Apologies and Stuff

First of all I'm sorry for the lack of blogging recently! To tell you the truth I haven't been up to much, so haven't got alot to talk about!! Maybe I should use some journal prompts or something?!

So, not really much to tell you about. I was ment to go to the dentist on Wednesday to watch for the day (I told you I want to train as a dental nurse?) but I got nervous and didn't go :( Shame on me, I know. But I will hopefully have the courage to go along next Wednesday instead, they said they're not fussy when I go in so it's all good :)

On the crochet front - I've made a pink Super Monstie like Candy, a scarf which I made up myself (I will probably put the pattern up on here) and some cute pin cushions I found on Ravelry. I'll have pictures up soon, but my camera is dead at the moment.

It wants to be ready for tomorrow though - I'm off to Wembley Stadium in London to watch Muse! Yay!! I love going to gigs, and the stadium at Wembley is one of my favourite venues. That and the O2. It's between the two of them :) So I will take pictures and post them on here with a review - which will be glowing I'm sure!

Oh, and most importantly - Gus and Gladys are back home! Woohoo! I got loads of lovely goodies from my swap partner Beckashell; again I will post pictures when my camera is back up.

That is all, just thought I'd let you know what's been going on as I haven't updated for a while!

Bye Bye Gus

Gus has left :( I packed him up on Thursday night and posted him Friday morning - it was very emotional!

To celebrate Gus' time with us, here are some of my favourite pictures...

Arriving to a Fosters!


Phoning home in Canterbury


In the dentist's chair


Fun at Southend


Aer-o-smith!


Green Day at Wembley Stadium


Drinkies at The Crown, Langdon Hills


Big Ben, London


Locals at Chislehurst Caves, Kent

Lots of memories! It's been great having Gus stay with us this summer - I'm really going to miss him (I get waaaaay too attached to soft toys...) To see more about Gus' adventures you can visit his adventure blog here :) I'll let you know when he gets home, and when Gladys gets back too! I am looking forward to seeing her again!

Goodbye Gus - I hope you have a safe journey home! :)

London With Gus

On Saturday I went on a day trip to London with my Mum and my Little Visitor,
Gus The Turkey.

Here are some pictures from our day :)

The gateway station from South Essex into London is Fenchurch Street Station, which is opposite The Tower Of London and Tower Bridge. So that's where we went first.

We stopped off at a tacky London gift shop, where we met an interesting character advertising the London Dungeons...

We then took the short walk round to Tower Hill Underground Station.

By this time it was about 12pm, so we stopped off at Embankment Station to visit my favourite sushi place, Wasabi, where I spent £12 on sushi lol! I got Gus a seaweed onigiri. We stopped off at the nearby park for lunch.

We wanted to go to Chinatown, so instead of getting the Underground we decided to walk. On the way we passed Trafalgar Square...

... the National Gallery...

... the Odeon on Leicester Square...

... until we finally got to Chinatown. I've never been to Chinatown before (how long have I lived here?!) so it was nice to look round somewhere new.

After getting lost and finding some FAB shops along the way, we headed to Bethnal Green for the Bust magazine's summer Craftacular.

It's a big craft event set in York Hall. It was great looking round at all the different crafts :)

We headed home after that. It was one of the hottest days of the year that day; must've been in the 30's. The trains were N.A.S.T.Y. but it was a great day anyway!

To read more about Gus' experience of the day you can visit his blog
here!

Southend With Gus

Today I visited Southend-On-Sea with my Mum and Gus - my Little Visitor for the summer.

Southend is only 20mins away by train, and it's a nice journey too. When we got there we did some shopping - which included this fab wool shop that my friend Kerry told me about a while ago. I bought 7 balls of yarn! Thanks Kerry! :D

We went to the sea front, looked at the pier and went into Adventure Island. After that we walked along to Chinnery's and into the arcades. I took lots of pics, here's one of Gus and I on the 5p machines...


You can see more of our trip to Southend, including loads of pics and a video, over on Gus' blog. Yes, I even got a video lol! :D

Gus Is Here!

Yay! He's arrived! And he bought chocolate with him - yummy!


He was so squashed in his box lol! I took him out and gave him a drink...


... something to remind him of home no doubt!

And I heard today that Gladys has arrived in OZ! Now the fun can really start :D

You can keep up to date with what's happening with Gus at his blog here :D

Gus' Blog!

He hasn't arrived yet, but I've set up a blog for my Little Visitor from Australia, Gus! You can check it out here!

And this is a picture of Gladys on her way to the post office. She's mega excited!



Hope they both arrive safely!

Little Visitor Swap 2010

Do you remember last year I took part in the Little Visitor Swap on Craftster.org? Well they're running the swap again this year and I'm gonna take part!

I loved doing this swap last year so I know it's gonna be loads of fun this time round! Last time I sent off Eddie the Eggbert...


... and hosted Walter the rainbow dinosaur from Minnesota, USA...


...I miss him! This year I'm sending Gladys the Monstie...


... and hosting Gus the Turkey from Australia!


Isn't he lovely?! We're gonna have lots of fun! I plan on taking him to London for a sightseeing tour, Basildon Shopping Centre for some retail therapy, Southend for a stroll down the pier and lots of other places! Plus if he arrives by the 15th June he's gonna go with me to see Aerosmith at The O2 and Green Day at Wembley Stadium! Yay!

I'm also gonna be starting a blog for him, like I did for Walter last year. I'll let you know when it's up and running!