Me on a Monday... Er no a Tuesday!

I know it's late but I had such a busy weekend it only ended late last night and I've been working today so no time to share!  So without further ado this is me on a (cough) Monday/Tuesday...

It started off with a late lunch kind of Friday with the girls at Alberts...

We had two birthdays to celebrate...Tracy's and my own and it was half price champagne on a Friday so that called for a bottle of this...

Lunch over we headed back to the village for a chilled kind of Friday evening with others joining us and husbands appearing (and sitting on a completely different table pretending they didn't know us as we were being very loud and giggly!!)  It was also an "Oh my! I'm sat on my year of birth table!" kind of evening...

We sat and enjoyed the sunshine into the late hours.  

It was an up and out to the Makers Market kind of Saturday with cheeses, breads and home made pates purchased.  Then on to our friend's pub just outside Chester for a cuddle with his new baby boy and a yummy meal kind of afternoon.

It was a lazy, birthday kind of Sunday morning.  Opening cards and a few presents.  (Tony is still not working so I've taken a rain check on the present but it was lovely to get books off the kids, including Mary Berry's latest, and some new cake tins!)

It was a "Oh look the weather is better than expected" kind of afternoon so we headed off to an NT property we'd not visited before for drinks, cakes and a mooch round.  It was a "Wow, the kids actually still find this history stuff interesting" kind of visit as we took a guided tour of the house.  It really is an amazing example of a Tudor Home. It was also a getting the last stamp in the NT passport kind of day for Josh.  That's 30 separate properties he's visited in the last 7 years and he's keen to fill another one.  Best keep up the annual membership then!

It was a race to get the perfect family photograph of the swans between us all.  Tony and Alex had their DSLRs but I won with my trusty iPhone!

It was also a "It's my birthday so I demand a photo of the two of you" moment.  Which had much hilarity as I asked them to stand side by side and they did so with their backs to me, then one facing and one still back turned, then facing but pulling silly faces.  Then eventually this (which is not great but will have to do!)...

Then it was a back to the garden to chill in the sunshine kind of evening with a Pimms (or two!)...

It was also a "I've found two photos for the Summer Scavenger Hunt" kind of weekend but I'll share those in their own post at a later date.

I took Monday off work too and Alex and I went shopping for last bits on her India kit list.  It was definitely an "I can't find any sandals I like/that fit/that are the right size/that aren't too expensive" kind of trip!  But we did tick off the "modest swimsuit" and "Navy smart but cool" trousers!

I also bought a nice pair of wedge sandals in the sales with some birthday money :).  Let's hope this warm weather stays so I can wear them soon!  Then it was off to Brownies to make miniature gardens for the local flower show next weekend.  A rather frantic but fun end to four days off!

So that was my weekend.  How was yours? If you'd like to read about more weekends or join in with your own then visit Sian at From High In The Sky.

Finally thank you to the lovely Gemma for sharing my blog this week.  I'm always on the look out for new followers as I love to get feedback on my posts and my scrapbook pages so if you've stopped for a nosey please do follow me and leave a comment.