Magpie Monday

Hi this is my 2nd post joining the host of happy bloggers out there doing Magpie Monday. (the Magpie Monday blogs I've been following is Karen's The White Approach and Miss Daisy of Miss Daisy Crafts)

 I said I wouldn't do one every week but I had such fab bargains this week I just had to share :-)

So here is my latest steals...

A gorgeous New Look top in my favourite colour and a size 14 that fits me! Only £2.89! A bargain and a confidence booster! What more could a girl want?

This top is another moral booster being a River Island size 16. We all know River Island clothes are generally on the small size and a steal at £2.99

The hangers they are on deserve a mention too. I went into Wilkinson's and could get 5 for £2.49 in black or beige. Eugh! But in Home Bargains I got 10 for £2.99 and in Pink! Perfect for a girls wardrobe!

Please pop over to Me and My Shadow by Missie Lizzie where you can find all the other Magpie Monday bloggers and their finds.

So what about you? Have you found any bargains lately?

Rainy Days

I have been struggling the last few days. There has been lots going on, emotional things. Things like preparing to move back to Cornwall, opening a new online shop (when I'm supposed to be downsizing my shops to reduce pressure) and the possibility of taking my jewellery into a new shop in town (the preparation was too much pressure). Doesn't really sound like much does it? But it all came to a head and brought me down. It's made me think I've been generally down for too long (all this year sadly) and it's time to see my Dr and see what she has to say. 

And so I have been letting myself off the (diet) hook and enjoying whatever I fancy for a few days and taking all pressure off and relaxing. Trying to get back to the place of accepting where I'm at and that I can trust God to take care of my future and then I go on facebook and my friend had put this great quote from Mother Teresa ( I just had to check the spelling of her name even though it's the same as mine!). It really speaks to me right where I am, right at this time....

May today you find this Peace within knowing that you too are in just the place where you are meant to be and like me try to absorb the lessons the day has for us!

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Friendship Vignettes ~ Paint

Week 38 ~ Paint

Welcome to this weeks Friendship Vignettes. I haven't managed to get loads of photo's this week not helped by not being well enough to make it to art group where I would have been able to get lots of shots! Never mind! I am happy with my best picture :-)

So here are our pics...

Don't forget to pop over to Maria's blog to see all the other lovely things she makes and for a link to the other photo's she took in this theme.

Also pop over to our Friendship Vignettes blog where you can see all our themes with just the 2 pictures that made the cut! Just the pictures so they can speak for themselves.

No video this week as I only have 9 but here is my collage of the rest :-).

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks Photo's and if you have taken any we'd love to see them too.

Magpie Monday

Hi I'm going to join the rest of the happy bloggers out there doing Magpie Monday. (the Magpie Monday blogs I've been following is Karen's The White Approach and Miss Daisy of Miss Daisy Crafts)

 I won't be doing one every week but just when I have some fab bargains (steals) to share with you!

So here is my latest steal...

So to start with a confession... I didn't get these just this week. It's taken me a while to blog about them. But they are still a Magpie steal! One of the things I'm really good at is forgetting things! and that always includes sunglasses! So when I went to Cornwall I did remember my sunglasses but then I went to Truro to meet up with my Sister, Nephew and Niece and what did I do? Yep you got it... forgot my sunglasses and yes it was very sunny! So we popped into a fab little charity shop and asked if they had any sunglasses and they went into the back and came out with a basket full of them. I had a rummage, tried several pairs and decided on the ones I liked best. So when I go to pay the assistant asks if they're designer and I say "I don't think so" but she checked and they were.....

Yep! that's D&G on the side...Dolce and Gabbana!! So since they were designer she charged me....£3! Bargain! A real steal! And if that's not enough my Sister was buying some at the same time and so paid for mine for me! I do think this might well remain my bargain of the year!!

