Tidy House, Tidy Mind

Apologies for not blogging very much this week. It was my first week back at work and I’ve also had a ‘everything needs to sorted, organised and cleaned’ head on. I’ve been busy taking car loads of stuff to the tip, charity shops and stashing stuff in my shed ready to do a carboot sale soon. I’ve also listed a mountain of books on Amazon that my mum had cleared out from her collection, super cleaned the car (for the first time in 9 months, oh the shame), bathed and brushed Lily (she was vey unimpressed) and put a picture up that my Mum bought in the sale and I then bought off her.

A very close up Lily looking all shiny after her bath and brush

I think it was from Wilkinson’s and isn’t fab quality, but its fine for a tenner and fills a space in the living room nicely. I tried to get a pic with my fireplace and everything in it but it’s so lovely and sunny in my living room today I couldn’t.

What with my sorting and cleaning head on I’ve been far to busy to head to the Rob Ryan exhibition and although I would have liked to go, I really needed to get on with sorting as I knew it would make my mind feel ‘tidier’ if you know what I mean.

I went carbooting last Sunday and picked up some nice bits and bobs considering there weren’t many sellers. I haven’t photographed them all as everything has of course been tidied away! I bought a few old tins for 50p each, some Beryl Wood’s Ware utility plates £1 for the lot, a Wood’s Ware utility jug in Jasmine 50p, some brightly patterned boots for £2, a pair of adorable Scottie dog book ends £4 and a crocheted blanket which I’ve put to use on a chair in the living room that Lily sits on and covers in mud. The blanket will be so much easier to wash than taking the whole cover off. The man had a few of the mini crochet blanket and I wish I’d bought them all now for only a pound a piece.

On Friday night my friend Lisa and I headed over to our best friend’s for a girlie sleepover. I think it’s probably the first one we’ve had since school, not counting the usual crashing at each others houses after a night out. It was lovely and we ate lots of yummy samosas, bhajis and kebab things, not to mention popcorn, cheese and biscuits and left over Christmas chocs (I’m due for my band to be filled next week so it’s a bit loose at the mo, but I was straight back on the wagon the next day). We watched some stand up comedy DVDs, Twilight and Mean Girls and finally fell asleep at 6am, followed by an early morning flurry of ‘My work phone’s going, I don’t bloody work weekend’s!’, ‘Omg, I’ve gotta be at my little brother’s football match NOW!’, ‘Ugh, I’ve got work in an hour’. I was lucky not to have to be anywhere and after picking Lily up from my mum’s, headed home to watch sky plus.

Chair: Ikea, the curtains are Laura Ashley and were a must have when I bought my house. I managed to pick up a matching blind from a carboot sale for almost nothing and it fits my small living room window perfectly. Fate and destiny obviously!

I hope everyone’s having a lovely weekend! I’m off to have a relaxing bath, put fresh pjs on and sit down with my Sublime Stitching embroidery transfer patterns. I haven’t crafted for so long and I can’t wait x

Mr Scottie propping up some vintage annuals