London Town With Yvestown

Well howdy! British Telecom came up trumps and got us back online two days faster than they said they would, this means I can post about Saturday.

I have been really fortunate with all of my blog meets. I told you about the wonderderful Violette last week and this past weekend I was fortunate enough to meet with Yvonne from the Yvestown blog. Yvonne summed it up over at her's when she said that a blog meet is like a blind date in a way and can be a little nerve wracking. You know them only from their blog and if they turn out to be vastly different from that what the heck are you going to do?!?!?!

I needn't have worried, Yvonne was fabulous. There she was, right on time and with the green rucksack that she had told me about. This meant that I had no trouble finding her in the crowded ticket hall of Liverpool Street station. Yvonne has already mentioned that I'm talker and it was great to meet my match in her. We conversed like we had known each other for years and it was really good to meet yet another blogger who has such a wonderfully warm personality. When I looked back over the pictures that I took of the day I couldn't help but notice how colourful they were. It was a mighty cold day in London on Saturday but the pictures don't betray that. They show a day of colour, fun, lots of Cath and edamame beans. PERFECT!!

Yvonne sweetie, I had such a good day with you and cant wait to hook up again. I promise to send you the pics but here's a taster.

Fresh green edamame beans. I could eat these until they pop out of my ears....

Yvonne made me a bag that she had filled with caramel cookies and a pretty, pretty pin cushion.....

We stopped off at VV Rouleaux in Marylebone but balked at the price of the pom-pom trim. Ebay will have to suffice for a bit longer methinks! Still, the window displays are wonderful this Easter aren't they?!

 

Emma Bridgewater's store on Marylebone High Street pulled us in as we made our way up to CK's. I LOVE these circus mugs and I think I have my eye on a kitchen table that would suit these fellas nicely. But even Emma B couldn't contain us for very long. Nope, the lure of Cath was too strong and we felt pulled along until we reached her door.

I'll leave you to peruse without interruption.......well, very little interruption is probably more truthful.......

 

It took Yvonne and I FAR TOO LONG to realise that we were standing still on the stairs while deep in conversation. Hey ho! Thats what days out with the girls are for. It wasn't until we reached the till that I was told off for taking pictures in the store. Apparently they have had trouble with folk copying Cath's designs. Mmmmm.....I was tempted to utter a sentence with the words are, you, kidding, pot, kettle and black in it but decided not to. The lady was only doing her job after all. I knew I liked Yvonne when she said that she felt like she had come home when she stood in the CK store. I knew I REALLY liked Yvonne when she admitted that CK was overpriced!! Hee hee! 

As is usually the case with me these days I had to rush off after seeing that Yvonne had checked into her hotel OK. LBH and I have been having some trouble with our house purchase and to be honest if we had stayed indoors all weekend surrounded by boxes that may not be going anywhere fast I would have wept the whole of Sunday.
Any regular pixie readers will know my love for West Dorset runs deep and if there was one place that would take my mind off the move it was there.

But I'll tell you about that next time...........

I'm going to be uploading some house keeping files to my blog sidebars in the next day or so. I hope you find them useful. I'll be working through them myself when we move in to the new place.

Now if that wasn't a statement of faith for it all to go through I don't know what is!!

Have a lovely day angels.

Cherry xx

 

Comments

[Kristy]

I wish I could have been there too!I have a EB mug with great tits(don't laugh I mean the bird!) on and I swear it makes my cuppa taste better!

[Sarah]

Interesting about the design copying thing. I mean, you wouldn't really have to go into the store to take photos to do it, it is all over her website where everyone can see it! (Even Target has a very CK dish design this year. I think they call the pattern chelsea, and it is flowers and dots.)

[Susan Tuttle]

What a phenomenal time!

I enjoyed the photos you took inside the Cath Kidston store--wish I had one oft those nearby.

Susan

[nel]

Glad you got those pics in before you got busted! No CK stores in Aus land, only catalogues to drool over. And by the time you convert the dollar and add postage...sigh!So glad your 'blind date' worked out so well and love the gorgeous gift you received. Yvonne's blog is another of my faves.

Always nice to drop on by Cherry...Nel

[Lesley]

I love your blog and am glad you are back on line.
House moves are never easy but think
on the positive side when 12 months down the track you are settled.
Loved your pics.

[Maddy]

Thank you so much for the walk around CK, there are none here in Aus so I have to surfice with their web site and lovely blogs that go to visit or buy fabric to show off ... sniff sniff.

Beautiful pic's too.

[Daisy Cottage]

Hi Cherry! I LOVED seeing the inside of CK's store ~ thanks for sharing those pics and I'm so happy you had a great time with Yvonne! How fun was that! I wish you smooth moving and wonderful happy days ahead in your new home!! Oh, come by my place, I'm giving an apron away!
xo,
Kim

[Jols]

forgot to say, i wish you the best of luck with your moving.
been there, done that a few times.

