Wedding Day Bliss?

Here are some of the items I wore at my sister in laws wedding... I say some as I had a clothes malfunction so to speak.

 

1. My dress had to be taken back 3/4 times due to some missing gems. Then when it came to sewing it my mum found it so hard to peel off the ones that needed to be peeled in order to sew it so many needles broke. The dress ended up a little wide but worst of all so low that I revealed a bit more then I desired and had to make sure I covered myself up.
2. My purse I noticed in the car had some beads missing a long the top so after using it (as I had no choice by then), I gave it back but the store only does credits and not refunds. I now need to go back and chose something else.
3. My sister had rushed us in to getting ready and leaving even though when we got there I had a long wait. In my rush I was fastening the strap and it broke! I could no longer wear those sandal and had to give them back. I liked them too much so got an exchange... hopefully those will survive.
4. My ring is an old one but by the end of the night the main gem in the middle had fallen out. My sister wore my blue one in a similar style and the gem fell out of that too.

Still it all turned out alright on the night so to speak but doesn't it make you feel so damn unlucky?

Shop until you drop.....

This weekend I went to another Bazaar called Tradex Bazaar. Its weird thinking of it as Tradex as there was an English company called this selling all kinds of items which eventually went burst and closed so this bazaar owner bought the name and the signing in card system. It has a lot more then Bradford Bazaar but mostly the same stuff.

I hadn't planned on going here but I needed a present for 2 ladies at work for their birthdays. I had come across a bag in a shop and loved it but it looked like it was used so left it and then it came to my mind to go here and buy them both clutches. One turned 50 years old (purple) and another turned 60 (blue), eventually we will probably go out for a meal but I have no idea when as we were meant to go in the holidays but things came up. I had wanted neutral black or white but they didn't stand out as much as these 2 and a emerald green one.

I have bought a third present online but nearly 2 weeks later its still not here so I hope that persons not put out when they find out I've bought these 2 something.

We went to one of the original markets Cannon Mills, it sells all the things both these markets sell, plus loose fabric, bedding, fruit/vegetables, food etc... but its not somewhere I feel comfortable taking photos because its so busy but that could be because its only open on a Sunday. We bought a lot of things but one of the things my mum bought was

mangoes I love traditional honey mangoes... juicy and occasionally hairy!

Years and years ago my mum bought some bowls from one of the first £1 shops we had here, it was run by an East Asian family so most items were from that side of the world. Only one day they just disappeared.... As those bowls were so old and needed throwing away my mum has been searching for some new ones when I saw these....

I bought 4 in this design. My brothers are refusing to switch because they like the other bowls but don't tell them I've managed to throw one out so far and will eventually sneak the other one in to the bin too. They are from Asda for £2 a big bowl, great for cereals, rice and pastas. If I'd had a house I would have got myself some too but I'm on a house item ban as  my bedroom makes me so cross with looking junkie.

I really wanted to craft with brown paper lately so I bought this pack and its been so much fun. So far I've decorated some envelopes but eventually I hope to decorate some postcards too. Its so sweet how these are wrapped in ribbon to make them more attractive, I've never had that with packs before. I can't wait to show you what I've created when the time comes.

Its a good job the holidays are over as it means I'll stop spending money, I hope!

How was your weekend?

Spring has finally sprung...

Spring is once again in the air,

I accidentally broke my nieces bubble aeroplane so bought this bubble machine and hate it. Its so noisy but also all the bubbles clump together if moved around which is a pain so I'm going to keep an eye out for another bubble blower. We enjoyed the sun by having bubbles surrounding us and drawing with chalk on the pavement, it so much fun!

I forgot to share these flowers she bought me the other day, it was so sweet but I really need to remember to put them in my flower press. Its the downside to working all day and coming home to just wanting to rest.

She accidently burnt her foot on an iron today, luckily not badly but I feel such an idiot for not paying more attention. She was sat on my desk chair which I moved so that I could iron my clothes, she was cross about it so sulked off and went on to my bed wanting to look out of the window which I had to tell her off about as she could easily fall out. I put everything back except the chair and started getting changed, she pulled the chair into the right place and sat down so skimmed her foot on the iron which was under my desk. It hurt her but she made out it hadn't and I couldn't see it until I put some Savlon on and it started swelling.  I hope that it will be ok.

I bought a new outfit today as on Friday we will be celebrating the Queens Jubilee. I tried finding a red and white outfit as I have some blue jewellery but I couldn't find anything in all the shops I went to. It's one of the reasons I didn't blog yesterday, I was just so tired, I'd actually gone out with my husband as he wanted some new sandals but didn't like anything so I got a little cross with him, saying he wasn't going on a catwalk and just to buy a pair. The problem is all the shops more of less sell the same thing so obviously all the other men out there are wearing them too. Anyway  in the end I went to Bradford Bazaar and bought this one. My mum was with me at the time and I asked her opinion and didn't get it... now I've bought it she's complaining I paid too much! With Pakistani/Indian sellers you have to haggle even in this country, I hate it. The picture is of the scarf, the rest is fairly plain but I really like it.... its a few shades of blue and white, not pink as the photo seems to come across as.

The weather is amazing but they say by Thursday its going to rain... I hope not as we are going to my favourite park for a David Hockney event. Still I want this week over and done with as we have holidays next week and I can't wait. I don't know yet how I'll spend it as it all depends on the weather.

What's the weather like where you are?

Bradford Bazaar....

On Monday one of my neighbours mentioned to my mum that some relatives were coming to visit and she really needed some fabric for gifts but her sons weren't home to take her and would I. I wasn't the least bit impressed as I'd only just gone upstairs to try and finish a letter I'd started but didn't get very far with. I had no choice really but to go as its how we all come in handy to each other (in the past I've taken her for appointments and now there are times when her sons drop my mum off at appointments).

The shop she wanted to go to was closed so we ended up going to a market style store which used to be called Kapra Bazaar (Fabric Market) but changed the name to Bradford Bazaar. As it has only recently opened it was fairly empty which made it easy for me to take the above photos and enjoy the newness of everything. I don't know if this market will work out as the original bazaar was opened opposite this one and was forced to close when the lease ended so in the meantime a lot of people bought other buildings and have opened exactly the same thing opening on the same days (since they aren't open everyday). Also they all more or less sell what I have taken photos of above.

Still it is nice to have the option of having all these places to buy great clothes/fabric from as well as jewellery and shoes to match.  

I didn't buy anything exciting on this day except some black fabric for some trousers, a cardigan for my mum and a mehndi cone for my niece which I usually decorate the back of her hand with.

I know on the label I've spelt bazaar wrong but I realised too late and had already deleted all the photos off my phone. Still people will spell Bazaar in a million different ways like many other words, I guess that's the downside to writing everything phonetically since the urdu writing is similar to arabic but not the same. Saying that though I often read blog posts back later and wonder whether I was drunk when writing them...

Do you enjoy going to Markets and Do you have many where you live?