My friend Erin is opening a shop. I'm very excited. You can read about her exploits here. I was giving her a hand today, because opening a shop for the first time while being a full-time Mum of a little handful like MC Mugle (aka Oli Boli aka Oliver) can be quite a task. I'm there to assist in any capacity, which luckily for me usually means hanging out with my gorgeous 'nephew' and ogling all the pretty things she has for her store.
So today, after spending the night in the city house-sitting with Mr Wickham, I got up bright and early and hopped on a train up the mountain. Erin and The Mugle picked me up and we were away, off on a day full of serious business-women like activity... or not.
We went and measured the shop windows for drapes, but someone was getting mighty tired and kept trying to escape down the stairs (those things are a death trap, even for grown-ups!) so Erin made the executive decision that it was Nap-Time. Not for us, unfortunately. I long for the day when Mugle realises that nap-time is possibly the most awesome time of the day and he should relish it while he has the chance.
However, my personal feelings about nap-time aside, it was time to move on with our day. After Sleeping Beauty awoke, we headed out for a nice scenic drive around the mountains (because we were halfway to Erin's 'storage area' when she realised she'd left the keys at home and we had to double back...but shhhhhh) and then headed over to do some more inventory. Yay, inventory! You may think I'm being sarcastic. But on this particular day 'inventory' loosely translated into "play with the cute baby and gorge on snack food". Which is pretty much my idea of heaven.
On the way back to The Coop (Home Base for the Chickens), we spotted a garage sale sign outside a familiar house. Always on the hunt for a bargain, we doubled back and popped in for a visit. One of Erin's pal's parent's places were scheduling a garage sale for the next day, but we thought it might be worth asking if they had anything to sell in advance.
Did they ever! As Erin said as we drove away, I'm not sure if they'll have a garage sale tomorrow - there was almost nothing left to sell! We found some great things - My favourites were: an absolutely darling Royal Dalton blue and white china coffee set, an elegant ornament cabinet, and a totally wicked retro swivel chair, upholstered in green velour. Awesome... Totally awesome. We landed some larger items too which was grand because Erin really needed some display surfaces for the shop.
Were we lucky or what!?
I'm so excited watching this store come together. Erin has such unique vision and a flair for fabulous fashion and design, so I have no doubt that the finished product is going to be quirky and delicious!
In the meantime, though, I have a mango to enjoy. Mr Wickham has gone to the Motor Show with his friend. I was going to go with them but after my fabulous day with my girl, I thought maybe they could use some boy-time without the girlfriend loitering about. Which means my mango and I are in for a big night with some trashy chick flicks :)
Ella
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