THE WEEK THAT WAS

As you are probably aware, I spent the last week or so in the USA. In my last blogpost, I told you about my visit with RINDA in California...now it's time for my visit to Arizona.

We arrived in Phoenix last SATURDAY....and I immediately remembered just how much I love it there.....I think it's the light and the climate.

DEB TURTLE and I had made plans to meet up on SUNDAY to do some sightseeing round downtown Phoenix, but thanks to a local marathon being run that day and the entire area being closed down we changed our plans slightly. Craig and I drove down to Deb and Doug's favourite Mexican Restaurant.....

....where Deb and I got to drink our promised Margaritas in the sun...

Craig went back to the hotel to do some work and I went home with Deb and Doug for a while. Deb baked some of her wonderful chocolate chip cookies for me to take back to the hotel (I can confirm that her cookies taste as good as they always look!) while I got to meet this not so little guy...

He is SUPERCUTE!

Deb and I then headed off to downtown Chandler, which was a cute little shopping area and when we stopped for coffee on the way back to the hotel, we bumped into two of her nephews who sat and chatted with us or a while.


On MONDAY Craig flew down to Austin, Texas for a meeting ....which allowed me to use the car and go shopping! I had 'googled' all the shops I wanted to visit and, after dropping Craig off at the airport got on my way.
My favourite store was one which Deb recommended I visit - SCRAPBOOKS ETC......I could have spent the entire day there; there was so much to look at!!

That evening I met up with Deb and her daughter Carrie for dinner, before heading back to pick Craig up at the airport

Although it was sad saying our farewells at the end of the meal, we all agreed that it didn't seem like goodbye forever ...we WILL meet up again!
TUESDAY saw me having breakfast with Debbie from TELLING OUR STORY...

....Debbie is a keen scrapper .....it was so much fun talking to her about our scrapping lives and how they have developed over the years.
After saying goodbye to her, I went off to have lunch with a friend we met through my godmother...

....Donna is a really fun and interesting lady, so lunch was fun!

Craig and I did a bit of shopping in the afternoon and then went to see the second 'HOBBIT' movie at night...I wasn't terribly impressed I have to say!

We managed to have breakfast together on WEDNESDAY morning, then squeezed in the VERY last bit of shopping before heading to the airport for our flight back to the UK.


By FRIDAY lunchtime I arrived home.....

...a little the worse for wear, but glad to back in the land where there is a severe lack of choice (my head hurt from making choices while I was away!!)


And that, my friends, is the week that was....much more exciting than most of my weeks are going to be...let's see what next week brings!


I do hope all's well in your little part of the blogosphere!

Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx

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