Celebrate the Small Things

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop now hosted by Lexa Cain. The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week, no matter how small.


Here's what I'm celebrating this week:

- I had a fantastic birthday weekend in York with my mum. We went for a lovely meal on Saturday night and spent far too much money shopping. It was a successful trip; over the last week I've acquired 12 new books (yay!) and I got given a voucher for my birthday for even more books, so I'm a happy girl.

- I've been off work this week, which has been nice. It's been my first proper break since I went to Greece last August.

- The ideas are still flowing for the story idea I came up with last week. 


What are you celebrating this week?

Comments

  1. Alex J. Cavanaugh17 March 2017 at 11:45

    Glad it was a good birthday weekend and you got to enjoy a whole week off from work.

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  2. Annalisa Crawford17 March 2017 at 14:17

    I love York. I've only been once though, it's such a long trek for me. Enjoy the books - what a great haul :-)

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  3. Deanie Humphrys-Dunne17 March 2017 at 14:45

    So happy you had a fun birthday, Laura with lots of treats. Shopping sprees are great to lift your spirits too. You have wonderful things to cheer about this week. Hope you enjoy your vacation.

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  4. Click17 March 2017 at 20:02

    Glad you had a great birthday and yay! for so many books. Sounds great!

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  5. Patricia17 March 2017 at 21:14

    Great to celebrate your birthday with the one responsible for it. Books are great gifts!

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  6. Unknown18 March 2017 at 01:13

    Lots of books and a good meal for your birthday sounds awesome! Good luck with your story ideas & have a great weekend. :)

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