Wheely nice bike :-)

My bike needed a puncture repaired.....for about a year now *embarrassed face*.

So I decided to bring it down to Blanch village to the bikeshop to be repaired.  Enid suggested best way would be on the train, get off at Castleknock station and walk around.

Here is my bike at the station with the old Clonsilla stationmaster hut in the background.

And here is my bike on the train!

The bike shop had some lovely bikes!  I like the cream one in behind the pink one the best.

Did you know that bike shops do not "repair" punctures anymore??  They just replace the tube.

This is good because it keeps costs down for me and time down for them. 

It cost only €12.  Whereas if they were to spend the time to do the whole repair process they would have to charge much more than that.

But not good for landfill :-(

I was going to buy a basket for my bike but there were none that would have been able to be installed on to the bike without impeding the cables.

So instead I asked mam could I borrow her panniers which she has not used yet (she has a basket on her bike)

I am very happy!  Now I just have to get out on it!

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Day of doing crafty stuff with Enid!

Enid and I had a lovely day of crafting today. 

Enid made two summer wreaths and I made a cute little sequinsy heart.

Cute wreath  no.1

Cute wreath no.2!

Sequins heart for Christmas tree.....or Valentine's day...!

I also purchased a new sign for my bar. 

A total bargain at €2.50.....hello.....how is that even possible??

Okay, so this is not a great photo at all :-(

The new sign is the wooden bottle on the left.  I am very happy with it!

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Attic treasures

Yesterday I went up to the attic to find my wedding outfit.  Boy, is it a mess up there.  I think I might have a bit of a hoarding problem :-(

Anyway, I wanted to take my dress down and put it in it's box into a wardrobe because I think it might be getting a bit musty up in the attic.

For posteritys sake here are some photos of my wedding "trousseau".

Boxes I have everything stored in

Dress, veil and jacket (bolero) pack very neatly into smaller box!

I bought the veil in Hickeys for approx €40.  It was pure white so I dyed it with a mix of tea and coffee.  It was darker on my wedding day I think, the dye seems to be fading.

The dress is from Debenhams.  I had vouchers from an incentive in work so used them to purchase it.  

So as far as I am concerned it cost me nada! :-) 

The dress is a very simple "prom dress" style.  The little jacket changes the look altogether, and I think, made it look quite vintagey.  

Which brings me on to the the jewellery and my necklace which was vintage.

I bought it in Powerscourt Towncentre in Dublin city.

My headpiece was vintage also!  Enid bought it for me on the internet.  I absolutely adore it.  

I fear it has seen it's best days though :-(

My shoes were from TK Maxx and my little bag was from Monsoon.

Here is a photo of two of the bridesmaids dresses.  

Lydia's on the right and Enid's on the left.  Katie wore her debs dresss!  Which co-incidentally was a black version of Lydee's dress so it all co-ordinated very well.

Final thoughts on my wedding outfit!

I am  not a big fan of spending a huge amount of money for what is one just one day.  I have actually worn my dress since (to a Christmas party) so I reckon it has more than earned its keep at this stage.  

I plan on keeping all items pictured above and who knows sometime in the future somebody else could be blogging about their "vintage wedding dress"!!!!!

Here are 2 pics from my wedding day:

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