Tired but happy

Phew, what a tiring day yesterday was! Dave and I left home after a gentle start to the day and drove, seemingly forever, to a trade fair (Dave's birthday treat!?!). After 5 hours of trapsing around and around in ever decreasing circles, we slunk back to the car for the journey home.

Fortune however was smiling on us, the journey back was easy and straightforward and despite the torrential rain that followed us for the last 50 or so miles, we made it back in time to watch Lark rise to Candleford (hooray, that was what I really cared about).

So today, I have spent much of the day preparing the orders that have been placed over the weekend and mulling over everything that we saw yesterday.

I love the furniture that we already have at Pretty Practicals, but I want a range that is exclusive to us, so have been working hard to find 'just the right thing'.

I think that I have finally found a supplier of the exact furniture that I want to sell. It has been a long hard road to decide exactly what I want to stock because I want it to be beautiful to look at, beautifully made, environmentally kind and positive and a great price... finding the combination of all four factors has been harder than I thought it would, but it looks like I am finally there. All that is left is to visit the workshops of the company that I have found and see for myself how their (absolutely gorgeous) furniture is made and talk about creating a range of furniture for Pretty Practicals. As soon as I know more, I will tell all.

Anyway, after Dave and I had packed items for a few hours today, I left him to finish the last few orders and popped to a local supermarket to restock our cupboards at home. Our kitchen cupboards would have given Mother Hubbard a run for her money, our choice when we got home last night was a tin of prunes or cat food! We did have lots of pulses, pasta and food that requires me to be a bit more creative than staring in the cupboard and mumbling 'what've we got that's instant?', but after 6 hours of driving yesterday, my body and mind had waved a little white flag and well and truely given up.

Well that was yesterday! Tonight we have a postive feast in every cupboard, the fridge, the freezer, the table, the shelves, the oven... you get the picture... I did a major food shop. It's such a cosy feeling to have larder (and tummy) full of food.

I've had a lovely evening reading all my favourite blogs and think it's about time to head upstairs for a bath.
Ooh, before I go ~ a message to Cecily who has a job interview ~ Good Luck Sweetie, just be yourself and you'll do fine!
Chat soon, Liz