I hope you'll pop back to see some of my other Magpie steals coming soon :-)

Friendship Vignettes ~ Stone

Week 37 ~ Stone

Welcome to this weeks Friendship Vignettes. I haven't managed to get loads of photo's this week as I have not been doing so great and have hardly been out :-( But am happy with what I got with my new camera (blog post to finish when I have a bit more energy)

So here are our pics...

Don't forget to pop over to Maria's blog to see all the other lovely things she makes and for a link to the other photo's she took in this theme.

Also pop over to our Friendship Vignettes blog where you can see all our themes with just the 2 pictures that made the cut! Just the pictures so they can speak for themselves.

No video this week as I only have 9 but here is my collage of the rest :-).

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks Photo's and if you have taken any we'd love to see them too.

Friendship Vignettes ~ Red

Week 35 ~ Red

Welcome to this weeks Friendship Vignettes. I have managed to get loads of photo's again this week and the choice for favourite was really hard I had to get help!! 

So here are our pics...

Don't forget to pop over to Maria's blog to see all the other lovely things she makes and for a link to the other photo's she took in this theme.

Also pop over to our Friendship Vignettes blog where you can see all our themes with just the 2 pictures that made the cut! Just the pictures so they can speak for themselves.

here is my video of all my other photo's in this theme...

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks Photo's and if you have taken any we'd love to see them too.

Coincidence?

Do you believe in coincidence? I don't think I do. I do believe that God can use anything or anyone to speak to you. God speaks to me through Rainbows and through a kind of journalling where I write down what I think He's saying and through people who might or might not know my situation. The last couple of days I think he might have used the television.

I mentioned in my 30 day challenge that I'm planning to move back to Cornwall. Well although I'm sure I'm right I do believe God may continue to give me confirmation just to reassure me I'm on the right path. I have seen 2 Rainbows since making this decision when I hadn't seen any for such a long time and over the last 2 days I have watched 2 home programs, 'A Place By The Sea' and 'Homes Under The Hammer' and both of them featured houses in Cornwall! Coincidence? Or God's confirmation? I know what I believe!

When I was in Cornwall I picked up this card with the poem 'Call of Cornwall' by Malcolm Bowmer and it pretty much sums up how I feel...

I'm called every year to come back to St Ives

Southwest bound with others who lead busy lives,

To walk on the Island, to gaze at the sea,

Drawn back to this land that is calling to me.

The deeper blue Ocean, the paler blue sky,

The call of the seagulls all soaring on high,

Wherever I travel, wherever I roam,

One day I will live here and call Cornwall home.

Friendship Vignettes ~ Flowers

Week 35 ~ Flowers 

Welcome to this weeks Friendship Vignettes. I have managed to get loads of photo's again this week and the choice for favourite was really hard but I have chosen! My chosen photo and a lot of the photo's around them on the video were taken at Wyresdale Park, Scorton a stately home near us that has previously been on Country House Rescue, Without which I wouldn't have known it was there! I also spoke to the owner who gave me permission to take photo's.  Not as grumpy as on the show and I think a bit mortified at how he was portrayed. Poor man he was very pleasant.

So here are our pics...

Don't forget to pop over to Maria's blog to see all the other lovely things she makes and for a link to the other photo's she took in this theme.

Also pop over to our Friendship Vignettes blog where you can see all our themes with just the 2 pictures that made the cut! Just the pictures so they can speak for themselves.

here is my video of all my other photo's in this theme...

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks Photo's and if you have taken any we'd love to see them too.

Blog Challenge Day 30

Day 30: a picture of yourself this day and 5 good things that happened since you started the challenge

I can't believe we're on the last day! It's gone so fast (but then I have had a very busy month)! 

So what good things have happened to me since the beginning of this challenge? Lots! I might have more than 5!

1. I went back to my lovely Cornwall :-) and reunited with my best friends and my Sister , Nephew and Niece

2. I officially became a Godmother to Sarah! I spent the week with her and her family and had a great time getting to know her :-)

3. I stopped off in Leominster each way on my journey to Cornwall and was able to have a lovely time with my dear friend and blog co-conspirator Maria We talked and talked and did some dreaming together :-) Sadly I didn't get a picture of us! Why didn't we? how silly!

