First week of the new year

One week gone already!  Sunday 5th was my friend Tracey's husband Adam's 50th birthday and she organised a surprise meal for him on the Saturday for about 80 family and friends at a resturant at Kinver.  It was nice to see everyone I had met at their wedding 18 months ago.  Adam bought Tracey a baby doll for Christmas which she has called Sophia Alice and which is scarily real (It breathes!).

I  have plenty of magazines and books to inspire me in the new year.  My sister bought me a subscription for Mollie Makes and I also had a Mollie Makes book for Christmas, I subscribed to a trial of Simply Crochet, I have my Homemaker magazine and also picked up some back copies of various magazines from the garden centre in their post Christmas sale. Most also came with free gifts.  I love the needlecraft stamp set.

Finished the scarf I started over Christmas in the triple scarf wool.  It looks quite good and is very thick and soft. 

Have ordered some pom pom makers and some flower makers from China but will be a while before they arrive.  I was impressed with Michelle's flower maker that I had a go with over Christmas.  They are so quick and easy to make but look quite impressive. I wore mine this week for work.

All the Christmas decorations down now and house slowly returning to normal.  There is so much I want to do in the house this year but my problem is I like to go away as well!