Yesterday we decided to go to a carboot sale and combine this with another trip to the farm, as the carboot was on the carpark!! Glad we went as I got Lillie a pair of tap shoes for £1.50 hardly a mark on them and the lady said they have brand new heel taps on them and they are £15 a pair, these can be taken off and put on another pair of shoes if needs be, so bargain!! The weather was pants, it rained on and off, not heavily thank goodness and the wind was really strong. We had our picnic lunch (indoors!) then had a wander round to see the animals before letting the girls have a while playing on the play area but in the end I got fedup with getting blown away so we left. Just along the road from the farm there were signs for steam engine rides at a fund raiser, so we decided to have a look. It was only a small do, but quite a few people considering we got there at 4pm and it ended at 5pm, Matthew got talked into taking part in a game where he had to one handedly remove pegs from a line and see how many he could keep in his hand, he won with 19 pegs prize =£5 we were lucky on the tombolla to, winning a drill set, bottle of beer and bottle of wine! We had a fun ride on the model steam train, the tracks went around the grounds into a woodland area and through a tunnel which was really dark, the girls loved it!
and would you believe, I hardly ever think to check the phone for messages, but last night when I went to bed I did 1571 and there was a message telling us that I had won a 'donkey' at the fair!!! I had had a go at the treasure map, I put a pin in at a place called Wiveton (I thought I am a wife/wive!) and I was the closest, woo...hoo... the donkeys were so cute, obviously toys not the real mcoy I hassen to add!! They stand about 2ft tall. Anyhow in my shock and excitement to rush and replay the message to Matthew I pressed 3 and deleted the message, so when I went to play it to him there was no message aarrgghhhh....... I only got the dialing code not the contact no. boy was I mad at myself, why didn't I put the mobile no. they left the message at 5.05pm we were still there!!! Long story short after several phone calls and a call back this afternoon my donkey has been tracked down and will be picked up tomorrow when Matthew goes to pick up the carpet and lino. I can't wait to see the look on the girls faces as they don't know! Lillie had a rocking horse when she was younger Hollie didn't have one so this will be hers. I'll post a picture tomorrow once we've got it.
I will leave you with what I think is an amuzing picture of the girls which I took at the farm yesterday, this just proves I wasn't lying about the weather, just look at that sky!! 
There are 2 places I 'have' to take picture when we go there, along the grass path like the picture I showed in a previous post and on this tree stump! It just has to be done, and one day I will get a cracking picture (I hope!).
I think it's missing something but am not sure what? I wish I was clever enough to draw swirls or even stamp them if I had the stamps but I'm afraid of having a go and ruining my cards altogether!
We had a 'first' yesterday, Lillie had a school friend over to play! I had been dreading it, I'm always embarrassed of my house, I know I shouldn't be or better still do something about it but I am. You see we are horders (well me more so than anyone) I don't like to throw things away, so we have too much stuff and not enough space, but if we had the space it still wouldn't be enough Lol..!! I have to be in the mood for ironing and do it when we need it rather than keep on top of it, so we end up with linen mountains that we need to 'hide' when people visit!! Oh I'm terrible and I admit it, you know the amount of clothes and shoes we have between us we could open up our own shop, seems like I buy new (I don't!) rather than iron old!!! Anyhow we met Lillie's friend Lily and her mum at the leisure centre and we left the 2 of them there for an 'Art Attack' session, afterwards I picked them up and due to the rain they had a picnic on the blanket in the living room. I had had a bit of a clear out of old toys and ones that had bits missing, the girls had put everything away and within 5 minutes of Lily's arrival you couldn't see any of the floor almost everything was out aarrgghh...!!!! But I did get them to clear it away without any fuss which was another first! So we've done it now so guess when they get back to school she'll want other friends round, let's hope the weather is fine then they can play outside haha...!
My recycled item is the centre of the flower, this is from a bracelet one of the girls had and pulled apart! The flowers are recycled to as they are pulled from a bunch of artificle flowers (I love all of the Prima's but am tight, and this is the cheaper option!!) Hope you like my card, why not pop over and see the rest of the girls designs they are amazing as always. Can't wait to see what you create and what item can be recycled, have fun!