4. I had the most gorgeous welcome from my Doggy when I get home. She won't let me leave her again I'm sure! Also my parents were pleased to see me and welcomed me with open arms. Something not so nice happened to me this month and my parents gave me unconditional support and love! I felt very cherished!

5. and this is the real icing on the cake... I'm going Home! By Home I mean moving back to Cornwall! It was so great to go back but I felt the call from the moment I found out my friend was expecting little Sarah! It has just intensified the more I've been back (last August and this April) One of the reasons I haven't considered going back before was leaving behind my parents. I wanted to be nearby especially when I have kids and over the time I was away they have decided to move to Devon! This would mean about a 2 hour journey instead of 8! So I am very happy and excited! Now I just have to wait for God to put all the pieces in place :-)

so here is the happy me photo taken today after I got ready to go out for Mum's birthday meal...

I hope you have enjoyed following my blog challenge! Look out for another one coming soon :-)

Blog Challenge Day 29

Day 29 - 3 wishes

Whe I first started to think about this I thought only of myself. What did I wish for? And then I though that's pretty selfish (not that I'm preaching at anyone who did put write wishes for themselves) So these are the wishes that came to me when I thought bigger than myself!...

1. I wish that every child in the world has a safe and loving home!

2. I wish all the wealth in the world was fairly distributed so no-one has to go without food and healthcare and a roof over their head!

3. Well I don't want to sound like I'm trying to win Miss World but.... World Peace!

I really wanted to include this video for a laugh so I do hope you'll pop over to watch it here as it wouldn't let me embed it :-(

and just to make this personal - one for me... my own house in Cornwall :-) (and by own house, rented is fine)

So what are your 3 wishes? Don't worry you can tell me ones for you! I'm not judging anyone but myself!

Friendship Vignettes ~ Cloud

Week 34 ~ Cloud 

Welcome to this weeks Friendship Vignettes. Not the best week to use the theme cloud as since choosing we have had pretty much cloudless skies! I managed to get a few though and they do look lovely! Really feels like Summer is here doesn't it?

So here are our pics...

Don't forget to pop over to Maria's blog to see all the other lovely things she makes and for a link to the other photo's she took in this theme.

Also pop over to our Friendship Vignettes blog where you can see all our themes with just the 2 pictures that made the cut! Just the pictures so they can speak for themselves.

here is my video of all my other photo's in this theme...

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks Photo's and if you have taken any we'd love to see them too.

Blog Challenge Day 28

Day 28 - Something that Stresses You Out

I had to think a bit about this one...

1. Being tired always makes seemingly little things stress me out. Like parking the car on our street which I'm great at but when I'm really tired I get much more stressed and end up repositioning the car lots!

I guess that is just a lack of patience!

2. Another thing that Stresses me out is the feeling that I'm not being a good dog owner. When the dogs are barking and I can't stop them or they don't respond to commands.

or they upset another dog owner at the park and they moan at me! I'm doing the best I can!!

3. and this might just be the biggest thing... technology that doesn't work the way it should! Now I know a bad workman blames her tools but I'm not a technophobe and if technology is going to be faulty it will generally be the one they sell us!! That really stresses me out!

The technology that doesn't generally stress me out is my camera and mostly my car!

Blog Challenge Day 27

Day 27 An Original Photo of The City You Live In

Now Dad and I had different views of what this meant. Dad thought it should be a photo I've taken and I thought it should be an old photo and so I'm going with what I thought.

Lancaster

Blog Challenge Day 26

Day 26 - Your Dream Wedding

Like most little girls I have been dreaming my wedding since I was very young!

I dreamed of the Fairytale! My Prince Charming, a Cathedral Wedding and yes the meringue dress!

Yes that is St Paul's Cathedral where Princess Diana got married. What can I say? I have great taste and it  was kind of my local Cathedral when I was little!

