Jelly Belly Beans, Starbucks and Stash.... What more could a girl want!!!

On Wednesday it was a cheer Vicki up day, we planned to go into edinburgh then up to Perth, Emma rang while we were on our way to Edinburgh and planned to meet us on the way up to Perth.

Vicki and I had a giggle on the way to Edinburgh then it was Jelly Belly madness in Jenners, once we had filled copious bags with Jelly beans, not all for us of course!!! I got Em and E some and Vicki got some for Katy as well, which we posted the next day and Katy has already eaten lol. We then went for a quick Starbucks, I do love the Skinny Latte they do. Then we headed back to the station, after a small amount of confusion with the train we headed off to meet E & Em at Kirkcaldy. WOW E has grown up so much in the short time since I saw him last, such a little stunner and so good too.

On the train, we had such a giggle with E. Then when we got to Perth we went to have a quick look at the craft shop and then round to a lovely old fashioned toy shop so E could spend his money and then to the HONEY POT ( a fab Child friendly place) for our lunch.

E & Me
Vicki and Me

After Lunch we went back to the craft shop STAMPAHOLICS, run by a lovely lady who was so helpful and even let E draw and play in the fab craft room at the back of the shop, she went out of her way to help us which was lovely. I only spent £12, anyone who knows me, knows that, that is a MIRACLE in itself. Vicki however had a fab spending spree, which was great to watch, as it was her first ever Major stash shopping binge and she had the new stash glow afterwards. LOL.

Em & E

Last stop was the Park for half an hour, E had a run around and we had a chat and then it was back to the train and off for home. I had a really great day, very chilled and I actually found that I can enjoy shopping and not have to spend a fortune, Yes it is me lol!!!! No I have not had a bang on the head LOL.

Thanks girls fab day!

VICKI'S 26th Birthday!

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!!!! my alarm clock woke me up! ARGHHHHH! it's 6.30am. On Wednesday 2nd July and it's my gal pal Vicki's 26th Birthday. She wanted to go into Edinburgh for the day so thats what we did. Her friend Beckie and her daughter Abigail who is just 2, met us on the bus, I had never met her before so I was a bit nervous but all went fine and Abigail is such a sweetie.

Me and Vicki on the train to Edinburgh

Abigail and Beckie

Once we got to Edinburgh it was off to the Shops, first we hit the Disney store, I was on a mission today to come back with EJ's Birthday pressies. I wont say what they are in case Emma is reading the blog, she knows but he might see.

As you can see here, Vicki loves the Disney store, she actually wanted us both to buy these and wear them all day, I am up for a laugh but that was pushing it a bit even for me! ( I know, Booo Hiss! Spoil sport lol)

I found EJ's First birthday Pressie in here then it was off to Hamley's in Jenners Department store to check out the toys in there, Vicki was more than happy to pretend that we were just going for EJ but she loved it lol.

Of course we had to pop to the food hall and Grab some Jelly Belly beans, I loooooooove the juicy pear ones, (I know Diabetic Blah Blah! but a treat every now and then isn't gonna kill me.

After that we wandered in and out of a few more shops and then we went Pizza hut for lunch, which was really slow but Yummy. I have to say the YUMMIEST part was the guy on the table next to us, anyone who knows me will vouch for the fact that men are way down at the bottom of my list of wants in life but he was very very YUMMY!!!!!!

After Pizza hut we wandered through town some more in and out of shops, we went into Paperchase and they had a sale one, bad move, I got some fab baby boy stash VEEERRRRYYY CHEAP! I love good cheap stash.

After that we wandered back down to Princes street and said goodbye to Beckie and Abigail and Vicki and I got a bus to the hospital, Vicki is off to KENYA next week and we had to get her Anti malaria tablets, we had no idea where we were going so we had to stop and ask, "Where is the INFECTIOUS DISEASES unit" DOH!!! a tad embarrassing but funny lol.

After that we headed back to town, I popped into Zavvi to get EJ a DVD and then we headed for Princes street Gardens to sit, chat and chill. We ended up there for around 2.5hours, we talked and laughed so much, I was actually high on happiness, which is a rare thing for me these days. I would say the only thing missing from the day was our friend Katy, she has Agoraphobia and lives in Norfolk so it was not possible but it would have just put a cherry on a brilliant day.

Vicki and I in Princes Street Gardens

Eventually we thought we better make a move, so we headed off to the train station, grabbed a Burger King and took it on the train. as we went over the forth train bridge the sun was starting to set and I had to take a picture, it was gorgeous. it never looks quite as good in a photo but it's not bad.

So when we arrived back in Kirkcaldy we went to Vicki's for her pic up some stuff and drop off her shopping then it was off to my place, we were at the bus stop and Vicki was looking at the Knickers her friend had given her (as a gag gift I think lol) and she said, " can you imagine if I wore these over my jeans all the way home", well I said the wrong thing, I said "go on I dare ya!!!" and as you can see she did just that!!! I have to say I laughed all the way back, we got all sorts of looks and comments and she even got a wolf whistle lol.

