CROCHET FOR CANSA

Ali and I attended the Crochet For CANSA Fundraiser today.

I fetched Ali at her house and boy was I glad we decided to drive together as the venue was a VERY FAR drive but certainly worth every second.

We arrived a bit early and indulged in a cappuccino in the beautiful Anja's Tea Garden.  Their crockery and cutlery is absolutely beautiful ... sooooo up my alley!!!!

They have stables that have been converted into little shops ... so we had a stroll around before going and finding our tables.  We were seated outside and at first I was a bit unimpressed but then when the heat and load shedding hit I was delighted to be seated in the cool and the natural light. 

One of the ladies at our table, Hannie, is a survivor of stage 3 breast cancer ... It was awesome to meet her, her Mom and her niece. Lauren Ackerman filled out our table of 6.

The project was set by Karen Adendorff and I got a bit frustrated with it so I was happy that I had brought my own project with so instead of feeling overwhelmed I worked on that.

We were THOROUGHLY spoiled by the organizers and all the sponsors.  We got a lovely lunch and then we left a bit early to go and look for ice-cream which we found on our way to the highway.

When I got home the power was out ... thanks to our wonderful load shedding :( :( :( so when we went to fetch Mom at the casino we stopped in at Spur for a burger.

The project

Ali finished the project

Our lunch box

The contents of our lunch box

Lauren Ackerman (who sat our table) took this photo of our 'haul' and posted it on the What'sApp group ... There was just too much stuff for me to do a photo of it.  We each got a Spar shopping bag with magazines, liquorice allsorts, Lindor balls, the project and then this plastic container with an awesome stash of stuff.  We each also got a gift out of a lucky draw ... I got an Elle pattern book, crochet hooks, some cotton, stitch markers and a key ring.

We came away feeling totally spoiled.  Thank you Marlene and Elza and of course my 'partner in crime' Alison for an awesome day!!!