I used to sing in a church choir at weddings so at a very early age I found my favourite piece of music for walking up the aisle (or is it down? I never can remember) you know the piece you walk out to as a married couple! Widor's Toccata

It is so triumphant and simply glorious!

(Wow look at those Stained glass Windows!)

Another piece of music for the ceremony is 'Oh Jesus I have Promised' as I love it and my parents had it at their wedding too but I would have a different tune!

My favourite colour is Jade green and the necklace that love came from is this one...

This necklace belonged to my Great - Grandmother! It's probably not valuable but I have always loved it and would love to wear it at my wedding and have my bridesmaids in one of the shades of green in it! I would love an engagement ring to match too :-)

I always dreamed of Gold wedding rings as that is all I knew but now I'm not so sure. I rarely wear gold so maybe White Gold or if money is a problem then silver will be fine! Hang on this is my dream wedding right? Heck! Then I want White Gold or Platinum!! hehe

Flowers? I love fragrant flowers, Freesias, Roses and Lilies and either in a traditional bouquet... you know big and trailing down the front of my dress or maybe just a smaller bouquet carried over my arm.

Yep Princess Diana again. What do you expect I was about 8 years old when she got married. She was my Fairytale Princess!

So I think that about wraps it up for my dream wedding unless I decide to throw all this away for an American style outdoor wedding? .... then again .... NO Chance!

Blog Challenge Day 25

Day 25 put your ipod (mp3 player in my case) on shuffle what are the first 10 songs?...

I have just got back from my hols (the day before yesterday) and in all that time I've known exactly where my MP3 player is now I'm home and I've had it on charge for a little bit I can't find it!! No idea where it's gone! so instead I am having to do this on Windows Media Player! so here goes...

1. O.K. Rock Remix - Big Brovas (ok I can't just give you a list I have to comment or explain!!) I bought this cd for a couple of songs I do like on it and don't think I've even heard this one!

2. Hold On - Take That

3. Holy is The Lord - Abundant Life Mininstries

4. Bring it on - Alistair Griffin

5. Beast Of Burden - Bette Midler

6, Let Your Healing Come - Casey Corum (Vineyard Music)

7. If I Let You Go - Westlife

8. You'll Never Walk Alone - Robson and Jerome

9. Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

10. God of All Of Me - Sandi Patty

ok in all honesty I skipped a couple (that was after I had done this a couple of times and skipped every other one!) But I ask you... Would you honestly put your 10 random songs up for everyone to see and maybe mock? I'm not worried about being mocked so much as it being a representation of what I really listen to which even this isn't...oh well it's just meant to be fun...isn't it? hehe

Blog Challenge Day 24

Day 24 - Something I've Learned

Well it doesn't say when I have learned something so that's really broad! I have learned to read and write, to look after myself and be independent, but I guess the idea is for it to be something more personal and maybe fairly recent.

The thing that comes to mind is to take one day at a time and to not worry.

I am a dreadful worrier! I worry about what people think of me. I worry about things I've done wrong not just recently but throughout all my life. I worry about not being able to get out with the doggies for regular walks and not being a good owner able to control my dog and stop her from barking etc. I worry about not being a good friend cos I live too far away or I'm not well enough to meet up with the ones who are local! All this sounds like I haven't learnt anything but I have....

 I have learnt just this last week that dog owners are not perfect and I'm not the only one who yells shut up at their dogs on occasion! I have learnt that it is a waste of time and very precious energy to worry over the things in the past, things that are impossible for me to change. I have learnt that I have to make a conscious decision to not watse my time worrying over things like these! And I have learnt that a good friendship can survive little contact and still be strong and lovely when contact is made!

Learning to take it one day at a time isn't easy but I am trying and I'm trying to make the most of each day. That doesn't mean doing so much I exhaust myself and make myself ill but to change my focus from looking at what I can't do to seeing what I have achieved each day.

I guess there is one real message here. You have control over your life and how you live it and what you make of it! So I challenge you (if you need it) to do the same!