1. The wallpaper for the downstairs loo arrived and is even better than it looked online. Can’t wait for it to be finished!

2. The obligatory pancakes were served up to the family on Shrove Tuesday. 

3. This half-finished lampshade has been picked up and is well on the way to being completed at last – only a year after I first started it and it’s been sat on top of the piano ever since, reminding me!

4. Hubby took me out for lunch after the disappointment of having to watch him eat last week when I was recovering from a bug.

5. We also managed to pop out for breakfast one morning in between some marathon sewing sessions.

6. If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen lots of posts recording my progress on our fancy dress outfits last week. My sister had a Glastonbury festival themed 50th birthday party, and I made all of our costumes.

The Boys were Shirley Bassey and Freddie Mercury.

7. We went as Dolly Parton and Tom Jones.

8. I tried to recreate Shirley’s and Dolly’s outfits as closely as possible to the ones that they wore when performing at Glastonbury. It was also 80’s fancy dress, so I decided to make Freddie’s most iconic look. Mr H-L grew his goatee like Tom’s and we even sprayed his hair to make it more evenly grey.

9. My dear sister snapped this pic of me the morning after, looking the worse for wear after a BRILLIANT night.

10. Cooked breakfast, roast dinner AND a Chinese takeaway in the evening was what it took to make me feel better!!

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