A night in Brighton.

This weekend we had our valentines treat. a night in our favourite hotel.

When we arrived the weather was stormy. The good news was we had been given a free upgrade to a Deluxe Seaview room.

It was Bliss....

However, Neither of us felt the need to use the phone (I have no idea why you would need one next to the loo)

As the weather was so horrid. LSP opted to stay in and watch a film while I hit the shops.

I had a lovely mooch for 2 hours and looked at loads but bought very little.

I did buy something for my next tea party from the Alice and Wonder shop, I had a good leaf through racks of vintage clothes, I looked at loads of antiques and bric a brac. 

oh yes I did buy us some fudge and it was good. 

We had dinner on the terrace. Dinner was great and deserves its own post. 

After Dinner we had cocktails in the lounge.

 Delicious. 

Soon it was time for bed. 

The next morning the weather could not have been more different. 

 

Today there was the Brighton half marathon and it was fun to watch then running past as we left to go and meet our friends. 

Hope you all had a good weekend. 

Valentines Day.

Today is Valentines day. I have had a lovely day. This morning there was little time for romance as I left for work an hour early so I had a 5.30 wake up, shower, make breakfast and packed lunches, feed dog get a lift (thank you Rach) to work. Have a busy day! Then arrive back at the office to a lovely bunch of flowers.

I am very Lucky. (especially as I have already had my valentines present)........oh and a bit spoilt.

 oh and it came with chocolates. 

We had Dinner out, 

Love is important and something to celebrate. 

As you can see, there is a lot of love in our house. x 

It must be love.......

Today is St Valentines Day. LSP and I took the day off just to have some time together.

No housework, no sorting, no rushing, no stress, no work, no knitting, no sewing, no gardening, no decorating, no shopping, no visiting.

There are 1001 jobs on my list of things to do but today we hit the pause button.....

We just wanted some time to be, to talk, to read, to watch movies, to play games, to have a long lunch in the sitting room whilst sat on the sofa, to enjoy some chocolates, to have a nice slow cooked dinner together.....

Sitting in an overcrowded bistro with staff who do not want to be there is not my idea of a fab way to spend an hour of hour valentines day.

we caught 2 fab movies this afternoon,

Great 1944 movie which includes a murder, obsession and unrequited love. As a bonus Vincent Price (who always adds something great to a movie). Plot was good but included some great hats...followed by,

Another great afternoon flick, with Nice swooshy dresses..........great few hours spent on comfy sofa's with plenty of cushions and thick woolly throws.....mmmm

Hope you have had a fab day.

"Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband".

Today I saw (but did not buy) one of my favourite films out on DVD and all packaged for Valentines day.

Brief Encounter. 

The film is so far removed from its simple description....

"Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband".

"I love you, Laura. I shall love you until the end of my life. I can't look at you now cause I know something. I know that this is the beginning of the end. Not the end of my loving you but the end of our being together. But not quite yet, darling. Please. Not quite yet. "

I can just get lost in the film, 86 minutes of wonderful middle class repression.

There is no sex, no violence, no special effects.

Only 8 main actors with another 5 uncredited (including Irene Handl,  who was the gran in Metal Mickey)

Penned by Noel Coward with wonderful acting by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.

 It has tension, intrigue, passion, humour and sadness.



People are divided about the ending, I think it is happy a happy ending, Laura and Alec have the perfect romance, it will never go sour, it will never wither, Love is easy but marriages are hard work. Both are married and have children. If they had made the break from their partners it would never have been the same.

The last words from Fred (Laura's husband) are lovely.

"You've been a long way away.

Thank you for coming back to me."