Had a couple of relaxing days this week. Friday I went to have a facial (my best fwend is a beauty therapist) and then we went shopping in town. Our first port of call is always a coffee, where we then natter for about hour and half, and then its a mad dash around the shops! I did manage to pick up something for myself though. I have been humming and harring about these for a while and after reading so much good press about them I decided to get myself a pair.........

They are sooooooo comfortable. I love the little bobbly bits where your feet rest, and they are so light and airy. Fabbaroonydinkalicious.....as we Bubbly Funkers would say....:D

Love the flower Jibbetz too, so many to choose from. Cats, dogs, ladybirds, letters, ooooh loads.

Saturday was nice and chillin' too (really can't afford to spend two whole days away from the shop , but I did!). Darren took the boys to the Malvern Hills for a long walk up to British Camp and then they went swimming. Abi was in town with a friend. And I was on my own, well except for Sam keeping me company, of course.

I had all good intentions of getting down to some serious crafting but I had to sort and tidy my desk and surrounding area, sort and put away some gorgeousness new stock that arrived from the US on Friday. Once I'd finished drooling over all that it left me little time to get on, but I did manage to make a start on some ATC's whose deadline has loomed.......and I must get on today too.

We have decided to watch '24' right from the beginning, its one of those programmes I wished I had followed from the start, but we have got series one so at about 9pm we settled down to watch a couple of episodes. 1am and four episodes later we decide its really time for bed! Cool programme, can't wait to see more now.

Each episode is an hour long (roughly) and plays in real time, so as we watch 10 minutes, that is ten minutes of the goings-on in Jack Bauers life, iyswim. I do like Keifer Sutherland........ So, if you haven't watched any and like good guy action then take a squizz.

Today, as its a Sunday and Darren is home, I am doing a roast beef dinner - yummo - and will get on with some crafting me thinks. Lovely sunny day again too by the looks of things, so I might allow myself 10 minutes of chill time along the way too........

For those of you taking part in the UKS Cyber Crop next weekend or my fabaroo forum members - there is a little treat in store for you.

Bubbly Funk has a limited stock, unique, special offer of a FREE mini kit with every order over £20!!

This is a Bubbly Funk exclusive Tag Book Kit (copyright) designed by Design Team member Di O and is truly fantastic!!

With every order of £20 or over (not inc p&p) put UKSMad or BFForum in the comments box, before checkout, to qualify for this amazing offer. Valid until 30 April 2007.

Here's a squizz at what you can make.........

So, go on, what are you waiting for.........:D

Well, all three kids are back at school now and everything is back to normal for a while. I do miss them though and I do so hate routine. Watching the clock and the school run......blah.....roll on the summer holidays!

Monday saw the release of Bubbly Funk's first monthly kit. Put together by fabbydabby Di O, it has been a real hit! The Extras Kit was sold out within a couple of hours and a couple of days on and I only have two left..........get yours before its too late.........

Had a nice weekend. Went for a meal Sunday lunchtime to celebrate my Mum's birthday and also managed to get the kids new trainers while we were all in town. The boys hate shopping and I don't particularly like taking then either! They want to go get what we came down for, no more than that, and then go home. At least when I come with Abi we have a good mooch around. Shopping is definately a girl thing.

I have to go grocery shopping today, I have been dredging the depths of the freezer and cupboards to put off going as long as possible and it has been 12 days since I last went, so not done too bad. I like doing that from time to time cos you have to use stuff that you usually push to the back and, even though the kids have been without crisps for about five days now, they have been OK. They haven't spontaneously combusted through lack of junk and their crisp fix. Its all good........

I was a bit of a ickle piggy last night. Jake sold me (yes, sold!) one of his Easter Eggs - only the egg, he'd already had the choc that came with it. Apparently, after he had eaten all he wanted, he said he doesn't like chocolate that much so wanted to sell his eggs - he would rather have the money. So I bought an egg off him. Now this egg has been lying on my desk uneaten for a few days. And its been taking up space. So I sat in the front room with my milky coffee and this egg and ate the lot in one sitting. Cos I needed the space on my desk you understand. Felt a bit sick though.....

Ooooh, a parcel of goodies has arrive. So I am off to open it up and ooooh and aaah at its papery goodness.........

Oooops, sorry Di O - just managed to delete your comment from the last post. Please feel free to leave again!

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Phew, I feel drained today. Such a lot going on at the moment with the shop, trying to get up to date with crafty things (yup, still) and the monthly kit release on Monday. So excited about that and Di has worked so hard sorting out a lovely kit for you all. That is going well already and even based on the little sneeky peeks I have had orders coming in aready! Amazing!

Don't it look fab! For those of you interested take a look {here} and treat yourself.....go on!! Limited stocks..........

Darren did a spiffing job on the garden over the Easter break. I actually had a couple of days off from the shop and relaxed - it was bloomin' marvelous and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, minimum computer and max sun - just the ticket! Plus lots of choccie over the weekend. Not that anyone bought me an egg but the kids had plenty and so I had to help them out a little, didn't I!!

Anyway, feeling tired now and I really must stop for today and try and wind down........deep breath........and relaxxxxx.......

Spring cleaning is going on big style at our house. We made a start on the loft yesterday. As soon as I finished packing orders and had been to the Post Office I was helping hoist huge boxes of alsorts of stuff from the loft.

We have been in this house for ten years in August and it has been a gradual accumulation of 'things' over that time. We used to do some car boots to get rid of stuff, but haven't done one for a few years now and with Darren's shift patterns he only gets one weekend off in every three so didn't want to be spending a valuable Sunday morning at a car boot.

So, a few hours later and we had boxed up about ten large boxes of things we didn't want. This consisted of kids games, toys, cuddlies (although Abi really couldn't bare to part with any of them), handbags, shoes, ornaments, crockery, curtains, records, puzzles.............ooooh the list goes on.

Darren advertised on the local Freecycle site for someone to collect a huge amount of car boot items and within minutes he had about thirty replies! Anyway, by 8pm someone had come and taken the lot - wonderful! If someone can make money from it then great.

We have only just scratched the surface though, and they may well be another load for someone to pick up today too! I blame Darren, he is such a hoarder - although he would say its me.

I did manage to salvage a few bits that I could see had potential crafty uses - some girly playing cards, some glittery threads and a pot I painted years ago and would now come in very handy for pens and brushes. So I didn't do too bad out of it!