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Had a great day.  One thing we can be proud of is a bit of pomp and circumstance. What a beautiful bride and groom.  We all watched the wedding - K who was not going to watch took pole position on the footstool head on hands - when we all exclaimed THOUGHT YOU WERE NOT GOING TO WATCH - he replied 'well I just want to see the Queen and the bride's dress - doh - that's watching the wedding you numpty. He did then venture into town to collect Nellie's prom shoes. When  Kate appeared from the hotel door Belle jumped up just like when The Blades score a goal (not very often) and obscured my view completely.  She was promptly shouted at and told to sit down.  I just wanted to see the dress she said - umm yes and so do I.   The girls were really excited, they were saying  'is that him,  no there he is,   then they squealed there he is we have spotted him.  OMG they were so giddy.  Please remember the girls are 21, 16 and 14.  Who was this person you may ask?  Oh but is was not in fact a person.  True to our rather crazy house tradition  it was not in fact a person it was a horse they had seen at Horse Guards Parade whilst we were in London a few weeks ago.  They were smitten with him as apparently he stuck his tongue out a lot and actually licked a tourist and slobbered on him whilst he was having his photo taken.  My Girl's are not horsey girls but they really took to him.  Here he is.

They were convinced they saw him and I am sure they were right..  

After we had seen 'The Kiss' I prepared tea.  Then we all had a jolly good scoff - the Diet Police had the day off today did you know that - Betty and I made sure of it so we could partake in the eating of lots of bunage - def: the eating of lots of delicious cakes, biscuits, scones, teacakes and party rings. A term I only heard recently but I love it.

Party food (Seigfried had to get in on the photo - flirt)

Bunage - clothes horse in background - whoops

Betty's finest home made scotch eggs - yum 

Last but most certainly not least Nellie made a very patriotic biscuit - it took her ages - and the making of it was accompanied by lots of slamming of kitchen doors and a few cross words but it was worth it.  Check this out.

The icing all prepared

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(biscuit cutter from Liberty London)

Biscuit the size of a dinner plate - did we eat it? No we didn't dare!

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Just a quick post as I am working later (I didn't have chance to post it and its now 9..  Are you ready for the wedding?  If I am honest I wasn't really that fussed about it until I asked one of the girl's if she was going to watch.  'I am' she said 'I haven't seen one before'.  Whoops I wasn't even going to watch but that comment made me think that I should make a bit of an effort to celebrate.  We are going to have afternoon tea with vintage china, embroidered cloths, cucumber sandwiches, fairy cakes, scones with cream and jam - oh and Tunnocks Teacakes and party ring biscuits. etc

I saw these tea towels yesterday whilst shopping in Aldi and I really loved them so I decided to make some right Royal Bunting.  They  had quite a selection of household goods with a patriotic theme including a door mat with soldiers, a Union Flag  rug etc.  They did have Kate and Will  paper plates but I really don't think I could eat my Afternoon Tea off a plate with their faces peering at me.

Three patriotic tea towels - £2.99

Soldiers all in a row - I do sometimes get befuddled by this computer lark - sometimes I can rotate my photos and sometimes it just won't let me today as you can see it won't let me. 

Bunting Ta-Dah

Few of my red white and blue bits and pieces - pixie belonged to my lovely Nan Lily, the tin was from               

an Antiques Fair for £1  and K  found the jug and  coffee  pot  on one of his CS jaunts both for £10 - woop for thee CS loving hubby.  They were going on Ebay but I  think they will be staying

My lovely red and white spotty jug that Betty bought me

This was tricky to photograph its a terrier dog in an Art Deco style.  It hasn't got a makers mark on it so I have no idea who it is made by.  I bought is as a pressie for K and he loves it.

Bunting in the window - some of the soldiers are upside down but I thought it was a shame not to use them.

I did a very quick basic bunting make.  Simple triangles cut out not hemmed or finished sewn onto a ribbon.  They are not going to be up long indoors and then they might adorn the garden or my nephew H's bedroom.  They got the thumbs up from K even and he has an dislike of bunting.  It is a standing joke in our house as I once made some for the garden - again from tea towels - and I used the precise number of triangles to spell a rude phrase.  Of course I didn't tell him for a while and now bunting in our house is known as f*** off  bunting.  That's between the grown ups only of course.  I think at the time we had fallen out and I made it to annoy him.  

Big wave and hello to all you lovely people out there who have taken the time to read my ramblings -  It really is great fun.  Do you know I haven't written anything for pleasure in years!!!!