On The Hunt For More Bargains!

My mother-in-law had to stop skipping for exercise. It registered seven on the Richter scale - Les Dawson

Welcome to my Saturday 👣

Nice warm hug.

We listened to "Sounds of the 60s"

The top 3 in 1963 was:

3:

Elvis Presley: Return to Sender

2:

 The Shadows: Dance On

1:

Cliff Richard:

The Next Time/Batchelor Boy

Then Breakfast with Brew.

Get dressed with lots of layers.

Cold outside.

Drops off son at work.

Now onwards to Bromsgrove to look around.

Looked in all the Charity Shops.

Nipped into Asda to get some bits that hubby forgot to get last night.

Gets back home to unpack all our lovely stuff.

 2 vinyl records I got was:

The Tremeloes: Even The Bad Times Are Good.

Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Coffee machine and soup maker gets put on.

Back out with my hat I bought.

Now to start the course!

Really good course!

Back home to catch up some telly!

First up was The Apprentice.

Tea Time.

We finished watching "The Enforcer"

Then:

Quick look into today's Newspaper.

American singer-songwriter, Harry Nilsson, died on this day in 1994 aged 52 He’s regarded as one of the best pop-rock vocalists. His best known hits were the UK and US No.1 hit Without You and Everybody’s Talkin’ which featured in the 1969 Hollywood film Midnight Cowboy.

Peter Wyngarde (born Cyril Goldbert,) was a British television, stage and film actor from the late 1940s to the mid 1990s. He was best known for portraying the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two television series: Department S (1969–70) and Jason King (1971–72). His flamboyant dress sense and stylish performances led to success, and he was considered a style icon in Britain and elsewhere in the early 1970s.

He died on this day in 2018 aged 90 

 USA No.1 on this day in 1981:

 John Lennon- (Just Like) Starting Over

The police drama "Hill Street Blues" debuted on NBC today in 1981. The series ran for 7 seasons and aired a total of 146 episodes. In its debut season the show won eight Emmy Awards! 

UK No.1 on this day in 1986: 

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 

Reservoir Dogs was released in UK cinemas in 1993.

Sleep Tea Time.

Off to get under that warm 16 tog duvet!

  

 

 
 

 

Trying To Find The Odd Bargain!

My husband said he needed more space. So I locked him outside - Roseanne

Welcome to my Saturday...

I enjoyed  a cup of tea and a snuggle in bed. 

 I even got to hear the final hour of "The Sound of the 60s"!

We all got up and out of the house by 9.30am. as we were off to Droitwich.

 Of course it had to rain!

We go and see what bargains are at the Droitwich Lions.

While my hubby takes one of my sons to his Boxing Lesson. My other son and me look around the charity shops in the rain.

 Stopping under cover.

We had been in all of the charity shops.

I only bought 3 things...

 We looked in Waitrose and got some bargains.

On the way to meet hubby, there was a nice car parked outside Waitrose↓

 

 Waved goodbye to Waitrose

 &

The church on the hill↓

 Nice nibble to eat↓

 Unpacked my items I bought.

 While hubby went to fetch our son from his boxing lesson.

I put the curtain up over the front door.

 Our son came back with the new boxing gloves I bought him.

 (Early Christmas present)

My lunch↓

 Then we had a ride out to Bromsgrove to look in their Charity Shops.

Oh dear, we only bought one DVD and Kevin the Carrot cup.

Hubby nearly lost his ticket to get out of the car park. The rain wasn't helping either!

Back home to have tea!

 Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans),is 81 years old 🎈

 Bruce Welch (The Shadows) is 78 years old 🎈

Stefanie Powers, American actress, is 77 years old 🎈

  While I caught up on the blog.

We caught up on last week's television.

&

The Graham Norton Show.

 Dame Julie Andrews, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Sir Ian McKellen join Graham Norton on his sofa.

We did the sandwiches for our trip to the NEC tomorrow.

Hopefully the rain will keep off...

Nearly finished the book I have been reading.

 Then off to try some ideas of my new book on hubby....

Shiny Disco Ball....

Welcome to my Sunday...

We went out in the Sexy Beast to visit Bromsgrove.

Got some bedding for the gerbils....↓

Had to stock up on something we are getting low on...↓

More additions to the Gnome Village↓

Speaking of Disco Balls,

I picked up something that will sparkle when I'm out.....