Today im going to tell you about my girlie weekend away in Glasgow with Lisa. We were heading to Glasgow for the Hobbycrafts fayre at the SECC
We left at 630 am and got to the SECC just at 10. We grabbed some breakfast then made our way into the exhibition centre to "go shopping"
Firstly we stopped off at Pinflair to say Hi to Antony and Paul and drop off a gift of tablet for them.
A MASSDIVE Thank you to both of them for our "wee deal" that we have going - cant tell you all about it otherwise you'll all want in on it !! You guys ROCK !
We then wandered around the main hall and picked up lots of bargains and MUST HAVEs, NEEDs and WANTs of purchases - spending far too much money !!
Thanks to Ross at the Crafters Companion stall - as he also got me a good deal - he has great sales patter!!
This is me with Ross and his mum - mega spooky eyed photo ! well it was halloween afterall !
After lunch we went to the other hall which was more of the gifts for christmas and i managed to get a few bits and bobs to put away for presents - yes i actually bought other stuff that wasnt craft !!
After our long long day with sore feet and an empty purse we made our way to the Crowne Plaza which is the hotel joined onto the SECC. We were in a large suite on the 15th floor with access to the club lounge which gave us free drinks and nibbles then free breakfast in the morning.
Here are a few pics - the bed had 3 pillows and 4 lots of fluffy cushions - this was heaven for me compared to most trave lodges that give you one flattened pillow each !!
here is lisa posing
Check out our MEGA bathroom
On saturday night we ate at the bar and had a few drinky poos ! Here is Lisa with a Cosmo
and me with a Pina Colada - of course it had to be didnt it !! It was all Malibu and coke after that
On Sunday after breakfast here is Lisa putting on her makeup ready to face the day - she didnt know i took this one !!! hee hee
we headed back into the exhibition hall and met up with Susan from Aberdeen, we shopped some more - all being a bad influence on each other !!
We left Glasgow at around 2 and headed off down the road to Perth where we stopped off at Dobies for our late lunch/early dinner and bought yet more xmas presents !!
On the road home we had a good old sing song and it made the dark journey pass a lot quicker - dont think we will be auditioning for x factor but you never know !!
It was a great weekend all round with lots of bargains to be had, sore feet and a very empty wallet.
9 comments:
Sounds like a brilliant weekend Gill and nice that you've got the week off as well :)
Val x
WOW Gill, looks like you had a fab day at the SECC. Love the room and I am glad you and Lisa had a fab weekend.
Hugs
Linda xxx
You lucky girls!!! Have enjoyed all the halloween cards you have been posting Gill!!
Robin
Sounds like fabulous fun. I every now and again tell some of my friends we should go on a craft road trip for a week. Get away from things for a while and enjoy craft shopping and sharing with friends. You must have got some fab buys!
Sandy
GILLIAN!!!!! No I didn't know you were taking that photo of me doing my make up! At least it wasn't a close up!
Had a fantastic weekend! Made the mistake of adding up my receipts! You are a very bad influence!! Wouldn't change it though!
Thanks again.
Great photos. None of "the pyjama dance" though!! .... Next time! :)
Lisa xx
Sounds like fun!
Tina
It sure looks like a happy and very luxurious outing !! xxx
sounds like a fab time!!
Glad to hear you had a good time and got some bargains - we have just got a new hobbycraft so managed to have a bit of a splurge in there
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