Ben, being awesome as he is, recieved a performance bonus in the form of gift vouchers this month so as we had these to spare and as it is the first weekend after pay day we went for our customary "let's treat ourselves" weekend shopping trip. Do note that generally we only ever have one such trip as the crowds in Liverpool get a bit much for us small town folk :p
Ben treat himself to a steering wheel for his Xbox, which he is playing with as we speak (but he's had a few near misses since he keeps looking over to see what I'm writing about him)
Hey hey, my near misses are NOTHING to do with me seeing what you're writing about me and everything to do with me over steering this car!
My Ben is so dedicated and serious about these things ^_^
I on the other hand treat myself to many, many more things. However, I justify them because Ben wants some new cushions. Yup yup, I got all the bits and bobs in that I need for them today, all I need now is the sewing machine, which is coming down on Tuesday ^________________________^ Until then I shall be measuring and cutting and making tiny felt birds to applique onto them. I have decided that applique is my new favourite thing, because I learned how to do blanket stitch and I'm ever so proud of myself.
Being that I've never seriously sewn anything before (ok...lies...I did in secondary school but that was 10 years ago! And it was not good!) I also grabbed myself a new book, Home Sewing For Beginners, which I've already flicked through most of. It's not a very big book and to be honest some of the hand stitches aren't very well explained or illustrated, but since I already know how to do most of them it's not that big of an issue. My biggest issue with it is that it's made to be as a flip chart ie spiral bound and every pade printed landscape, with a large, bulky cover on which to stand it all.
In some ways it's a blessing, and a nifty little idea. I do beading and wire work and sometimes if you're trying to follow instructions from a book or magazine it can be annoying to keep said instructions up and open...but truth be told, I prefer to sit back and relax and read...well you can't really do that with this, it just doesn't sit comfortably, and you can only see one page at a time. It would be much better if projects were printed landscape and the rest was regular plain old portrait, but hey, it's a minor thing.
What I'm most dissapointed in though is that Waterstone's didn't have the book I'd been eyeing up last time I was in there, a little box of ten mini books called How To Sew so on that note, should anyone be stuck for what to get me for my birthday in April *wink wink nudge nudge*
Anyhow, after Waterstone's we went into John Lewis's to pick up zippers for the cushions (since I stupidly forgot to grab some from Aberkhan's with the rest of my fabric) and realised I needed some more pins. I was just taking said pins to the till when I spotted this
At first glance yes it is just a basic sewing kit. A very good one considering it was just a fiver. But look at it. It has a tomato pin cushion. A TOMATO PIN CUSHION >.<
Ok just bear with me, ok? I'm new to all this sewing stuff. Tomato based pin cushions are still cute cool and novel to me. I know, in a years time when I realise EVERY damned pin cushion is a tomato I will feel differently.
But yes. We moved on with our newly bought zippers and sewing kits to have lunch. After seeing the ridiculously humongous queue outside of Pizza Hut, Pizza Express, Gourmet Burger Bar, Cafe Rouge and Yee Rah we finally made our way down the row of restaurants at Liverpool One to Las Iguanas, a Latin American restaurant which can be found in many places, apparently, but no further nor th than Leeds (which sucks, as we will be moving much, much further north).
There was no queue here...but we were told by the very lovely door man that it'd be a 15 minute wait so we thought what the hell and ordered some drinks at the bar. About 5 minutes later we were ushered upstairs where someone was waiting to seat us. Everyone was very happy and smiley and geuninely lovely. The food didn't take too long either and was absoloutely delicious. I personally had the pulled pork Cuban Sandwich with curly fries, and I have to say they were the nicest damn curly fries I've ever tasted.
The whole experience was a bit ruined by the toilets though. And I mean, ok no one wants to talk about public toilets. Unless you are dining at a five star restaurant you don't usually expect much, and you can usually expect to find a cubicle or two with toilet paper strewn all over the floor. This was of course the case, which was a bit of a let down after the lovely food and service (if you can keep things running so nicely front of house you can bloody well keep your toilets clean).
However, as much or as little as you expect from a public loo, you normally expect a lock that works. Hell, even a stall without a lock...at least you know not to go in there, or if you're really desperate, to put your bag down infront of the door to stop it from opening. Sadly this particular door opened outwards and the lovely spacious stall was too long even for my legs to reach over and catch the door closed, but thankfully though the lock had been removed (leaving a gaping hole in the door arggh) there was a latch. Not a very well fitting latch, but it kept the door closed all the same. Satisfied that I'd be able to do my stuff in privacy I decided that the facilities would do after all.
Just as I got sat down, the lady who had been in the next stall left the room. As she left the room, the door automatically swang shut behind her, sending forth a gust of air. Which was enough to work that damned latch free and swing the door open wide.
Yeah sometimes I wish I was a man so I didn't have to think of these practicalities of using the public toilet.
In any case, no one saw (thank you sweet Jesus) and I got on with my day. Popped into Superdrug for a new mascarra (possibly the most important buy of the day) and then we came home. I am now looking forward to when my Ben makes me my cheesy chicken for tea tonight ^_^
You're a pain. Shit. Thanks dear, put me straight into the gravel there.
My Ben is funny when he's on the Xbox ^_^
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