Showing posts with label thrifting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrifting. Show all posts

01/08/2012

chillaxin..


We've had a few precious days off recently amidst the chaos that comes with wedding season.  Last year we gave ourselves pretty much no breaks, working until late, wedding on Saturdays, working on Sundays.. your work is your life a lot of the time but I've learnt that switching off is just as important as switching on..

My favourite way of spending a Sunday is a car boot.  There hasn't been one for a while due to the crap weather so Sunday was a real treat for me.. my best buy EVER was my new Apollo bike for £20!!  I rode to work and back on it and I absolutely LOVE it!!...

A few weeks ago my good friend Zoe from Old White Shop came up for the weekend with her fella Nathan, my best buddy Daisy and baby Freddie.  We walked through the park, ate Nando's, saw monkeys at the Nature Centre and then all crashed on the couch to watch Toy Story 3.  I got cuddles from Freddie and Pete got to have Daisy on his shoulders for pretty much the whole weekend..


We share our lovely office with Shutterbox Films and last week Dawn (one half of Shutterbox) left her full time job and became a permanent fixture in the office! Wahooo! We celebrated with a piƱata...

Having a few weekends off has meant actually being in our house long enough for Max to get comfy on one of our laps.  He's being super affectionate recently.. it makes me think he actually does miss us when we're away.. :(

We socialised! Like, sat with real people, eating and drinking and we weren't taking pictures (well, only instagram).  It's weird, you get so used to being at weddings you kind of forget that you need to do nice things too.  It was Marianne Taylor's birthday so we headed down to London and ate meatballs, drank fruit punch and sat in the sunshine.  Bliss.

...and last but not least I got to hang out with Pete all Sunday.  We walked around town, bought some food from the market and then headed home to sit on the park with the papers.  


I could definitely get used to this time off malarky.. 

24/07/2012

sutton vintage fair...

We had the most wonderful Sunday off a few weeks ago.. a lie in followed by a good old mooch around Sutton Vintage and Arts Fair with Lee and Dawn from Shutterbox Films. This is my absolute favourite way of spending any time off.. a fair or a car boot.. or a charity shop.. :)  The fair filled Sutton Town hall, stalls brimming with vintage goodness and refreshments in the form of tea and cake provided by the gorgeous Boutique Baking Company.

I came away with the cutest eiderdown, the best floral dress ever for £20 (photo of said dress is below) and the best set of stag coasters from the uber talented Jessica Lennox. The girl is a genius and I'm in love with every single thing. Mugs, plates, coasters, prints.. all with beautiful stags, owls, foxes all over them.. I'm definitely going back for more..











02/07/2012

nifty thrifty..

My all time favourite skirt  /  Let's eat!  /  Two cute stools for couple's bottoms /  Yummy coasters that are too pretty to put mugs on  /  one cosy eiderdown  /  a dress that fits perfectly

We have a wedding on Friday this week which means a rare weekend off and my favourite people in the world are coming to visit..  Zoe is bringing my best bud Daisy (she's six) and baby Freddie and we're finding a car boot on Sunday if it kills us.

17/09/2011

Nifty thrifty...

The best day off has to be a car boot or browsing a charity shop or two.. you simply cannot beat it... these are a few recent purchases.. although one or two high street shops might have also crept in here too... I'm pretty much trying to compensate for the lack of holiday this year I think.. retail therapy for sure...
My bestest recently has to be my pale green fan.. me and my friend Zoe went to the BEST car boot on Wednesday and came back with loads of great stuff.. the fan is beautiful and we both grabbed hold of each other and squealed when we saw it. Zoe also managed to get a typewriter for a quid.. get. in.









1) Blue tool box from etsy 2) 1950's kitchen Dresser from ebay 3) Pale green fan from Car boot 4) Slippers from Accessorize 5) Vintage frames from Car Boots, Charity Shops and my Mum's house 6) Clothes from Topshop & Miss Selfridge 7) Shoes from Charity Shop 8) Typewriter from ebay