Edinburgh Road Trip

Salam and hi,

Warning: this is a throwback. Last spring (April gitu), kami 4 orang decide untuk buat road trip ke Edinburgh from Leeds. Thankfully the weather was all nice and kereta kesayangan, Ford KA, kami yang comel tak buat ape-ape masalah. hehe. For this trip, I booked an accommodation from Agoda website (highly recommended. Murah!). We stayed at Princess Street Suites for 2 nights, it costs us only GBP 80. So, sorang bayar GBP 20 for 2 nights. Macam sewa hostel dah harga tapi dapat tempat 4 star. It was 2-bedroom apartment, a luxury apartment. Alhamdulillah rezeki.

1st Day

The duration from Leeds to Edinburgh takes about 3 and half hours. The scenery along the road trip were absolutely breath taking. Cantikkk sangat countryside. huhu. Sampai je Edin, kitorang tak buang masa, terus letak barang and jalan ke area sekitar hotel. Sebabkan hotel kitorang just in front of Edinburgh bridge and in the middle of the city, so best jugak la. First place kitorang pergi, Calton Hill.

Calton Hill ni antara one of the attractions. Tak sure pasal ape tapi cantik sangat view from the top. Sebab dah name pun hill kan, so kene la daki sikit-sikit hehe

Meriam

Lame gak kitorang pusing-pusing situ je, Then, sebab dah almost petang ke malam, kitorang cari tempat makan and balik menikmati accom kitorang yang best. haha tengok TV sambil makan2.

2nd Day

The next day, kitorang plan utk pergi ke Arthur's Seat. Another biggies kat Edinburgh jugak.

Lupe ni bangunan ape. some official government building

Another building yang comel with the cerobong fireplace yg comel

vintage bus

on the way to Arthur's Seat

my handsome

here's gambar jarak jauh Arthur's Seat

Then, kitorang jalan and lalu ke Princess Street Gardens, Scottish National Gallery untuk ke Edinburgh Castle. Kitorang tak masuk and spend time kat gallery sume sebab tak minat and made tak cutup. haha

Edinburgh Castle (wajib datang!)

Few miles from here, another interesting place to go is Camera Obscura. Masuk bayar 10 pounds for student. Mahal jugak tapi besstt sangat. Its all about illusion in here. Tak banyak amik gambar sebab have fun sangat dalam ni ;D A must go!

The streets view on the way back to accom.

In Edinburgh kitorang cari tempat makan halal dengan guna apps Zabihah. A very useful apps. Serious kene download! free je! Harga makan boleh expect range from 6-10 pounds sorang sekali makan. Selalunye kene tau la yang kedai makan halal kat uk ni either fast food atau kedai nasi briyani (fevret hubby saye sbb kenyang =.=)

3rd Day

Kitorang menggunakan sepenuhnya kereta yang ada, so lepas checkout accom, kitorang bawak makanan yang beli kat Tesco untuk picnic kat North Berwick. Approx 40 minutes from Edinburgh city. Gorgeouss sangat tempat ni. Gambar kat tempat ni la yang jadi profile pic fb I untuk sekian lame. sebab lawa sangaaat. Jatuh hati...

Best sgt trip ni. After dah puas tahan sejuk kat pantai, kitorang pun bertolak balik ke Leeds. Tapi, dalam perjalanan balik tu, kami sempat lagi nak singgah Cumbria National Park ngn Scotland-England border yang dijumpai secara kebetulan. If rajin, sy tulis skit la pasal tempat ni hehe

That's it for now. Thanks to my hubby who drives, Azree and Auni, yang join trip, in making this trip a memorable one :)

da~

Otley carboot Sale

Salam and hi,

Selalunya, carboot sale just ade March-November. Tak pernah lak tau carboot ade time winter. But recently, just dapat tau yang ade car boot yang bukak all year round kat Otley. Heaven! So, today we decided to go there. Entry fee ialah GBP 1 sorang.

