Compliments.......

'Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments.'
- Oscar Wilde.

Hello there!

I love the above quote, as this is where I am going with my posts today....
Saying "thank you" for gifts I have received.

I have been treated  and treated myself in more ways than one this week!

My friend lovely Claire from Thriftwood blog  came to visit on Friday and if you can imagine us two vintage girls together!
Well we did have a lovely time......

She brought with her this lovely gift, the Olympic collection mug by Cath Kidston complete with wild flowers.....

Isn't it lovely!

Thank you Claire, you know it has pride of place...

Also on the same day a beautiful parcel arrived from lovely Sophie (Fading grace Blog)

I couldn't wait to get it open......

I knew what it was of course, but couldn't have been more delighted!

This Pussy Willow vintage bag!!

I fell in love with this bag ages ago....

I needed to have a sort out though, as I wanted to 'tith ' (give away) some of my other bags..

This is letting some thing else go to a good home, before you purchase.

And that is what I did!

It is my bag to take to London (my good luck bag)

Thank You Sophie.

Another feel good thing is watching this delightful movie....

Have you seen it I wonder...

'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.'

I enjoyed it so much, as I love Dev Patel (Slum dog Millionaire)

And also the brilliant Bill Nighy of course.

We seem to be watching a lot of movie s recently, I am thinking it is because of our shabby British summer!
But I do like a good Film!

Another thing I have been buying lots of  lately is cake decorations and cup cases in Union Jack style of course.

I may have mentioned in a earlier post that I am not the best at baking, unlike most of you blogging ladies...

Soo goodness knows when these will be put to use!!
They do look pretty on my shelves though. haha...

I will close today on the conversation between my man and son the other evening via telephone....

Dean had been training at 'The Alexandra Stadium', in Birmingham, which incidently is the holding camp for the Jamaican Olympic team right now.

"I shared the gym with just one other athlete Dad, last night."

"Oh who was that Deano?"

"Just Usain Bolt."

Husbando's reply was...

"Oh did he ask for your autograph son!"
It made me smile!

Wishing you all a week full of magic moments!

Love Maria x

Thank you for always dropping by too!

You really are lovely!