[Jools]

talking of cath kidston, i was going through my old Inspirations magazines and found a mention of her in a '96 copy.

[Angel Jem]

Good luck with the house moving/ buying. You think it's all sorted and then something happens to crack you up...I remember going to view a new house about a week before we exchanged contracts because we thought it was never going to work... but things work out as they should! (my little bit of philosophy for the day, there!)
The shop views were truly scrumptious! Living int' narth we don't have a Cath emporium anywhere near here (Ha! She has a shop in New York, but not in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Wigan. Us honest hard working Mill folk too poor for her rich fancy ways?) so I always like to catch a glimpse of paradise now and again. Not that I would ever buy from the shop... just stand with my nose pressed against the glass and dreaming of the day when t'Pit owners son (looking suspiciously like Richard Armitage) would sweep me off my feet and propose marriage and a few more indecent things before charming me with a fish supper and half pint of stout.....
But I'm day-dreaming again. Back to school for me, tomorrow!

[Angel Jem]

Good luck with the house moving/ buying. You think it's all sorted and then something happens to crack you up...I remember going to view a new house about a week before we exchanged contracts because we thought it was never going to work... but things work out as they should! (my little bit of philosophy for the day, there!)
The shop views were truly scrumptious! Living int' narth we don't have a Cath emporium anywhere near here (Ha! She has a shop in New York, but not in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Wigan. Us honest hard working Mill folk too poor for her rich fancy ways?) so I always like to catch a glimpse of paradise now and again. Not that I would ever buy from the shop... just stand with my nose pressed against the glass and dreaming of the day when t'Pit owners son (looking suspiciously like Richard Armitage) would sweep me off my feet and propose marriage and a few more indecent things before charming me with a fish supper and half pint of stout.....
But I'm day-dreaming again. Back to school for me, tomorrow!

[Tracy]

Hope everything is o.k with the house purchase - our cottage (and Aga!) will be officially on the market next Wednesday - shame you cannot move to Kent!!!
Lovely pics of what looked like a great day out!
Tracy x

[beachy]

How exciting to meet another blogger! I've done so before myself (it always seems to be we meet at an eatery)! The pics of CK's shop - truly eye candy! I wondered how you managed to sneak off with photo-taking, then I read further and found out you had been given a warning - heehee =)

[carolyn]

Why do house purchases / sales never go smoothly, bearing in mind the amount it costs ie. solicitors, estate agent fees etc you would think someone somewhere could make it all a bit easier. Fingers crossed that all goes well. Love your pot, kettle, black remark - so very true!

[snapdragon]

I met lots of Bloggers and blog readers at the CL Scottish Fair last week - some from quite far away. It was a wierd experience as of course they all knew far more about me than I knew about them.
It was interesting putting a face, or more importantly a voice, behind the entries. I am very bad at remembering whose blog is whose as I track between them in a random way. Meeting people lets me anchor them down in some way.
For example I met Milly, who I know as a sporadic commenter but hadn't connected with the amazing artist who posts drawings on the CL blogging site almost every day.
J
x

[Lisa]

Hi Cherry,
It's fab meeting fellow bloggers isn't it, I met a few at the weekend, so lovely to put faces to the blogs! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for your house purchase, I'm sure it'll all go fine.
L xx

[Isobel]

Hi Cherry,
I know how house purchasing can be and hope it all ends up pretty well to you.
CK is so pretty and delicious to look at but, oh, the prices...
I love meeting bloggers as well. It's a great thing when we see that they are exactly as their words could describe.
Take Care. x

[Gemma]

Nooo not house problems! Sending positive purchasing paperwork thoughts out into the ether.

Marylebone, love it! Haven't been for an age though, I remember the first time I went a couple of years ago I couldn't believe that so many great places were in one area. Including the gorgeous fromargarie!

PS(Glad to hear I'm not the only one that thinks CK is over priced. Lucious but whoa there!)

[clarice]

I am dizzy with all that CK wonderfulness. You lucky girl !!
Have a lovely week. Clarice

[little jenny wren]

Thanks for the photos. It must have been great meeting a fellow blogger. Hope the house problems sort themselves out.

[Victoria May Plum]

We are crossing our fingers, here, that everything goes well for you. Don't worry, it will all be fine.
Lovely to hear about your little shopping trip with Yvonne. x

[Sue]

Another fun blog meet. How lovely. Worrying comment about your house though. Hope it doesn't go pearshaped.

[Cherry Menlove]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can see his legs!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Typical. How can he sleep surrounded by all these treats.

[Yvonne]

I'm reliving it Cherry! Oh and that one picture of the CK stairs cracked me up. Remember I said "oh I feel like coming home' and then this chap (you still can see a bit of him on that picture) was snoozing on the CK sofa I said "ah he's home" LOL!! It was bitterly (hehe) cold but it was truly fun. You know I'll be praying to my praying things for you and LBH to get the house!!

[Susan]

Oh...only wish I were there too! Sounds absolutely wonderful!