I’m At The Cottage! Marc’s Birthday Tut.

As you read this I will be safely and very happily ensconced with Marc and Rick at their cottage in the depths of the Worcester countryside. I haven’t seen Marc since July 2020, I can’t believe it, though we speak regularly on the phone, it just isn’t the same as being together in the flesh!!!!

It’s tradition (except for last year) that I always spend Eurovision with the dynamic duo, which also ties in very nicely too with Marc’s birthday, so double festivities. With Covid restrictions slowly lifting, we’ve all been double jabbed and we can, from 17th May, mix indoors as a group of six or two households so perfect timing for a wonderful few days.

Now, Marc and I don’t really do birthdays, but there’ll be a special sack of “tut” for this weekend …….. let’s just say that the charity shops of Evesham have been well and truly scoured these past few weeks for some pretty epic treasures!

Finding a Basset Hound to grace Marc’s shelf is always really hard, so can you imagine how I felt when I saw this beauty (above), I pounced like a graceful gazelle to secure it and the price?  Only 80 flipping p!  There are no markings, but it’s heavy, I’m not sure what it’s made of ,but it’s solid, I was so chuffed.

Then there’s this, which is going to be a gift that will be almost impossible to top in the future!  I can’t wait to hear Marc near collapse with laughter. I could see everyone’s jealous faces in the shop  as I clutched it to my ample bosom, hoping against hope that I would change my mind and put it back.  Not a chance.  A large, illuminated hedgehog for indoor or outdoor use (PAT tested) for the grand sum of £2.50, with it’s original price tag still on at £19.99, what a beauty ……..

……. and did it work? You bet it did!  Eat ….. your …… hearts …… out!

To keep us busy in the afternoons I got us both a diamond painting Madonna each from AliExpress £3.59, by the time were are half way through Marc will probably be regretting ever pointing them out to me! 

I think I’ve done myself proud, I even managed to find Marc some packs of Diam Latte bars after he messaged me on the Poundland Appreciation page saying that he thought it would be rude if we didn’t try them.

This final corker, was 40p (same shop), I like to think of it as Marc and I gazing whimsically, in our younger years, captured forever, lost in our thoughts at the bottom of my garden, watched on by …………

…… what looks to be a cross between a bird and a  some sort of rare white whale/dolphin??? What the?

I even got the perfect lounging outfit for the weekend ……. for just £3.00, again for the same shop as all the above.  Before Covid Marc and I were going to go up Shepherds Bush Market to get me a kaftan for my stays,  I know it isn’t as colourful as the one we had planned, but, this also has a long waistcoat to go over the top, for extra swishability and, dare I say glamour, with a capital G!  Can you imagine the laughter as I glide into the lounge, shortly after arrival, when I usually say that I am going to slip into something more comfortable?  Marc will, pardon the expression, wet himself! There was a sort of head band that also went with the ensemble, but I think I must have put it down on the spare seat while sorting out my shopping when I stopped for a coffee and left it there ……….. doh!

xxx HAPPY DAYS xxx