The Weekend Of Getting Sorted

I was determined to get loads done this weekend and I think I may have accomplished most of what I wanted to do!   I started off taking some bags of clothing to the Salvation Army charity shop, a charity I've decided is going to get all my clear out donations this year instead of me just randomly dropping off a bag to any shop that's nearest.     Then book club!   I've been running this for around 4 years in our local library - today's read was Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman, which we all concluded was a good read, but certainly not the best book we've read so far.  Then off again to do various errands and drop off a bag of books to the Hospice book shop and back home.

A few thrift finds at the local charity shop and I also managed to drop in to my favourite coffee shop Madhatters again and sit and read the papers - I never seem to find time to read these properly, so it was nice to sit and chill with a hot chocolate.

 

The Weekend Parade

Last Saturday was all about the Elephants!  After seeing various ones pop up on the social networks, I knew I had to go and see them and quick!   The Elephants are featured throughout the Victoria Centre and Broadmarsh centre in Nottingham as part of raising awareness for the Asian Elephant Foundation and they are stunningly beautiful, creating an array of emotions as you read each individual story on how the elephants were designed.

After taking numerous photos, we headed up to the Playhouse, where we had seen an elephant pictured.  Unfortunately it had been moved back to one of the centres, but whilst we were in that area, we decided to stay for lunch and then headed back to Eastwood and Durban House that was featuring a photo exhibition with a few photos by my hubbie.

The One Where It Rained

So it rained and rained last weekend.  A quick trip to Belper and to Primsisters and a look around the Oxfam book shop was all done in the space of about 20 minutes.  The quickest I've ever been to Belper and of course no photos due to the very sad weather.  Primsisters has to be one of my favourite shops of all time.  A collective mix of modern and vintage items and wonderful packaging whenever you purchase anything.

I then hopped, skipped and jumped over to Kimberley, where I spent a happy half hour in my favourite coffee shop Madhatters.  If you haven't been in, it's a treat; from the charismatic owner to the best cakes and hot chocolate that I've ever tasted!   It would have been rude not to pop into Alice Antiques shop whilst I was over that way, so I had a quick peep and then back home again.

Sunday saw us call into our local for lunch only to come straight out again as the football was on, which takes over the whole pub.   So we decided to try Horse and Groom pub at Moorgreen and had a full roast dinner.   Then it was off to the pantomime to see...The Hoff!   It was a completely surreal experience especially as I used to have his poster on my wall when he was in Knight Rider - who would have thought he would ever be in Nottingham?  I have to say I preferred the pantomime at The Playhouse, it seemed more animated and the actors enjoyed being on stage more that the ones in Peter Pan.  Although I love the story of Peter Pan, this one seemed to drag on,  but it was definitely worth going to see The Hoff!