....in the country and she spent part of the week looking for a flat in London. Then she came over on the train and joined us for the weekend, whilst dad drove to Newcastle for a couple of days with Charlotte and brought her back here too.
It was my birthday on Saturday, so after a late breakfast and a try on of clothes to take on the cruise, which is in only 4 weeks time, we went into town to a vintage fair. We took a bag of unloved clothes with us to put in the swap-shop they were doing. I'd never done one before, but Charlotte was a dab hand, apparently such things are commonplace up in Newcastle. You take in things you don't want and swap them for things there that you might wear!
So, Sara got a new jacket, a pair of jeans and a dress that needs a little altering, Charlotte acquired 2 lovely new dresses and I got a new top, some pretty buttons to put onto something else.....and a large pile of washing and ironing. It was good fun, and if the stuff doesn't get worn we can simply throw it back into the next charity donation bag.
There was also a couple of girls doing 1940's hair and make-up, so I had a go, after all it was my birthday....
......then we went to play posing by an old factory wall, while we waited for dad to park the car...
.....had a walk through town, an amble round Selfridges....it was so busy (how many weeks to Christmas?)
And into "Bodega" for an early supper.....
....it's a South American themed restaurant, my current favourite as it is always so noisy and busy, the food is great and rather unusual, the staff are pleasant and it has a really good atmosphere.
Sunday was an at home day.
I got my wedding dress out of the loft.......
....and the dress I bought for my 21st. They still fitted...sort of....on one or the other of us...
Aww we look just like u mummy!!
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