Friends and Aprons........

Having friends to stay is always a pleasure , they inspire and cajole you into believing! Believe believe they say as Carolyn and I continue on our TastBud journey.
  Carolyn and I are  embarking on a mission to secure a design and colour for our first work-wear apron and its important to have other ideas and opinions. Deciding on all the elements required is so important and thats why another persons point of view is always a joy.........if  you choose to listen to them or not!!
We are working with many different elements and we do .....well ok.... I do  always manage to get quite grubby.
Carolyn manages to stay wonderfully clean.........she does, truly. So the design needs to work for us both, combining food and flowers ,  to be stylish and elegant of course  whilst disguising the toughness that lays beneath.............well we will have to wash them at high temperatures no doubt. Also we want the finished apron to be so irresistible that our clients , friends and followers will make a purchase.
Meanwhile..........................
Having friends to stay also makes you go out, have fun, window shop, clothes shop , charity shop shop................ try on gorgeous impossible bras, floral, lacy, balcony? and risky!! ....... that  of course we could never afford. Then the dresses and blouses, coats, jackets and trousers, too big, too tight, too short, too bright.............................hours just vanish completely. Its all Dianes fault of course.
We walk together swiftly past cafes and restaurants as the delicious smells try and entice us away from our strict dietary regime of the week. We continue to talk about aprons.
We examine  other offerings, discussing, analysing and criticiseing....... (but only a little)........ as we explore the back streets of Nailsworth.
I linger the longest amongst plants and flowers at the local flower shop........inhaling fragrances that  cry out to me ..........and my purse.
Thats Monday over and done!
Having friends to stay is a bit like taking a holiday, but perhaps one that you have not personally chosen.................................
Diane I love you dearly XX
P.S. I will clean and dust the house tomorrow ok!