Saturday, April 29, 2023
Weekend in East Yorkshire - Day 1
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Food Out with Sam in Slaithwaite
Monday, April 24, 2023
Afternoon in York with Jacqui
On the 20th of March I went to York to see my friend Jacqui. We had planned to meet for tea but then we decided to meet a bit earlier. I set off after craft club and parked near the bottom of the Shambles which was fine for me. We met at the bottom of the Shambles - although I did take a picture of Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate on the way there - and then went through Shambles Market to the Portal bookshop. It's an LGBTQ+ bookshop and my mum had mentioned it to me so I wanted to go in. They've got tons of stuff including a lot of sci fi, YA, and fantasy, and a decent amount of crime. I bought two books and a present for Lee which was a pink keyring shaped like a Playstation controller. It's cute!
Then Jac and I joined the queue for the York Ghost Merchant shop. I have two of the ghosts already that I got back in 2021, and I wanted a couple more for myself. I also thought my stepcousin Nirosha would like one for her birthday. So we joined the queue. It was busy for a random Monday afternoon. We queued for around half an hour before we got in. I chose a pale pink and white ghost for Niri and then a mini blue ghost for myself. I paid, and then one of the employees told me to look in some of the cupboards and curios against one wall. I found the white and black ghosts in one cupboard and liked the black ones so much that I had to buy one! Jac bought two too. We weren't in there too long. Then I got some fudge from next door for Nirosha too.
We walked along then towards the minster. I was considering going in some other shops but didn't. We did walk down Mad Alice lane and through a couple more of the little snickleways that York is full of. We had a cup of coffee and walked a bit further, spotting the back of Pho. I of course love the chain and Jac had never been so we decided to go for tea. We had said we would have an early tea so we headed there. I had summer rolls with peanut sauce and tofu curry, which is what I always get - it's just so delicious that I really like it!
After tea we walked back to my car together so Jac could get her pottery stuff that I had picked up a few weeks before. I gave her a lift home and actually driving round the inner ring road wasn't too bad. I got to go past York St John where I did my undergrad degree, which I always like to look at. I left Jac's about 6pm and was home 45 minutes later. It was a lovely afternoon and nice to chat to Jac as always!
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Mother's Day 2023
I generally do something with my mum on Mother's Day, although I think she was away last year and Lee and I went out with my aunt and grandma instead. I asked her and my stepdad over to ours this year, and then I asked Lee's mam if she and his stepdad would like to come down. We don't often see them so I thought it would be nice. She agreed and they actually went to Harrogate for the night the night before to make a bit of a weekend of it, which was nice for them.
I tried to get somewhere to do afternoon tea for us but couldn't find anyone to do it - several businesses just didn't even bother getting back to me which I found frustrating. So I decided to order sandwiches from Morrisons for us to pick up on the Sunday morning, and then I ordered cake boxes from a place in Crofton near Wakefield which turned out to be utterly gorgeous. The place is called Betsy's and I would really recommend them if you're close by!
In Morrisons I also picked up some scones and clotted cream and jam. We got back and finished tidying up to make the house a standard Lee's mam would approve of (I am only joking, but we had tidied up!) just before she and Gary arrived. Then Bev cut my hair! I am suffering from anaemia currently and my hair was getting terrible because of it, so I knew it needed cutting off but I havent had the werewithal to go to the hairdresser to get it done. Lee's mam is a trained hairdresser so she did it for me and it already looks way better! I love it!
I got changed into my leopard print Boohoo dress that I first wore a few weeks ago. I do really like it! My mum and stepdad arrived and we had some drinks and then lunch. I had ordered a sandwich platter, a vegetarian sandwich platter, some pork sausage rolls and some cheese and onion rolls, and a cheese platter. Then there were the scones and then the beautiful cakes! I had a cupcake which was lovely. It was all nice and everyone agreed, so I'm glad that's what we did.
Bev and Gary left about 3pm because Gary was working on the Sunday evening, but my mum and stepdad stayed for a while longer and we finished the wine. It was a really nice afternoon and nice for Lee and I to see both our mums!