678th Shade of lippy.

I felt the need to blog today, no pictures to show, no news to tell...I just felt the need to write. As I sit at my desk I can here the sound of big machinery in the background demolishing their way through the greenery, making way for yet another new housing estate.
I remember being a little girl, taking a short cut through those garages, crossing over the buttercup filled fields, I remember the summers being a lot hotter back then and strangley the winters colder too.

I'm just getting over the worst case of tonsillitis...EVER! and left me with a itchy rash all over, the draw back of antibiotics, they did their job though, I'm just left feeling a little wishywashy the last few days and the heat and muggyness here isn't helping.

On a brighter note...it's pea pod season and they have been growing in abundance on our allotment, I've sat over the last few nights munching my way through probably half a carrier bag and feel the need to freeze the rest. I do tend to do that though, become obsessed with a certain things, last week it was making my homemade coleslaw using my freshly picked cabbage, the week before that it was eating my fresh beetroot which turned everything purple ....yikes! next week? well who knows.

I'm busy getting prepared for next week, a very exciting week for me and what do we all think of the new Flexmarker by Letraset, I'm intrigued I have to say being a Promarker fan.
Holiday season is fast approaching, although my body still thinks it's in Winter storing food mode, and I spent Saturday in Newcastle, a little lunch a couple of Cosmopolitan cocktails, my once a month indulgence.

We park in a secret location down the quayside, absolutely free which saves a small fortune in parking charges. A short walk over the swing bridge..( this bridge always brings back memories for me, as a student I lived in Newcastle and would walk the short walk down onto the Quayside and out would come my sketch pad and watercolours and quite happily spend time capturing the essence of Newcastle, I've probably taken photos or painted most of the beautiful buildings down there, they are dripping in history and everyone has a little tale to tell).

Over the bridge, we always pop into The Slug and Lettuce, very casual, tasty food and the barman does make wicked cocktails! From here, we catch the bus up into Monument and begin our shopping experience by first entering Fenwicks store. I did go in for a bag, something to take on the plane with me, something just to wear over my body....nothing took my fancy so I came away with a pair of sandals instead..lol of course after the lovely Dior lady experimented several shades of lipstick on me until I pouted in the mirror and liked that 678th shade she'd patiently tried on me. I love listening to people's conversation while they are trying to sell you something, she was planning a night out and dressing in a little festival style gypsy dress and cowboy boots, I did contemplate on declining that 678th shade of lippy, just to find out maybe what she was going to have for tea or maybe what colour nail varnish she would be wearing ..lol

I sometimes miss the one to one contact with people these days, the draw backs of doing my job, mostly everything is done via email these days and it's nice to get to meet other crafters.
Which brings me onto The GNPE this year...10/11th September down in good old Yorkshire, I shall be back from Ibiza only a few days but I'm excited to see what's out and about and spend a little bit of my hard earned cash on what else?.....craft stuff...are you going?