My weekend.

Hi there. 

How’s it going?

Did you have a good weekend? Mine was lovely, but over way too quickly. Friday evening I decided to stay home and not go to the dance class. My foot’s still not 100% and they would have been on the third week of the dance. I’m planning on going back next week, but it’ll only be for one week as I’m out at a friend’s the following week and out in London the week after! 

Saturday was a busy one. I cleaned the Airbnb and then came home to help David in the house. We’re still putting up insulation, a horrible itchy job that makes you feel really uncomfortable. I can’t wait for this one to be done! I can see light at the end of the tunnel and all these little jobs will soon come together and it’ll be ready for plastering. I had to collect a birthday gift for my granddaughter so David drove me to our local Argos to collect it. We visited Violet in the early evening to give her the presents. She was rather overwhelmed at the amount she got from all the family - well she is only 2! We returned home to enjoy an Indian curry. We changed restaurant and got it from the one my daughter uses, I have to say it was delicious and made a really good change. Sometimes it’s good to try somewhere different isn’t it!

On Sunday I got a lie in. It was so nice not to have to get up early! The clean wasn’t until about 11, so after another cup of tea Sophie and I headed down to Whitstable to get the job done. You can view our two accommodations in town here. Returning home via Sainsburys for vegetables & chocolate custard for dessert I prepared the rest of the bits for the roast beef. David is very hands on and cooks most of the dinner while I get all the veg prepared and cooked. There were 16 of us which made for a really hectic meal. It gets very noisy too, I really need the new house to be ready as it’s got a much bigger space to entertain in. You can view the latest reel here. Dinner was delicious. I always have loads of veg which included cabbage, brussel sprouts , carrots, swede, parsnips, cauliflower cheese and broccoli. There’s a favourite for everyone. David also did Yorkshire puddings, a staple for any roast in our house!

Today I’m actually returning to the gym. I’ve got Pilates and cycle booked. I can’t wait to get back into exercising as I’ve been feeling really stiff and achy. I just need to get back to normal and hope my foot holds up!

I’m sharing what I wore when I hurt my foot back at the beginning of October. I had low heels on and whilst walking back to the taxi rank my heel went down a hole in the cobblestones. My foot twisted over and immediately felt a twang! Turns out it’s soft tissue damage which apparently feels as bad as a fracture and can take nearly as long to heal! Never having had anything like this before, I don’t really know what to expect. All I know is that it’s taken so long to mend and it’s still not right! 

This is what I wore to dinner with David and our son James. He’d wanted us to sample a Japanese meal so we went to a local restaurant called The Happy Samurai. The meal was amazing. Everything was really tasty. Shall I tempt you with what we had! Dishes like chicken Katsu, Ramen, gyoza and donburi (rice bowl). I’d love to go again soon, I think I’ll have more of an idea of what to have too. 

My white trousers have a wide leg and pleats at the top. There’s quite a lot of fabric, but a lovely pair of trews, probably better suited to warmer weather. I found the top i’d been looking for. This one went missing a while back but whilst looking for a black blazer (still can’t find that though) I found it. I bought it years ago. It was paired with a brown suit which I wore on The Orient Express. Anyway it’s a crochet top in a slinky yarn that’s a mink colour. Over the top I wore my favourite military style cream jacket. Rather like this look too. Let me know your thoughts. X

Thanks very much for being here. So nice to have you join me. Do drop a comment and let me know how your weekend went!

Bye for now. X