Homebase is my second home

Hullo everyone. Well today is Saturday and of course we have been to good 'ol Homebase. We needed to get another extension lead and also another lamp for the bedroom. We have moved the position of the bed in the main bedroom so I can paint some more tomorrow, but also because where it is now is where I always intended the bed to be. I shall post a photo once I have done a bit more painting in there and you can see what I mean. As can be seen from the photo we have finally put up our coat rack in the hall and I am going to continue painting the bottom panels to finish that off. The next thing I thing for the hall will be the carpet as it has faded in places. Not entirely sure what to do best, probably get a carpet and I was toying with the idea of a cream carpet, BUT as this is what they call a "high traffic area" of the house, I am not entirely sure cream would be best. So maybe a light brown to tie in everything.

So back to Homebase, I was very well behaved and came out with the bits I went in for and only one thing extra (a pot for a house plant). However, they appear to have a range called "Grow your own" and had rasperry plants, blackberry, blueberry etc for sale and I was sorely tempted to buy a raspberry one. I also nearly bought the Rosemary pot which I want to put in a blue tub outside and was keeping my eyes peeled for lavender bushes too. Methinks, I will go back next week once I have been paid and will get these plus some compost/top soil (not sure what I need - Rachael help!!) to put in the pots so I can plant everything. They also had grow your own rhubarb and toms etc which I am very tempted about giving a try. I also spotted a cone hanging basket was would look lovely at the back of the house so might get that too...

Now we do have some solar lights in the garden, but I think they are broken so I wouldn't mind getting some of those too. We do have a light in the back but I worry about it not being turned off so think solar ones would do the trick.

We also bought a double bed for the spare room (or rather the spare "oom" as we affectionally call it). I haven't posted pictures of that room yet so will get to that, although not much needs doing to it.

Right back to do a little more painting while waiting for the washing to do and I shall post some pictures of the main bedroom once I have done some more. Ciao ciao!!!

Brrr it's cold on the Estuary

As part of my new year diet and getting fit regime I dragged Keith out for a brisk walk into Leigh to do a bit more exploring and so I could take some photos.

We found what is known as the broadway which has some more shops (yay) and restaurants and then made our way down to the sea front.

As you can see I have taken some photos and made Keith pose. We decided to have a spot of lunch in one of the seafood restaurants along the front (http://www.simplyseafood.co.uk/ I think...) which was very nice. Keith had lobster bisque and I had some bread and dips, followed by king prawns with chilli & butter (Keith) and spaghetti with king prawns and tomatoes (me). That warmed us up nicely as it is currently 0 degrees - brrr.

Then I have to admit, we did catch a cab back home because Keith couldn't face the walk - be kind, he has been suffering from Man-flu this week so it was good that he came out in the first place.

Mum and Dad are coming over either next weekend or the following one to help us drill holes in the wall as I have a coat hooks I want up and also to put up our new house number. Will keep you posted!

Let it snow!

So like pretty much everyone else in the Country we woke up this week to snow. Now I didn't take a picture of our garden completely covered in snow because, well, I forgot. So today I decided to take a picture of what is left of the snow which is still dotted around to prove that we did get some - ahh how lovely!