Cat Morley

Cat Morley

 
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The Cats Around The World calendars I made arrived this morning for my Mum, Nana and Grandma. I quite like them.


 
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Today was the big move day and Jim hired a van so we could bring all of our furniture through to Edinburgh. After dropping our stuff off, we headed to Ikea to buy five bookcases and a second desk for the office.


 
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Tom spent the evening putting together furniture with the power tools my Dad loaned him.


 
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After five hours, the bookcases were built and filled with a rainbow of books. It feels like the craft section in a bookstore and I love it so much. Now, to put everything in Delicious Library so I can start loading them out to friends...


 
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Jim & Christine came through to visit today, before taking us back to Kirkcaldy to pack our things.


 
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We tried a bar of gin & tonic chocolate with our coffee at eleven today.


At 14:43 Checked in at Dovecot with Tom Waddington and Jim Waddington
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We then went for lunch at the Dovecot where we had sandwiches.

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They were so good at coffee art. I want to send Tom on a course to learn how to do this.

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We then had a look around the exhibition.

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Some of it was a little questionable.

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Could you tell these pieces were "born not designed"?!

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I love the top of this painting.

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We stopped in to Coco which is a really nice chocolate shop to get a bar for Christine & Jim.

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Everyday at eleven they have coffee and chocolate, which I think is a great tradition. This bar has orange, ginger and geranium in it.


 
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We then walked through the Meadows.


 
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I love the police box coffee shops which are dotted all over Edinburgh


 
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This one has a pun of the day. I love puns!


 
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There was also a guerrilla playing drums. Some Mum shouted "stay away from that monkey!" to her kid.


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We headed up to the roof on the museum to see the amazing view over Edinburgh.

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It's so nice finally living here after all the days and weekends we spent visiting in our teens.


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We then went to the Chocolate Lounge on the top floor of Harvey Nichols.

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It's like Yo Sushi! but with desserts and mini bottles of champagne.

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We shared an amazingly glittery millionaire's shortbread.


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Afterwards we admired the candy shop themed window display in Louis Vuitton.


 
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My Nana came through to see our new apartment today.


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We started with breakfast at Piece Box where I had porridge with maple syrup.


 
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Afterwards we took Nana back to the mews to give her a tour.


 
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She brought an old photo that had been damaged and I repaired it in Photoshop. She had tried taking it to a professional, but they wanted £60 to do it!


 
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It was a really rainy and cold day, with snow predicted but we were determined to make the most of the day and explore Morningside.


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We warmed up with drinks at Loopy Lorna's Tea Room.

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They had a cute pink mini with eyelashes parked outside.

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I had a tasty hot chocolate.

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I loved the little hand grabber for the sugar.


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We then went for a look around the Morningside Makers Market.

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It takes place every weekend and there were lots of cute things to see.


 
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I managed to pick up the Wagamama cookbook for £2.50 and can't wait to try cooking my favourite things from the menu at home.


 
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We then cooked everyone pizza for dinner. It's so good having a huge oven and being able to bake multiple things at the same time.


 
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Everyone seemed rather impressed. Our table extends, so we could have an even bigger dinner party - not that our cooking skills could keep up.


 
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We topped the pizzas with tomato sauce, caramelised onion, Quorn sausage, rosemary, goats cheese, black olives and basil.


 
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We spent a little more time exploring Morningside today. I continue to be surprised by the number of kitsch little shops selling trinkets, coffee shops that look ideal for working in and craft shops selling supplies.


 
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There was a great shop called Bohemia which sells cute vintage dresses and makes their own satchels in pretty colours. They were quite a unique design too with clip on handles, which come in handy.


 
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A little further down the street was Context Interiors which is covered in vintage clocks and sells all kinds of trinkets and gifts.


 
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Who doesn't need instructions on how to fry a Mars Bar?!


 
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I really want to drink hot chocolate out of one of these mugs.