It's been a busy couple of days...had Paul's work night out last night at Ardoe House Hotel - lovely meal, great company, fantastic band and a free bar!!! We had to be really well behaved though as we were expected at Market Place Primary for 9am to set up for the school Christmas Fayre starting at 10am! We resisted the lure of copious amounts of G & T by pretty much staying on the dance floor the entire night. We collapsed into bed around 1am (and for the first time EVER Paul hung his kilt up instead of flinging it on the chair - he even hung up my dress!!!) the alarm went off at 7am...luckily they did a fab breakfast and we were home in time to pack the car and get down to the school. Had a great morning there, really busy and lots of orders. Shifted a fair amount of stock too which was good.

Absolutely shattered now, fell asleep during Strictly earlier - that never happens!!! Off to watch the results show and then go to bed. But first, some piccies!!!

First the GORGEOUS shoes that Paul bought me for last night - just popped in to KG for a look on the way to the car to drive to the hotel and he reckoned these would be perfect for my dress. Which they were!

And here is Paul's kilt - love the muted colours of this tartan...

And finally, Molly wearing the tutu I bought her today at the school fayre - how cute?!?

There's a headband to match...possibly overkill - what do you think?!?

Oooh, and definitely finally...the tag I made at the 11th hour for Dyan's Challenge using her new downloads. Really didn't know what to do but loved the house images and liked the idea of creating a quirky wee town...it slowly built up and I added the 'Home is where the 'art is' at the top. The tag is pretty big - and pink - and I've never done anything 'collagey' before but I really enjoyed it and am quite proud that I completed the challenge!

I promise that I will do my best...

Still freezing cold here...the wind is howling outside and I'm beginning to regret my decision to get the Tesco online shop delivered between 9pm and 11pm - really can't be bothered to put it all away when it finally arrives! Last night Ellie made her promise to become a Guide. Can't believe she's old enough...Paul went to see her make her promise and I stayed here as Molly was still poorly. Here she is getting her badge.

It was St Andrew's Day yesterday so they were asked to wear something tartan - I think the kilt looks really good!

Was pottering about in my study, making things for the stall on Saturday and came up with this. We did a reindeer blackboard which was really popular but quite labour intensive for what we charged for it. This is a much pared down version...really enjoyed painting the little holly leaves - hopefully it will be as well received as the old design!

Off to have a cuppa and wait for the shopping...

Ffffyvie Ccccastle...!

Kirsti and I were at Fyvie Castle all weekend...freezing our asses off!!! How cold?!? It was a beautiful setting and the room we were in was a sort of old fashioned sports hall where they played badminton and it even had a single lane bowling alley all made out of wood! Unfortunately it had a glass roof and with the weather being cold, windy and rainy it was COOOOLD! Oh, and we were dripped on from the condensation from the ceiling too. But we managed to sell some stuff, drink loads of tea and have a laugh so all in all it was a good weekend! Also saw Sonja for the first time since Scrap Attack, which was lovely. A big thank-you to Paul for coping with the kids all weekend and with all the activities that landed over the 2 days...football tournament, Highland Dancing, Sooyang Do Grading - and Molly-Moo wasn't feeling great. They popped in on Sunday to see us, have lunch and visit Santa...

...as you can see, Molly not happy! James is clutching the bit of wood he had to punch and break in two as part of his Sooyang Do Grading - he really wanted to show Santa - and Santa was suitably impressed!

(mini) Wardrobe Remix for Saturday and Sunday...

Not venturing out today, Molly's Calpoled up and back in bed and I'm off to sort through the orders from the weekend. Also have to finish James's Santa costume...not planning on getting out of my jammies till much later in the day. Really frosty here today - definitely a day for staying indoors!

Where did today go?!?

BUSY day!!! Face painting at Toddlers this morning, Harry's wee friend round for lunch then a while in the study throwing some things together for the event tonight while Molly had a nap. Disaster struck when my white paint marker exploded all over the blackboard I had painted!!! How annoying?!? And why was it dry all day until it was collection time at school and playgroup? Got soaked a few times, went and delivered comics to 2 of the kids friends who have chickenpox to cheer them up, time for a quick tea, slapped a face on and then away in the car with Kirsti to Milltimber!

It was busy enough, got a few sales and a few orders...between us I think we managed to spend more going round the other stalls than we took in on our own one though!

Off to bed - early start to pack up and drive to Fyvie Castle in the morning. Here's the (m)WR for today...

Countdown to the weekend...

Have spent today getting orders finished and preparing for our busy weekend! At Milltimber Primary tomorrow evening and then at Fyvie Castle on Saturday and Sunday. Fyvie is a beautiful setting and am quite excited about being part of their Victorian Christmas Market - Kirsti did suggest we dress up in period costume for it?!?

Loving the gingerbread men - started off sticking on real buttons but it's way more fun painting them on!

And finally, today's (mini) Wardrobe Remix...

(mini) Wardrobe Watch

Love the idea of doing a Wardrobe watch like Dyan does on her blog but since there's no-one really around here during the day to take my picture I thought I would do a 'mini' one starring Molly! Will be nice to look back on and see what she wore and how she's changed.

Here's today's ensemble...

Feel the Burn...!

Spent all day yesterday in school painting the backdrop for the Lower Stages Christmas show - A Christmas Recipe. Along with two other Mums and a big brother, we measured, cut, sketched and eventually painted the whole thing. I had Harry and Molly with me and there was another wee boy running around and they were incredibly well behaved - which was just as well! By the time I got home my knees were pounding and my shoulders were aching but it was worth it. The 96 kids who are taking part are all decorating baubles to put on the trees and I have made a start to the huge recipe board that will be attached to the 'easel' and a banner with the title of the show to hang above the trees. We got to hear them rehearse the show yesterday afternoon and it sounded fantastic. Have 13 sheep costumes in the the back of the car to deliver to the school this afternoon then it's onto helping make 13 snowflake tutus, 12 robin outfits and a Santa costume for James...hohoho!!!