Tea with the kitties!

I was up and about at 6am this morning and saw Sophie off to the gym. Keith took Mike to work and I used the time to put a colour on my hair, as the grey was peeping through again!

Today I was off to Nottingham with three of my work colleagues as we were going to the Kitty cafe for afternoon tea. Sheila arrived first at 10am followed shortly afterwards by Sara and Sara! Sheila left her car at our house while Sara H drove us up to Nottingham.

It was a gorgeous day and not too hot, thank goodness! We made good time and managed to park about ten minutes away from the cafe. We had an hour to spare so we popped into Debenhams where Sheila looked at handbags. It's her birthday tomorrow and Sheila and our boss, Nicola, had promised to buy her a present if she saw something she liked. She spotted a Mantaray bag and I saw one I liked too!

After browsing for a while we made our way to the cafe where we had a table booked. We were allowed an hour at the table but afterwards we could stay and play with the cats (if they were amenable!).

We were shown to a low table surrounded by two armchairs and a sofa. The woman on the next table was eating cake and had several cats visiting, probably because of the food! The cafe was set up like a mini adventure playground for cats with scratching posts, and a high level walkway. It was brightly coloured and reminded me of a children's playground!

As soon as our tea and cakes arrived we were swarming with kittens who were determined to get into the milk and cream, as well as nibbling on the sandwiches!

I must admit I was surprised that the cats were allowed to roam over the table, even though a passing member of staff did pluck them off from time to time! It meant that we did spend a lot of time shooing them away rather than enjoy the food, but they were adorable and their fur was so soft!

After we'd eaten all the cats went running for Dreamies treats and we could stroke them. One was a Maine Coon and he was enormous!

Heathcliffe asleep...

Heathcliffe looking for treats...

To be honest Heathcliffe wasn't that much larger than Archie was but his feet were huge!

Once our hour was up we returned to Debenhams and both Sheila and I bought a bag each. Mine was long overdue for a replacement and I was really happy with the design and colour. Sheila's was very similar!

We made our way back to the car park and the journey home. When we arrived, Keith had gone to get Mike from work and they'd called into the pub again! Cheeky!