Kicking up a Storm..at the NEC

Morning folks....I am feeling a little bit bleary eyed this morning after the bestest fun time at the NEC and I want to set the record straight and quash any spurious rumours that are circulating around bloggy land, don't believe a word of anything you read over at Dawny P's blog. I had to step in and protect these two lovely fellas from the amorous advances of Miss Pink Piggy Wiggy herself, poor lads were terrified.

what a fantastic day, one I will remember for a long long time, not a lot of crafty stash to show to be honest, we did more sitting in Wetherspoons and blethering than anything else. Blimey by 3.00pm I hadn't yet ventured into crafty spending mode but it was such a buzz for me to finally meet up with my favourite bloggy buds Enfys Lynda her lovely fella Mark and Carol and boy did we get on like a house on fire from the word go, just the nicest folks We had such fun and of course it was lovely to meet up again with my cyber twin, the gorgeous but oh so naughty sweetheart Dawny P.
On meeting up we dashed off to the Fiskars stand to see my lovely Fiskars matey Lorraine and dump my luggage, then it was over to see the gorgeous girls Sue and Julie at Craftwork Cards and wow a lovely surprise....Sue had made up a fabulous goodie bag for us all, how kind was that and to say hi to the lovely Bev and Jill over at Hobby House. Then we all headed off to Wetherspoons for a marathon bloggy chat and then the lovely Clare popped by to say hello,such a sweetheart.
And talking of sweethearts and the icing on the cake, I finally met up with my idol - oh yes the Queen of Distress Inks, the gorgeous Kim Piggott, the fabulous Tab, Tara, Jacqui my teamie from Penny Black Saturday and Kim Costello.. Wow imagine the buzz of being in the same room with all this fantastic crafting talent.
All too soon it was time for the very naughty but the sweetest lady ever...the one and only Dawny P to set off to catch her train home sso we trotted back to Hall 11 for some final crafty shopping and believe me, we were in danger of being escorted out forcibly at the end of the show. Can you believe I only managed to suss out Aisles A..B and C....whatever gave you the idea we were there for crafty shopping.
Then Enfys, Lynda, Mark and I were picked up by Mike - Enfys' lovely hubby and whisked back to her house for a coffee and more chat. Then we were off out for an Indian meal to round off the day, back home, coffee and a few drinkies and guess what, more chat, it was 3.00am before we tumbled into bed and I slept like a log until 8.30.
All good things come to an end and all too soon I am off to the airport for the journey home. Thank you all so much for making the day so special and a big thank you to Enfys and Mike for being such wonderful hosts. I have wonderful memories of a fantastic day with such special folks and forgive me if I have missed anyone out but after my exciting day and late late night, the clock change didn't help either and my brain has gone to mush.   Flight home was a bit of a turbulent affair and a rather rocky landing at Aberdeen due to strong crosswinds and welcome to Aberdeen, the blast of cold air the minute they open the aircraft door There is snow forecast for Tuesday so are we in for more batten down the hatches weather.
And the perfect end to a fantastic weekend, Dancing On Ice, what can I say, fabulous fabulous fabulous. Hayley and Dan's flying routine, WOW, from the opening bars of that beautiful Eva Cassidy song, the tears were flowing. I was so disappointed for Keiron because I really wanted to see him perform Balero but did you hear me screaming when Hayley and Dan the Man won. What am I going to do until next year, well Sundays will be back to watching the boys from Top Gear again.
And my big cuddly bundle of golden deliciousness...I missed him so much when I was away but he will be popping on later with the winner of his little give-away, bit of a hiccup there as I haven't got round to unpacking yet.

Toodles for now

Big Hugs Kath xxx