for a few days next week and we're both very excited (after some last minute dithering over whether we dare to leave the house at such a crucial point) I've booked a beautiful hotel and we're planning some shopping, sightseeing and well-earned relaxation. I'm looking forward to a tour of the castle - does anyone have any other must-see/must-do recommendations for us?

We had some friends over for dinner last weekend, I made chicken liver pate which we ate with buttered, toasted homemade bread and red onion marmalade. We had Hungarian Goulash for main and followed it up with a whole lot of cheese, crackers and a lot of red wine. I discovered a previously unrecognised love of Gorgonzola with celery crackers - amazingly good! I've never been sure about blue cheese but the lovely lady at the deli persuaded me to try her favourite Gorgozola and it was just gorgeous. I'm converted.

I treated myself to a gorgeous Fat Face hoodie after spotting it on the website and then on Rosie's lovely blog, A Rosie Outlook. This blog is a new discovery for me and I absolutely love it, if you're not already a fan I suggest you head over there now! 

Yesterday I popped over to Meadowhall to take advantage of the amazing Ojon offer. If you hadn't heard about this -if you live under a stone for example - Ojon were giving away free full size bottles of shampoo and conditioner (worth £41.50!) if you took in an empty shampoo bottle, of any brand. I had to take them up on it and Meadowhall is my closest stockist, albeit an hour's drive away. I don't need much of an excuse to go to Meadowhall to be honest!

I also started buying Christmas decorations from a lovely interiors shop which happens to be next to the deli where I stocked up on cheese! I only went in to smell their Yankee Candles but I ended up coming out with quite a lot of tree decorations as well as a yummy new candle, 'Blissful Autumn', and a Christmas scent for my car

Reading back through the above solves the mystery of why my bank account is looking a bit sorry today. But hey, I'm on holiday!

I hope you've all had a great week. What do you have planned for the weekend?