Scarborough, stitching and a century post

Hi every one :)
DD1 has been updating my back ground and my profile picture in honour of Halloween ...... just in case you were confused hehehe


well I can't believe I have got to my 100th  post since I started blogging last year.. I wonder how many cuppa's we have got through in that time hehehehe ....


As you know DH and I escaped for a few days away at Scarborough this week (that's why it was soooo quiet ..lol) and we had a lovely time.. the weather was great until we got back ....we stayed at  the Grand Hotel and  we got upgraded to a lovely big room due to a mix up with the rooms ....  we wandered around the south side of Scarborough to our hearts content looking at the light house and all the boats in the marina and listening to the gulls screeching and catawalling and the sound of the waves lapping onto the beach as the sun went down and the tide came in.   On Thursday we  went up to The Castle .... we walked round the whole of it with DH giving me all the history and finishing off with "one day they will finish it" hehehehe... and boy was it windy up there , thank goodness DH bought me a new walking coat which was lovely and toastie :) , had a go on the slot machines and won a few trinkets hehehe not to mention taking 330 photos ..but I won't bore you with them all hahahahah .....
we found a 2nd hand book store in the town and I dropped on a copy of Traditional Samplers by Brenda Keyes for £5.00 what a bargain ..lol .... I was gutted that the only time I have found a stitching shop there, that it was closed on a Wednesday .... nooooooo....... but DH on the way back home took me to York so I could go to the Viking Loom and the Craft Box there .. but unfortunately I didn't get much there either ... the fabric was wayyyyyyy to expensive(£50.00 for one metre of cream Belfast!!!!!) and they didn't have much in the way of specialist threads either so I ended up with a fat quarter of lovely pink fabric  but I did take a nice shot of the York Minster ..lol


SOOOOOO finally onto the stitching bit :)  as you know I entered the stitch bitch challenge competition and I can now show you my entry .. I won one of the lovely charm packs from Barb and Alma  and cant wait to get it and use it for something nice :)
My rotating designer piece arrived safely at its destination soooo I can show you that too yipppee and I have almost caught up with this months Romantique SAL .. I've only got a wee bit left to stitch and have sent my photo in as the final part comes out tomorrow .. if I get chance after yackking to you all I shall put a few more stitches into it :)
that is all the stitching updates I have got this week with going away as I didn't take any with me as we went for a complete just us break :)
but the postie did bring some lovely stuff for me this week .... my blog win from deb of the thread gather's fame arrived safely and I am still drooling over the scissor frog and the adorable gingher scissors ... I am going to have to make a special scissor fob for those beauty's :)
and DJ sent me a" just because prezzie "too the JCS Halloween and Christmas issues which I have had a squeak at, over a large cuppa ..... any one want another one ???? she is also doing a blog giveaway to highlight breast cancer awareness month sooo pop over and see her won't you :)
Rhona of tangled threads has opened her online shop at http://www.tangledthreadsonline.com/ so please go and have a peek you never know you just may find something that she has designed that will fit the bill :)
ooo have just remembered ..lol the little mouse in the needlebook photo is a Dora mouse design ... they do lots of other creatures and they are lovely sooo if you want to buy me something  ;) heheheheh they do a frog, a westie ,a hedgehog and they have brought out some new ones we noticed when we went to the garden centre the other week :)
oooo have just previewed this and the space for the writing is sooo small .... mmmmmm 
ok soooo on to the long awaited photos  ta daaaaaaa

stitch bitch challenge piece

rotating designer piece 

view from dining room window

looking the other way

sunset over Scarborough

sunrise from dining room window

the Grand Staircase

Scarborough Lighthouse 

Scarborough Castle

looking onto North Bay at Scarborough

the Grand Hotel in the distance 

another view just for DJ :)

ruins at the Castle

some more ruins

another view 

York Minster

goodies

closer view of scissor frog and yummie ginghers

romantique SAL almost finished

finally framed by me :)

soooo there you are folks and if you've managed to get this far yipppee.. well done have another brew to celebrate hahahah  :)
I shall leave you for now and hope you have a great week stitching :)
take care one and all :) love mouse xxxxx