At the Olympics!

Hi everyone! 

Hope you are all enjoying London 2012.  Last Sunday me and the crew were lucky enough to go to the Olympic football at Old Trafford (for overseas visitors that is the home of Manchester United).  What an awesome time we had!!  I am a big football fan, and when I discovered that we would be watching Brazil my excitement was unbounded (having been a huge fan of theirs since the 1970 World Cup - I was only 10 at the time, but still remember it really well).  So it was up bright and early and off to Manchester!

On arrival at the ground it was extremely busy - we had to go through a bag search (it felt a bit like being at the airport).  It was cool to see the Olympic rings on the outside of the stadium

and once inside we were delighted to see that DH had got us brilliant tickets with a fab view of the whole ground!  Here are the flags flying proudly

The matches were Egypt v New Zealand and then Brazil v Belarus.  Here are a few pics of the action:

All in all a fab day out!  The organisers really have done us proud, well done to you all!!  This past week has been so excited, team GB have really pulled out all the stops for the country - have just watched another rowing crew get a gold, and Im keeping my fingers crossed for Francesca Ennis for later on today.

Enjoy a great weekend of sport!

Helenxx

Craft fair report

Hi everyone, hope you are having a wonderful weekend - just checking in before the football kicks off to do an update about the craft fair I did with Sue last week!

It was a really enjoyable morning, spent with my dearest friend - chatting, crafting and drinking coffee.  We were even given some cakes at the end of the morning by one of the stall holders!

Here is our shared stall:

This is a closer view of my items for sale:

And here are some of the lovely things Sue had for sale:

Although the weather was truly diabolical,we both made a very small profit on top of the stall fee.  The weather certainly kept the people away - it just threw it down all morning.  And it didnt really get light...But the best bit was spending time with my friend!!  And whilst we were chatting away we came up with some very good ideas - more will be revealed later on this summer!

I even got to meet a fellow blogger - Sandie it was lovely to meet you at last!

Well, Im off to watch the footie - I love football, just as well with so many men in the house!  Just a pity Brazil dont get to play in this competition (well it is the EURO championships lol) as I really love to see them play.  I was lucky enough about 18 months ago to see them play in a friendly match against Ukraine - a truly amazing experience.  The atmosphere at the match was incredible!

Oh, and I got a real bargain today - Aldi are selling Marshmallow Fluff for £1.49, its usually much more expensive than that.  It is lovely on top of hot chocolate, and is veggie-friendly so perfect for me!  And also picked up bottle of Hersheys choc sauce for £1.99.  Happy days!!

Enjoy the weekend, Helenxx