Saturday 20 February 2010

Fun day :)

This morning before feeding the kittens I opened the door to let them go out for a little while (trying to get them used to the garden). Mac ventured out as far as the flower bed and had a sniff around. Bellatrix wasn't keen to go out and decided to stay in the kitchen.
It wasn't too long before Mac decided it was much warmer inside and headed back indoors.
I can't say I blame him, this was the ice on the table outside and the temperature on my computer was showing -3C.
Emily and I left home around 9am and headed out to The Quilt Room in Dorking. I have a quilt to make and needed to find some suitable material. What do you think of this little selection? The Quilt Room have moved premises and (I may be wrong) the new shop feels smaller than the previous one and the selection likewise, wasn't as good as the last time we went. However, that said, I think this quilt could be very cute when it's finished. Will keep you posted.
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Our next stop was St Marcus Fine Foods in Redhill which is a South African shop. We'd run out of curry powder and nearly out of peanut butter and, seeing as Redhill isn't that far from Dorking, I decided to kill two birds with one stone this morning. When we got there the first thing we noticed when we opened our doors was the smell of boerewors (which translated means farmer's sausage) cooking on the braai (barbecue). They were making and selling boerewors rolls but we didn't buy because we were getting boerewors for ourselves anyway and that's going to be dinner tonight. Needless to say we found a few other bits and pieces while we were there too ;o) -South African shops always bring back memories. (And I forgot to take photos!)
We got home just after 1pm and left again just before 2 to meet my friend Pam for a coffee at Neros. Pam had been at the same coffee morning as me on Thursday but we didn't get a chance to chat, so arranged to meet today as well :o). Emily came too and had a hot chocolate with cream and a chocolate cupcake. They looked yummy so I had to take a photo; mine didn't look as good. Now after that quick summary, time for me to go and start cooking said boerewors.
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Enjoy your evening/weekend
xx
PS I also ended up buying some more wool because I really enjoyed knitting the last little cardigan and can think of at least two more I could make.

6 comments:

  1. Lovely fabrics for the quilt. You're sounding very ambitious!!!

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  2. That fabric is lush! Can't wait to see what you do with it.

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  3. I just LOVE that color combination, Rhona! Can't wait to see what you make with it. :o)

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  4. I think your quilt is going to look lovely and what a beautiful cardigan in your previous post. Gorgeous colour and quick knitting :)

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  5. Lovely fabrics and still in shock at your speed knitting - I'm sure you'd win gold in the Olympics for timing!!

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  6. The fabrics look gorgeous and I already saw what you did with them lol! Glad you had such a good day x

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