On the 12th of April I had plans to go to see my friend Amy in Manchester. We had had to cancel something previously - although we had an hour's video chat which was really lovely - so wanted to get together. I suggested a Saturday so I could take Lee and we could see Amy's husband Mike and her three kids (who are adorable). I had plans for Lee and I to go out for tea afterwards. We arranged to meet at a park not too far from their house at midday, so Lee and I set off in plenty of time because I wasn't sure what the traffic would be like.
We stopped at Tesco in Hyde for a few things because by this point we had planned to go to Amy's friend Carrie's house for a barbecue! I've met Carrie (and her husband Mark) a bunch of times as we've both known Amy a long time, but I hadn't yet met their little girl, L, who is only two and a half. As the weather was supposed to be nice, Carrie had invited Amy and co over, and nicely then extended that invitation to us. So we bought supplies to eat.
We got to the park about 11.45 and parked on the street and walked through to the playground. There was a spare picnic table so we snagged it and then Lee went and got us a hot drink each. Amy and co arrived not too long later and the girls ran off to play. Amy and I managed to have a nice chat. She and I and her middle child walked over to the cafe and I got an iced chocolate and some cherry and chocolate cake. It was lovely! Amy's eldest was on her roller boots and she's pretty good! It was also so lovely to just be sitting in the sunshine chatting.
We set off to Carrie's house and we were there before Amy and co because they had had to stop off for supplies. They're all vegan and I'm vegetarian and Lee decided to eat vegetarian for the day with me, then Carrie and Mark eat meat, so it was all very complicated! We had taken our camping chairs which was really good, but Carrie also had a picnic blanket out so I sat on there with Amy and the baby so we could talk more. She was picking my brains professionally for a bit! The baby was very cuddly with me which was a true privilege. Carrie's little girl was adorable, too.
The food was so good! There was a good mix of stuff for me. We all left around 6pm so Amy could get her kids to bed. Lee and I made it home in good time and then I joined an online craft thing at 8pm. I definitely caught the sun, in April, and it was such a lovely day. I was wearing a pink top that came from Simply Be last year and which I only wore a couple of times last year but can see myself wearing a lot this year. With it I wore my cream flamingo skirt and footless tights from Snag, and it was a good spring outfit! I did take pictures of the kids but won't post them here, but be assured, they're adorable.
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