Nearly the final farewell

Jeff has just made a new landing page for the website, in case anyone visits and hadn't realised dots and spots was closing.

It says......

''DOTS AND SPOTS ......is now closed. 
Thank you for your support, encouragement and custom over the past 8+ years''

We are nearly 'done' over at the unit. We're using our last reserves of energy and enthusiasm to motor through the final week. Tomorrow, I'm hoping that most or all of the stock will be gone. I have furniture collection times in the diary for Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. On Thursday the recycling people will take the final packet tops and then I'm hoping the unit inspection and key handover will be done on Friday, before the Bank Holiday weekend begins.

I will be so happy when it's all done now. I oddly have no emotional attachment to the business I grew, over the past 8+ years. That's really sad in a way but also a true sign that I'm ready to move onto something new. Still no idea what as yet but I'm a believer in things happening for a reason and have faith that something good with come my way. 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter 

We celebrated our Easter on Good Friday, as Sophie was out the door this morning at 8am for a 2 hour motorway driving lesson, then she was being dropped straight off at work as she's there 10-5pm 

So Jeff went early to the tip (yes it is open on Easter Sunday, surprisingly!) then out for a run, Sam is still in bed! as Jeff just put it 'he hasn't risen yet, has he?' So I had a quiet breakfast on my own. Have to have a hot cross bun on Easter Sunday, this is my last one, saved for today and jolly nice it was too. Used all my syns, so no chocolate for me today but it was worth it.

The sun is shining here, wasn't forecast but most welcome. It's still chilly but hopefully we'll get a bit more done outside today. We're trying to get rid of everything big and messy before the silver 'bigger' car goes on Friday. The previous house owner left a lot of old plastic pots which we've not got around to emptying. We've also done some sorting inside, will share pics on a blog post soon. Once the doors to dots and spots close for good at the end of the month, I shall turn my attentions back to the house and tackling the painting projects that still need to be done.

For now, I'm going to enjoy today as I'm over at the unit all day tomorrow sorting.

Have a lovely, long weekend x

Lucky me!

Look what I (we) just got!!!!

Aren't I a lucky girl? It was fate - I'd seen a mini a week or two ago for £2995 but by the time I had persuaded Jeff to go and look at it, it was gone. It did open his eyes up to the possibility of getting a new car, as the silver car needs money spent on it to get it through it's MOT, too much to be worth it. So he's been keeping a lookout and this one came up, 5 minutes up the road, for a bargain £1600. It's 13 years old, has a few scratches on the body work, which doesn't bother us but is why the price was such a bargain. It'll be great to nip around here, not sure we'd all squeeze in it on a trip to Cornwall but we can face that as and when the time arises. We still have the Micra which Sophie is insured on and the 'black box' has just been fitted by the insurance company, so no speedy nipping about in that.

Sam and I have just been to Bath and back in it, roof down for the last bit and he gave it the thumbs up - mustn't embarrass the teenagers!

School Reunion

School Reunion - had to come around eventually and as it was 30 years since I left school, now was the time. Time for a catch up with some old faces and a brilliant night it was too!

I haven't actually been back to Cleobury Mortimer, where I went to school, for 27 years. My parents moved down to Somerset the year I went to University, I kept in touch with a few people but never really went back.

So I drove up to Hereford to meet a friend, then travelled over together and stayed with her Mum, who still lives there.

I did make my friend drive past our old house, just for a nosey!!

So champagne to mark the occasion and to start off the celebrations....

Cheers!

It really was quite surreal being back - some thing's had really changed, others, well it could have still  been 30 years ago!

 

(The school hall - looked smaller than I remember)

Sadly 3 of our year group are no longer with us and with all these things, quite a lot didn't come, it was a shame as I'd of liked to have seen them but their loss, as they missed a fab night. 

 It was a fabulous night, genuinely so lovely to see so many friendly, familiar faces, including a teacher or two! 

I loved my school days and last night refreshed some of those great memories, although going to bed gone 2am has left it's mark on me today. Those 30 years were cruelly evident this morning - I need a day or two to recover these days!!

This breakfast was most welcome this morning!

Hope you've had a great weekend x

And we're done!

The last orders have been picked and packed and final mail sacks dropped off at the sorting office this morning! The dots and spots website is now closed!

I haven't finished yet though, there is a unit to empty and still a reasonable amount of stock to shift! I have someone coming to the unit tomorrow, to take items for fund raising, I've pretty much allocated all the furniture to various homes, once the stock has been cleared. Early next week I may well be offering raw stock items over on the face book page, first come, first served, so look out for those.

I'm away for the weekend, a school reunion, 30 years since I was last there! My parents moved the year I went to university, so I've only ever been back once and that was 27/28 years ago. Should be an interesting weekend - hope you have a good one too.

Don't miss your last chance to buy!

Tomorrow is the last day to buy from our website 

I've been busy over at the unit picking and packing orders. I've also brought home two on my Billy bookcases, joined them together, to make them deep enough to house my stash of dots and spots wrap, before it's gone for good. As you can see, I am a wrapping paper addict - I have rolls of the stuff! It did all used to hide in my lovely old wardrobe but we've moved that down into Jeff's study, to make room for a bigger wrap store. I've still a little more to bring over but there's in excess of 2000 sheets there, plus all the rolls!! Should last me a while.

So tomorrow the website closes and I take stock of all that's left. 

It's been a busy few weeks!

Going, going.......

.....nearly gone!

Just to update you - the website will close on Tuesday the 4th of April for any final web sales. Thank you for supporting the SALE so far. I do then intend to take stock of what's left and offer some one off purchases during the following couple of weeks eg, a stack of postcards, remaining reels of ribbon, bag of badges, packaging items etc These items will not be packaged but raw stock, at low prices, so watch out for these, the week commencing Monday 10th April - they will be listed over on the dots and spots Facebook page.