Just A Few Of The Things I ♥ Today

(thank you Shabby Chic Sarah for advice!)

But, most of all, my beautiful baby who is ten years old today ...

Happy birthday precious girl.

Hx

Bed Etc!

I ♥ my bed!

It looked so cosy and inviting last night bathed in the warm glow from the lamp, I leapt gazelle-like(!) up the stairs in my pyjamas and got my camera so that I might show you.

When I've had enough of the day, good or bad, there is nothing on earth as desirable as waiting pyjamas and the bliss of bed.

I love sleeping too!  I am a great believer in the healing/recharging power of sleep and am lucky enough to sleep very easily, quite deeply.

Other than sleep, I crochet in bed, internet shop and browse your blogs, do my crosswords, write lists and watch television or films.

This all-consuming stressful life we lead these days needs to be countered with a relaxing pyjamas/duvet day from time to time. I insist on them. The blondies love it when I declare one.  It now being half term (yay), we will naturally be holed up for at least one day this week, pottering in our comfies.

Back to my bed.  May I introduce you to my bears, Rummage (on the left) and Valentine (on the right)?

I rescued Rummage from a jumble sale about twenty years ago (I spent a lot of my youth in fusty-smelling church halls picking through other people's cast-offs - hmm, nothing changes).

Valentine was a gift to me from Mum and Dad on the eve of my wedding day.  Handsome hubby and I got married on Valentines' Day in 1998.

I love to have flowers on my bedside table.  Whenever I buy a bunch of flowers, I always carefully select a couple of stems for my thrifted bedside jug.

My bedside table is unstaged owing to my spontaneous photo shoot but I think it sums me up pretty well!  Slightly dusty and a nice cluttered mix of the necessary and unnecessary!

There's normally also a cold half-drunk cup of tea there too (if you look closely you can see the ring)!

Anyway, I may show you the rest of my bedroom in another post.  I love to nose around other people's homes so you might hopefully be inspired to do the same!! :-)

Before I pootle off, totally unrelated, I've found this brilliant website I thought I'd share.  If, like us, you or your little ones love colouring, Doodle Art has the most brilliant free doodle colouring pages to print out.  Perfect for rainy half term afternoons!

  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend ... yippee, Downton Abbey tonight!

Hx