Cards, Clothes, Curry & Capers

How cool is this card from Lakota?

The one Liz and Adrian sent (handmade by Liz) is pretty fab, too.

This is the inside of the other Liz's card as she'd bought me a surprise ticket for the Clothes show for my birthday. Looking at the state of us at the end of the row (taken at one of Jon's gigs back in the early 1990s) I can confidently say that we've improved with age.

Thai vegetarian starter platter

On Saturday night we caught the bus over to Birmingham for Thai food sharing a hip flask of sloe gin to keep out the chill. The venue, The Bartons Arms, is a grand Victorian building once frequented by Laurel & Hardy and Charlie Chaplin and had it's windows shot out during the August riots.

Liz

Al eagerly awaits his food.

Liz's salmon steak main course.

After we'd wined and dined we headed back home to The Wheatsheaf for live music and real ale.

I can't remember the name of the band but they did some fantastic rock covers.

Liz (in her fabulous new vintage coat) and Adrian

I think I was a bit tiddly by then.

Here's Liz at the Clothes Show yesterday. Lots of people told us that it was nice to see two women who dared to look different.

Looking at the turnout I can see what they mean, depressingly dull and uninspiring clothing choices. Come on, ladies, just because it's cold outside shouldn't mean you can't make a bit more of an effort.

All my purchases were of the vintage variety with a bit of Barry M thrown in for good measure. I'll show you what I bought soon, heavily discounted by some lovely sellers because they liked how I was dressed. 

The fashion show was great although we hadn't a clue who the celebrity special guests were.

Being the unprofessional blogger that I am I hardly took any pictures on the day as I was too busy having fun. 

This is me in the pub last night, I've no idea what Jon did to the camera to create this effect but I rather like the emphasis on the Spring Green nails & turquoise jewellery.

Thanks for all the wonderful messages yesterday, you all rock my world.
xxx