a sad sad day!

today i had to say goodbye to my fiesta, and i'm quite surprised at how sad i was to leave it behind. now its not like i lovingly cared for, and washed it every week - to be honest i only washed it four times in the two years that i owned it.

we decided a few months ago to get rid of one car as we weren't using the two cars as much as we used to and it was probably my suggestion to get rid of the car because it will save us quite a bit each month not filling it with petrol, the monthly payments and insurance - but i was still sad to say goodbye to it. i felt like i was abandoning it up in north tyneside.

at the same time as abandoning my car i got to experience a car auction - lots of spides (and a few dodgy looking second hand car salesmen) looking at cars as they revved the engines. i think i was probably the best dressed person there and despite me feeling extremely out of place wandering through a car auction no-one else seemed to notice me - as i waslked in i was expecting everyone to turn and stare (i really didn't fit in - for three reasons 1 - i'm not a spide, 2- i'm not a dodgy second hand car sales man and 3- i was female) but strangely it didn't happen they were all too engrossed in the cars.

building anfield

last week was andrew's birthday, and he requested an anfield birthday cake. i had already decided to bake him a football pitch cake so this confirmed that i had decided on the right cake. here is the result of the cake - complete with a liverpool football team!!!

you'll all be glad to know

I found a coat!!!! and it's purple!!!!

(this was the best picture despite having a bit of the mantlepiece in the corner)

thankyou esther but... (#2)

I don't like the collar

thankyou esther but....

it has a belt and very shiny buttons

long cold winter

i think it is going to be a long cold winter.....

i spent this afternoon trawling round the shops in newcastle looking for a winter coat and couldn't find one...

its mid october and i am still only wearing a fleece or jumper (plus a scarf) when i go out i'm not sure how much longer i'll last

any suggestions of nice coats would be greatly appreciated - especially in red!

I just thought you might like to know

To the girl in the grey t-shirt we saw on Old Elvet on Saturday night, I thought I should tell you (because your so-called friends didn't) that YOU FORGOT YOUR JEANS!!!

cup-a-cake

well done catherine, you are correct!!!! it is a cup-a-cake for holding individual cupcakes without wrecking the frosting!!! how fab is that!!!! The only small problem is my cupcakes appear to be slightly larger than the cupcakes it is designed to hold.

Forgotten

the title of this post isn't actually in relation to the fact that i have not blogged in over a month!

in toronto in july I got very excited when i found this small blue plastic piece of kitchen equipment. i insisted that it was an essential bit of kitchen kit! You may ask what it is (which andrew did when i found it in williams and sonoma) but i think it might be more fun to let you guess.

That Friday Feeling

today really felt like a friday


but it's not


its only thursday so i still have to go in to work tomorrow