......take one beloved husband and one best friend, throw in some half decent weather, some fabulous meals out, a visit to a Hobbit like house, and some serious shopping. Throw in some unexpected fun, and mix well with a half baked evening of charades. Serve in a relaxed atmosphere and enjoy.
So there you have it! This sums up last week end, which yes.....I am only just writing about. This is what happens when you are spending every minute of your spare time job hunting. Now there is a soul destroying occupation. But I have happy thoughts of last week end. Friday saw Mandy arriving, and we had a lovely night out at the Chesterfield. Just us girls, a nice meal, wine and so much to catch up on. The evening flew by, and can I just say there were some rum characters in the pub!! Paul came to collect us, he came in time to join us for a drink before we headed home.
Saturday was a lovely sunny day, but COLD!!! we were up early and off to Derby we went. First stop was Intu to do some shopping. We all found something we wanted, for me it was mostly stationery from Paperchase, boy have they upped their game! It was wonderful to look around, and nice to come away with some shopping. We had lunch at Papaya Thai, lovely quiet restaurant tucked away in a side street. Their lunch time specials are a bargain at a fiver and very tasty. Its a haven of quiet away from the busy and noisy mall! After a very pleasant lunch break we walked into town to enjoy the St George's day celebrations. We didn't know about these in advance, so it was a wonderful surprise. There were Morris dancers, live singing and a lovely craft fair! Loved looking around the craft fair, lots of nice things to look at....and buy! It was actually the high light of the day for me. It was a lovely afternoon albeit a bit chilly in the wind. We finally walked back to the car park, and headed back to Swadlincote. We had to call in at Sainsburys to do some shopping. But we stopped for tea and a wonder around the clothes dept. It was fun, we were quite late getting back, but what a great day.
Saturday night saw Christmas come to Gresley, complete with Christmas dinner, crackers and presents for all. What a hoot, and presents are always nice. You know, I love Christmas.....so why limit it to December!
Sunday saw us up early to head to Stoneywell, it was a grey day but still not too bad. We arrived there around 10am and were whisked off from the car park in the mini bus. We took the tour around the house, sadly we were herded around with a tour guide this time and not exactly rushed around, but not allowed to linger either. I think we would all have liked more time to soak up the atmosphere. Once we had done the house, we went for a walk around the woods, oh my gosh we found fairies!!! I love walking around the woods, so calming. We explored the gardens too, but there was a little drizzle in the air. What a shame. We headed back to the car park at about 1pm and drove over to Flagstaff park for lunch at the Brewers Fayre...YUM! Then we headed home, sadly housework and stuff to catch up on.
We did go out for a lovely meal at our local Indian restaurant in the evening. Lovely food, and excellent company. We walked home, all very full up and happy. The evening was spent playing charades much to Paul's horror. Bless him, its really not his thing. But with much protest, he did have a go. All to soon the week end was over, and with heavy heart I had to say good bye to Mandy of Monday morning. But at least I am left with happy memories.
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