My kind of afternoon

I had a lovely hen do on Saturday organised by Jenny, with lots of my friends there.

It didn't involve excessive alcohol or silly clothes (with the exception of these beautifully stylish glasses...) - instead Jenny took me to Mitchells in Sutton Coldfield. It's essentially a posh shopping centre, with little shops throughout an old farm complex and a lovely café - sorry - bistro.

We started off with a meal in the Farmhouse Bistro, then we went to Cafe Ceramica to do some pottery painting. It was very relaxing and we spent a couple of hours in there choosing what to paint and playing with designs.

After we'd finished the painting we had to leave the pottery to be fired and glazed - Jenny will collect it and distribute it at the wedding - and then we had a mooch around the shops for a bit.

Some of my friends had travelled a way to be at the afternoon, so they had to get back. The rest of us (me, Jenny, sister-in-law and Jenny's sister) went back to Jenny's to eat Chinese takeaway and watch In the Night Garden (! while Jenny's niece and nephew got ready for bed) and then Coyote Ugly.

It was a lovely day and definitely my kind of afternoon.

Mitchells
Weeford Rd, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6NA
w: www.mitchellsshopping.com

Farmhouse Bistro
e: info@farmhousebistro.co.uk
t: 0121 323 3658
w: www.farmhousebistro.co.uk

Cafe Ceramica
e: julie@cafeceramica.com
t: 0121 308 3984
w: www.cafeceramica.com