'tis Tea Party Tuesday . . .

. . . so I'm linking up with the lovely Sarah Jane over at Chantille Fleur.**

A little while ago, I entered my Carrot Cupcakes recipe in the Chantille Fleur Cupcake Cookoff (what a fab idea, don't you think? Pop over here to find out more about it - and maybe if we encourage her enough, Sarah will make it an annual event) 

and, 

much to my immense surprise and delight, 

I won 

: - )

(truly delighted face and happy dancing)

If you'd like to try these or any of the other "award-winning" cupcakes - you can find the links to the recipes here.

Thanks Sarah, for organizing this fun event - congrats to the other winners too, and of course, thanks to my friend Brigitte's mum who happily shared her oh-so-delicious carrot cake recipe with me many, many moons ago : -)

Right-o,  back to today . . .

It's another fabulously hot summery day here, so my friend Heather & I took ourselves off to Stratford-upon-Avon for a wee mooch around this pretty town.

William Shakespeare's old house . . .

 We meandered around all our favourite shops (lots of sales on at the moment), popped into Gifts & Forget-Me-Nots to say hello to Dawn and see all the pretty things there, then up the road to the lovely  Sew Me Something Emporium for a natter with Jules & Sarah, 

 stopped for lunch at the fab The Fourteas - which is filled with memorabilia from 1940s England,

Hmmm, no rationing going on here then . . .

'tis a bit hot for a great coat and tin hat today !

 and afternoon tea at Henley Street Tearooms.

All in all, a really good day . . . 

Hope you've had a good one - and if you're in the mood for tea, do pop over  & link up with Chantille Fleur's Tea Party Tuesdays too.

xoxo

**In today's post, there's a little "interview" with yours truly . . . part of my prize in the Cupcake Cook Off.  Tee hee - I've never really given an interview before . . . how fun  : - )