Yesterday's wedding.

 My Sister in Law is officially starting her first day as a Mrs this morning. I can remember waking up the morning after my wedding and telling myself I was now Mrs S.... it's an odd feeling I can tell you. I still have days where I write my old surname on forms lol.
 The wedding was lovely, although the photo's outside were rather chilly. Lisa was really sweet though and rearranged things with the photographer so any photos involving small kiddies were taken first so we could get them warmed up in cars asap.
 Hopefully some of the days photos will be up soon as I can show you how we all scrubbed up as a family.

 In other news today is the Grand National. It's the only time in the year I have a little flutter, though occasionally put £1 on England to win the World Cup.
 If either me or my hubby picks a winner we get a takeaway with our winnings, if none of our horses come in then whichever of us picked the worst horse has to do the washing up tonight. So it's high stakes indeed! So who have I picked this year?

Imperial Commander

Because I like the name and have the Star Wars trilogy to watch soon.

Treacle

Because I like the name. I also think the outfit looks like someone who has had their head dipped in treacle.

 Wonder if I'll win :)

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Wedding preparations for Friday

I'm airing out our wedding outfits ready for Friday in the peak of sun we've had today.

This weekend I have mostly been...

 ....hiding large Easter eggs in clever places. Dolly was a conspirator on this one! Don't tell DD or Dolly will be sent straight to the naughty corner.

 ...hiding small eggs and chocolate coin around the flat for tiny people to discover.

 ....decorating eggs with shrink wraps.

 ...making pancakes with Nanny.

...visiting a local craft fair.

.... having tea and cake at the aforementioned craft fair.

... getting DD used to her pretty bridesmaid shoes for Friday's wedding. She calls them her Princess shoes :)

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Today's randomness.

 I woke up this morning feeling like poop. Whatever this bug is that has worked it's way through my family has ended up with me after all. OH has been an absolute godsend and took both the girlies with him to work for the day to let me sleep it off. I slept straight through till the afternoon!!!
 For the last few hours before they all returned I sort of slumped on the sofa and finished the book above on my kindle under a pile of blankets.
 Sealed with a Kiss is a lovely little romance, and currently number 1 on the top 100 free books list. It really struck a chord with my wanderlust that I'm nursing at the moment. I love the idea of starting from new on a wild Scottish island. It kind of makes me want to drag out my DVD's of The Beach and Castaway.

 Here is a sneaky sneak peek at my latest crochet project, I started it last night before I started feeling poorly. It is the perfect project to do while watching Coach Trip on 4OD. Any other fans of Fabulous Brendon here?

And I just couldn't post on here today without linking to the fabulous Bonita Bon Bons Easter tutorial.
 Look at this thing! It is a thing of beauty and I cannot wait to make my own on Friday with DD.

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Washing day

 I am battling a huge pile of washing today. I am very very guilty of letting it build up until a small mountain has formed in the en suite. I know half the problem is that we all have far to many clothes in this household.
 My theory is that if I can get everyone in the house (eventually) on board with the 100 things ways of life than I will have less laundry to do. I also means that I will have to wash a load more regularly or we will run out of clean things to wear.
 DD is now at a stage where she can probably wear most things 2 days in a row like me if they are clean and tidy. OH likes to wear a fresh shirt everyday but will wears his jeans/trousers for 2-3 days. Baby D is changed pretty much constantly but she is only 7 months so I can forgive that. Babies are not clean creatures lol. The good thing about baby clothes though is you can always squeeze a few pieces into any wash that's put on thanks to their tiny size.

I've added my two vests (I'm a layers kinda girl), dressing gown and favorite top to my 100 things page. I've nearly listed my first 10% which is making me wonder just how well I am going to do at this! I'm dreading the decisions I will have to make over my knitting stash.

Take Care

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Poorly D

 Baby D is suffering today. Last night she had a bit of a fever and was hacking her poor little lungs every time she lay remotely flat. As a result she (and I) didn't sleep to well. I managed to get her into the doctors first thing but as I expected they just said it was teething and just keep her on calpol.
 Today she is better, though when she's awake she is rather grumpy and stoned looking.
 As a result not much is getting done today. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.

 I am working on a 100 things page to add to this blog. I will try and photo all 100 things I own over the next week or so and work on paring down my stuff. Hopefully it should be up with a few token photos this afternoon.

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100 things again?

 Just lately I feel as though I'm drowning in stuff again. Everywhere I look is piles of stuff it's taking endless room and time and energy. So I'm going to try the 100 things challenge to get things in a better order.

 And to start off I'm going to ask you about coats. I have three at the moment, that's definitely 2 to many. I wear a different one every few days and I've always left my keys or something essential in the one before. I just need help deciding.

 Coat 1; I picked this up in a charity shop not to long ago for about £3. It is the smallest of the three and doesn't have to much room for wearing a jumper etc underneath. The pockets are  nice a big which is a big plus, but it doesn't have a hood which is a negative. I quite like my figure in it though!

Coat 2; Bigger and heavier than coat 1. The fastenings needs to be looked at because it has a tendency to gape open when your wearing it but I'm sure I can do something about it somehow. This coat has a hood attached, but the collar will not stay down no matter what I try. The collar and fastenings annoy me, but the hood and extra room is good.

 

Coat 3; The biggest of the lot, I wore this the most at the end of my pregnancy with Baby D. It's very very roomy and comfy. It also has a hood but without the sticky up collar. I like the colour and the length, and if I kept it I would be tempted to jazz it up a little bit with some embroidery or something. I worry that it looks huge on me though even in the picture. 

So lovely readers, which do you think I should keep or the three? I just can't decide so I will base my decision on your comments and suggestions.

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