1ST BIRTHDAY DECORATING IDEAS

Found another load of bits that were given to me for a charity bric a brac but were unsold, also some bits from the bathroom. All these items today were given to the same person from Freecycle. She is going to put them most of them in her church’s Christmas fair in November.

Two books – painting and decorating and house plant expert. These will go to the church Christmas fair book stall.

Lots of plastic knives, forks and spoons. These will be used by her daughter for school.

Bottle of pink shampoo: left over from when we had Russian children last summer. We bought it for them, they forgot to take it home, and it’s not the sort we use. Unfortunately the lid was broken so it couldn’t go with the other toiletries. I had to put it in the rubbish collection.

Nivea talc: I don’t really use talc, this was a giant pack and I’ve got a smaller one that will do if I need it. This was given to the homeless shelter. They take used toiletries for the homeless people to use when they go in for a shower/bath.

Marks & Spencer foam bath: given to the homeless shelter.

Paco Rabane after shave: given to the homeless shelter.

A pottery thing that goes over a radiator, filled with water. Given to me for charity stall, but not sold so passed on for church fair.

Pink vase: same as above.

Plastic case with bowls, plates and cups. This was for picnics when my girls were younger. They have both grown up and left home, we don’t need them any more. The person from Freecycle who took them said she’d ask at her daughter’s school if they could use them, otherwise she’d Freecycle them on.

Square hook duck thing: not quite sure what this is, a photo holder I think. Given to me in a box of stuff from my sister. This is also going to the church Christmas fair.

Thus concludes today’s ‘stuff’. I can almost see the floor in the study now, which is where all this lot was stored. Can’t believe how much stuff we’d collected and had been walking around and over because it was in the way!

I passed by the new Holiday Inn today. The new Holiday Inn is located across the street from Showbiz and has only been open for a week now. I was there on business and was able to check out the whole place. I have to say, I am impressed. Although the building that contains Holiday Inn used to be an apartment building before, they have managed to totally convert the inside to one of the nicest looking hotels in Kuwait. The lobby is very beautiful and modern, it has a really high ceiling made mostly of glass and the furniture is all very tasteful. I checked out the regular room, the executive room, the junior suite and the executive suite. They all are very handsomely decorated and are very affordable. The executive suite which is the largest room they have is 2 large rooms, one is a living area with its own bathroom, small kitchen and plasma screen with internet access while the bedroom features a large king sized bed with a wall to wall cupboard and a large bathroom which includes a jacuzzi and a shower. All for only KD110 a night. They have a Lebanese restaurant on the ground floor called Ayam Zaman. It is easily by far the best decorated Lebanese restaurant in Kuwait. Very elegant and very beautiful. They also have a Chinese restaurant but I wasn't able to check it out because it was still under construction. Outside the restaurant though they had this huge stone mural on the wall which I took a close up picture of. I am seriously surprised at how nice the place turned out to be. The only issue I found was that the corridor to the rooms seemed a bit cramped, but other then that its a very refined hotel.