It's not every morning that you can enjoy a cup of tea and breakfast with a view over Porthmeor Beach! We enjoyed a very relaxing first morning in St Ives by enjoying a cooked breakfast at the Porthmeor Beach Cafe. This was a first for me after mum recommended we went there for breakfast as their menu offering is varied enough and to be honest you can't beat this amazing view. We highly recommend making a reservation though as tables are very limited, especially if you want to sit inside - which at this time of year is a must do unless you enjoy a bracing wind whilst enjoying your morning coffee.
If you do prefer to sit outside they do have outside pods which are tucked into the wall to give you a bit of shelter from the elements.
After breakfast we had a little meander around some of the streets behind where our cottage is before hitting the shops again for some retail therapy.
One of our first points of call for shopping in Cornwall is Whistlefish. You will find one of these shops in almost every Cornish town, selling mainly artwork, greetings cards and gifts! Visiting Cornwall at this time of year is a bonus because many shops are offering Christmas items - which is something we can't resist. This year Whistlefish are selling beautiful Christmas bauble decorations which me and mum just had to have, especially since most of them have a nautical theme.
I picked up a selection of greetings cards as well as a sea life Christmas bauble.
I definitely feel like this won't be our last visit to the Whistlefish shop on this trip, especially since I asked them when their Christmas wrapping paper was arriving and fingers crossed it's this week!
Plans for mine and Conor's wedding are never too far from my thoughts and being surrounded by seaside theme decorations and gifts, I couldn't help but find something that might come in use for the wedding.
These starfish decoration pieces will be an excellent feature for the tables at the wedding breakfast and are just about the right size for what I was looking for.
If you are a chocolate lover we highly recommend visiting a shop called "I Should Coco". Originally this shop was based in Fore Street in St Ives and we were initially disappointed when we couldn't find them this morning. However when we walked along Tregenna Place road we found that they had moved and were thrilled to be able to pick up some bits. Their chocolate is delicious and they do different slab pieces that include a variety of toppings including fudge, salted caramel, brownie pieces and more! They also have chocolate buttons, lollipops and other fun chocolate shapes that are great for children!
We picked up a couple of gift items whilst in the shop - which will explain the vagueness of the picture - we don't want to reveal too much detail to friends and family reading this!
Our evening ended up being a very chilled out night, eating some dinner in our cosy cottage and relaxing whilst dabbling in a bit of Crystal Art - very addictive!
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