MMMMM not so Sexy Vicki LOL

As you can see from this shot, we stopped at the park near my house as we had a sudden urge to be kids again and Vicki had the sudden urge to get stuck in the round about, she could not stop laughing long enough to get out but she did eventually, we played on a few more things and wandered back to mine.

IN A SPIN

Well all I can say is I hope Vicki enjoyed her Birthday as much as I did lol. I shall have to have more days like that, It really is true what people say. "LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE".

My First BABY Layout!

Awwwwww, well as I can't hug and love them physically yet I will just have to scrap them until I can.

I enjoyed doing this lo as it is not at all what I usually do, I wanted it clean and simple as these are the first ever picture taken of them at a few hours old.

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WOW WOW WOW LANCE and RUSTY PICKLE ROCK!

First, and top of my gratitude list is to whoever it was that RAK'D me the RUSTY PICKLE ticket, I can't express how grateful I am. This can't of come at a better time either, as I have a great deal of personal stress and a day of scrapping and having fun was just what I needed. Your generous gift will never be forgotten.

A close second on my list is my Pal Helen, who has been a real support and a total star, thank you so much for picking me up, keeping me sane, making me laugh and being a great pal.

Thanks to Bex for the planning of the whole event and the really nice chat we had, and how much you made me laugh. it really helped hun. xxx

Thanks to Lance for 2 great classes, for helping me and making me feel better when I was being a slow dumb ass and also for being so very generous.

So now I have finished what felt like an Oscar nomination speach PMSL here is how my day went.

Well it started off very strangely. I got to North Queensferry train station very early almost an hour and a half early, WHY OH WHY??????????? do trains and buses only run on time when you DON'T want them to. So I wandered just outside the station and sat and a concrete slab, there is no one in sight, no taxi rank and no staff, so I text Helen to tell her I am an idiot and just planned to sit and ponder life. Suddenly a police car with 4 policemen arrive, so I think maybe now I can ask someone how I could make my own way to the hotel. I ask one of the policemen where it is and he stands up straight to tell me and I see he has a HUGE rifle in his hands. OMG I thought, I only wanted directions. He was very sweet and told me it was too far to walk and there were no taxi ranks so it would be better to wait for my lift. So I sat quietly and watched what was going on, 3 more lots of armed police arrived and had arrested 2 sets of 2 men and were asking odd questions, I just kept my head down and my face out of range of anything that looked like a gun lol. It can't have been anything too bad or they would have asked me to move on or hide, so that begs the question, did they really need about 15 policemen at one point and arms ones at that. LOL.

So anyway before I knew it with all the excitement the time had flown by and Helen arrived to pick me up. I was so excited as this is the first Professional class I have ever attended. Helen's friend Vicki was in the back of the car, it was great to meet her, she is a total sweetie. So we arrived at the hotel and went up to the Room we were using and met lance and set up. I have to confess that when we first arrived it did have the feel of an exam room but I have also must confess having my own table made things very easy and I didn't constantly feel I had to worry about encroaching on another scrappers table area.

I will need a bit of retreat practice to really get the hang of these fast paced classes but it was soooooooooo much fun.

I don't yet have any pictures as I did not finish either project, the techniques were fab though and I will be sure to use them again on all different projects in the future. I am really looking forward to working on them very soon, Maybe at my crop on Saturday. The first class was an interactive book with a pop up section which is so brilliant and other interactive pages, which look fantastic and the second was a gorgeous book with round pages with insert pages, it will be easier to show you when I have finished the kits.
Here is Helen pleading with me to stop taking her picture lol, I had the happy snapper demon in me lol.
Here is Bex, deep in concentration, I really love this picture.

Here are some of the fab ladies, that I met, I will certainly not forget them in a hurry, they really made me laugh and I know for sure I will never forget Pam, who is the lady in the middle, who pulled a pair of surgical gloves out of her bag to use for painting and Lance asked me if I watched the show DEXTER about the serial killer, which I do and it made me want to wee I laughed so much.

Great atmosphere and 2 fab classes, I will take so much away from this day, I really loved it.

Lance in the throws of give aways. It was brilliant he was giving stuff away all day long, I got rub-ons, chipboard, a full kit and papers all for free. Rusty Pickle Rub-ons are to die for, they go on like butter.

The man himself, Lance Anderson, great teacher, funny guy and really nice and helpful. I would deffo. do more classes with him, and I do love my Rusty Pickle, A totally fab day. It freaks me out how much Lance looks like my younger brother lol.

Having giggles with Bex.

Bex appears to be doing her impression of a well known 1970/1980's wildlife TV presenter called David Bellamy LOL

This topped the day off, these 3 pictures where the views from the huge windows surrounding our class, it was really gorgeous.

Well done Bex and Lance, what a fantastic day. I am going to save a few pounds a week in a Lance pot so if he ever comes back to a town near me I will deffo book myself this time, to go again. Thanks again to my secret RAK'ER I had such a wonderful time.
I will post pics of my freebies when I get a chance and then of my mini books from the classes as and when I finish them.
Hope you are all well. XXXXX