Where do I start??!?

Right - I warn you this is a picture heavy LONG post.
I start with last Friday - which was an awesome day - I travelled to London, somewhere I rarely go, especially shopping *in fact, I cannot remember the last time I went shopping there!* And spent some time with these two lovely girls.....
They showed me the sights of "town" including, the most amazing little Japanese gift shop. I loved it long time, and hope to visit it again to quench any further hello kitty, funky little Japanese note book thirsts that I may suffer from! I was also introduced to Muji.. CUTE!
We ate cake - we wandered (and I blistered!) and we paperchased (THREE FLOORS!!) and we Japanese stored, and we munched on falafel before seeing Harry Potter at the IMAX cinema (I was literally like a country bumpkin deer caught in the headlights when I saw the size of the screen... I don't think I've felt quite so niaeve in a long time) But all in all, I had an awesome day, and loved every second if it, blistered tiny toe and all!

This little blue I HEART LONDON snow globe was my gift to Ben. Classy and pretty. *ahem*

The trees on the South bank have all been covered in polka dot fabric, and I {hearted} them lots - little messages adorn them, some messages of love, some offering rude obscenities, all equal in their right to be there,... and Shim matched the trees in her polka dress, (well planned!!). We were so lucky, the sun was warm and the glow of the sun setting looked great in the photos.

mmmmmmmmm A cake from "Candy Cakes" in covent garden...

Some cute Japanese tab stickers...

Muji joy - a mini folder and metal rings...

Artbox notebooks are AMAZINGLY cute.

After London, I spent the weekend with the girls from GOGO at a day meet for the design team. I didn't get photos *(shame on me)* but it was a great day - bonding and eating more cake (ok.. so the cake eating stopped today thank goodness, my body was crying out for veg!)
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Monday came around, and Lorraine from Scrapagogo and family came down our way for a couple of days. Day one saw us on the beach, looking for marine life in the rock pools, when suddenly, the rain came down so hard that we were all wet through to our underpants!!! *gross* Luckily I had spare changes of clothes for the girls, so we came home to dryness (and now I think about it, even more cake!!!!)
Today we went to Battle, and I came home with some of these pretties...
Cute 95p folders, just right for cutting up, binding and filling with memories...

A Cath Kidston bag - I have coveted the cowboy fabric change bag for years, but never ever had £60 "spare" for such an extravagance. I made my peace with that today, and purchased the mini bag to placate my inner longing!

East of India Ribbon - mmmmm polka dotty prettiness!

MORE polka dot pegs (as I literally never run out of things to peg up!!!)

A metal butterfly hook.... which I have NO idea where it will go, but one day it will find a home.

Onto craftier things........ I forgot to blog these little letters the other day. Oh my I love them.

And I finally got round to altering the large peg I bought..... the Cosmo boyfriend line was perfect with its little washing line design,

I also decorated our bedroom door with some Campy and butterflies in an ikea wall decal.

I tried to make a ribbon board... but the frame keeps falling off! I need to work out a better way of adhering!

Well - Really - thats about all I have for you today... I apologise about my bad blogging skills this last week, and promise ill be better!
Scrap layouts next post!!