Cam biase, sume carboot memang freezing cold. So, memang dah redi dengan baju lapis-lapis and tebal. Then bawak coins and changes banyak-banyak. It's embarrassing tau bayar 50p stuff dengan GBP 20 note. haha. Just hari ni lupe nak bawak reusable bag. selalu bawak :/

Carboot Otley ni best gak. Tak lecak coz die atas tar. Selalu carboot lain atas padang. Banyak jugak barang jual. Tapi x seramai airpoot atau whitby carboot la. Orang yang datang pun boleh tahan. But I like this carboot! I found few vintage stuffs. Tempted nak beli tapi incik suamiku tak berminat. Takpe lenkali bole try lagi. hehe

Cop tangan for re-entry

Hari ni tak banyak sgt beli. Tapi ok lah :)

all of these for GBP 8

a bulk of kids book GBP 1.50 (i love kids books. nk kumpul byk lagi haha)

a piece of square scarf. 50 p

a white jug/vase GBP 2

new cafetiere for 50p

glass vase GBP 2. i should haggle more but the pakcik was so kind. so x sampai hati

Next, I'm eyeing for vintage bag and canvas pictures. I have so many DIY ideas now. 

Anyone else went to car boot recently?

Da~

Cushion covers

Salam and hi,

For my recent birthday, my loveliest husband bought me a sewing machine! That is the perks of telling people what you want for your birthday. You save money and you do get what you want. Teheeee. Thank you again, love! I feel blessed. 

Now now. You're asking me why do I suddenly wanted a sewing machine? Do I know how to sew? Well, the answer is no. But I do want to learn to sew. I think if I am able to sew at least the basic sewing projects like cushion cover, skirt, and baju kurung, I'll save a lot of money in the future. Btw, my mom used to sew my school uniforms every year. It's really exciting (!!!) when you get to choose your favourite materials, get to choose the preferable length for your kurung length etc. And it saves her a lot of money. It's very costly to buy children school uniform these days you know. sigh.

As a starter, I decided to learned how to sew cushion cover. Therefore, I bought some fabrics from Leeds City Market- a metre of  red voklswagen pattern cotton for GBP 4.50, half a metre of plain grey cotton for GBP 2 and half a metre of electric blue cotton for GBP 2.

Here's what I made with them:

the front cover

 the back cover

another back cover

the back cover-pocket type

Satisfied with my first attempt, then I bought few more pieces of fabrics from eBay; some cath kidston pattern cotton fabrics. Let's see what I made:

The front cover

some close-up 

The other pillow cover

Now I have 4 new lovely cushion covers. hehe. I am a happy girl! Especially since most of the cushions were bought from car boot car sale, costing from GBP1 each. They don't have cushion cover at times. So, I felt good that I am able to cover them up now :) I found that it's not hard to sew and use the sewing machine. Mine came with a very useful video instruction. but I definitely want to attend sewing classes later.

tat's all for now. ta~~

efi

Charity Shop Bargain

Salam and hi dear reader,

Have you been to any charity shops? In UK, charity shops sangat famous. They are literally everywhere, widely scattered around this country. Examples are British Heart Foundation, RSPCA and Sue Ryder. Basically, they sell donated items people gave them. Although barang-barang diorang from donation, not necessarily all the stuffs are second hand. Ade yang new with tag lagi. I felt good rummaging through these shops. It satisfies my shopping impulse and the idea of spending my money that will surely help the needy is awesome. And its cheap too!!

The latest item that I bought are:

This is a table cloth. A plain beige, thick cotton and quite large. Only £2.99

These are plate mats. Very glittery and glamorous-looking. I just couldn't let anyone else buy them. For the set of 7 I got it with the price of £2.99 

And below is a cute vase? well i want to use it as a vase anyways. Got if for £1.50

So, with only £7.50, I managed to get three items that usually gonna cost me more. The place mats alone usually costs more than £20 for a set. The cheapest table cloth with quite thick material pun about £7. and the vase, well, i haven't bought any vase recently. The only vase that I got at home is a very plain one, pun was bought at £4. So, totally worth it.

Im just sad that I didn't get the chance to go to car boot sale anymore these days.

Itu je. ta~