My New Addiction....

Well regular readers of this blog know of my main addictions - good food, dachshunds and U2, but I do have another addiction, and that is Radley bags.  I'm not into designer gear normally, but I just love Radley, their bags are such good quality and often a bit quirky which appeals to me.  I was given a lovely red Radley by my workmates when I retired from nursing and I got another one at a bargain half price shortly afterwards as a treat to myself, I love them both.  Since then I haven't bought any simply because they are too expensive. 

But after my naughty Dachsie Max ate the purse that came with one of my bags, someone said that I should look for another on Ebay.  I went there to look and I was hooked, hundreds of fabulous Radley bags, used and new, much cheaper than in the shops.  My first purchase was the gorgeous white, tasselled bag (pictured left) for £31.00.  Then, just yesterday I got a lovely black bag (pictured right) for only £24.00.  I really must stop buying now, I see bags I like every day on Ebay, but I need to keep the rest of my money for my upcoming holidays.  At least it's taken my mind off the upcoming U2 gigs for a while .  360 11 days to go and counting....  I'll have a couple of really nice bags for my hols anyway!

Bloody Dogs!

The Crime

(My RADLEY purse!)

The Perpetrator

Max the Dax, butter wouldn't melt eh?

Leaving Lunch

It's my last working day tomorrow before my (early!) retirement. Yesterday there was a leaving lunch held for me at work. I had been quite nervous about it as I don't really like being the centre of attention, but it turned out that I really enjoyed it! My present colleagues were there and so were a lot of people I'd worked with in the past over the years. It was lovely to catch up with them again and I really appreciated them coming.

There was a magnificent array of food, for someone like me who has been on a diet for months it was heaven to splurge out and tuck in! One of the admin staff made a gorgeous cake with Happy Retirement Sue on it, it tasted lovely too.

My manager Kath gave a lovely speech before giving me my gifts which were, a Radley bag (I've always wanted one but they are rather expensive), vouchers for my favourite beauty salon and a fabulous bunch of flowers. I was really touched by my colleagues' generosity. I gave a little speech, but can't really remember what I said!

I know my dear friend Margo (who works with me) was the one who got the gifts and did all the organising for this day, and boy did she do a good job, she'd make a great PA! I'm a lucky woman to have friends like that and I'll really miss not seeing her every working day. But she's retiring too next year and we can be "ladies that lunch" together then!