Pretty Little Things

Some of the pretty little things that have entered my life recently;

A tea set comprising of one milk jug, five cups and seven saucers

The milk jug

The cups in more detail

Why the odd numbers? Well, very many moons ago I went to a wedding anniversary party where afternoon tea was served. The hostess had spent months previously trawling local charity shops for tea sets, claiming anthing she saw and then spread the wealth amongst those she knew would appreciate it afterwards.

They've been put on the top of our large bookcase as we don't have any other shelf space available! I now have designs on getting more sets and put a mix match up there, although I will confess that the Lovely is less convinced!

My new-job treat to myself

So theoretically this should have been bought once I'd received my first pay packet, but that isn't until the end of the month, and given that I'm using it on a weekly basis at the moment, it made a lot more sense for me to buy it now (obviously!). I'd like to say that as a result of this I won't be buying myself a treat when the pay packet does come through, but I think we all know that won't stick!

The Hobbit

I loved this book when I was younger, reading from the copy that my mum had had when she was a little. For some reason I'd not read it in years and it had sorted drifted out of my consciousness. Then, when on the train last monday morning I discovered that there were only ten pages left in the book I was reading, obviously I had to find a bookshop and pick up something new. Well, why get something new when you can get something old yet much loved? It was definitely worth reading again, and although I do have a large, large pile of books to read, its spurred me on to re-read some of my other favourites...

Have a lovely wednesday
xxx