Well it's been a great but busy week. On Thursday I had a girly day out in Shrewsbury with friends and then Friday saw the final preparations for Josh's weekend at The Big Game paintball battle in Stone, Staffordshire.
Here he is in full battle gear ready to see off the raiders from The North. Of course that meant a teenager free weekend for Mr F. and myself. So of course we made the most of it. Saturday we spent the morning in Tewkesbury at the food festival and the afternoon wandering around the market town of Pershore. We had a wonderful day with a good lunch and afternoon day without the usual accompanying teenage grumbles. On Sunday we were in charge of bringing our soldier and a friend home from the battle so we decided to head a little further north to the Potteries and visit a couple of factory shops that I've been wanting to visit for ages. Here's where we went first.
Who can resist an offer like this?
I'm sure the staff were perturbed by the persistent oohs, aahs and shrieks of pleasure as I spotted goodies around every corner in the sort of quantities that I've never even dreamt about. If only I could get that lottery win and fill trollies full of the stuff!
I've never seen so many mugs altogether at once.
Loveliness.
Gorgeousness.
Goodies galore.
Next it was on to Burslem to the Middleport Factory of Burgess, Dorling & Leigh and the most gorgeous blue and white pottery ever, ever, ever!
I was a little worried when I saw this sign outside the shop
but needn't have worried as there was literally a warm welcome in the shop with a log fire beckoning us in from the raw wind.
This is one of the dressers I will have when I've had that lottery win. Laden with a selection of goodies from Burleighware I'll never be stuck for the right size jug or pretty dinner plate again.
Maybe there'll be space for this dresser too. Or do you think that's just being greedy?
Maybe I need a little girly pink too?
Such a lot to choose from, so little money.
Luckily, Sunday was our wedding anniversary so we did have a few pennies to spend. Goodies from EB
and loveliness from Burleighware.
Then it was a weary jourey home for our young soldiers......but they were triumphant in victory.
