Yesterday I did my usual run to Neath and whiled away my hour waiting with a snoop round the shops. Poundland is stuffed with Christmas leftovers but nothing took my eye, not even the cheap as chips Crunchie bars. My sweet tooth was still in bed I think.
Marks and Sparks was full of fuddy duddy "old person beige" even the colours were a bit on the beige side.I may well be pulling 60 but I am not ready to dull down.
The indoor market was busy, but again held nothing to tempt me.
The next shop was The Works and I had some points on my card, £3 worth exactly. Well I walked up and down, round and round and even tried sideways. Nothing reached out to me, nothing that is that I did not already have at home.
In desperation I looked at some kits for bags and what nots, then BOOM, hiding behind some amorphous stuff was this.
The inner solid heart is black and the ribbon is beige!! but I saw possibilities and it was £3 so free with my points.
I got it home and after a restorative cuppa set to work.
Off came the ribbon and out came one of the plastic containers, the one with the sparkles in.
Some strips of gold glittery ribbon and a few gold sequin strands and I am almost pleased with it.
Think think,
Ouch, that hurts a little.
Got it,
Well, maybe. I may have to try a rose either ribbon or crochet. What do you think?
I still have to find my Knitting pins, they seem to have vanished. I just hope that they did not hide in one of the bags that went to the charity shops.
There was a very hard frost here this morning but the sun has been shining out of a baby blue sky all day. washing dried on the whirly gig, I will get it ironed after dinner.
On the subject of dinner I have nothing planned, yesterday was poached eggs and bubble and squeak which was gorgeous, and I can think of nothing but chips today, No No No. I have lots of healthy food in the fridge so it will be Iffits. Iff its in there I will eat it. I have salady things and home made coleslaw and may whizz a jacket potato up to go with it.
I walked to the local library this afternoon, just over a 2 mile round trip, to see about ordering some of the Mary Stewart books. I had checked the on line index and they have them all, but the computer was down, rats. I am in Neath again next week so will go into the big library there and have a look.
It is turning bitterly cold again, the curtains are pulled and the heating is on, Ben has a full tummy and is snoozing, I have an empty cup so am off to make a brew.
Keep warm, there are lots of bugs out there looking for a chink in the defences.
TTFN Pam
Just found you and loved the Iffits, snowing here so a cuppa sounds great too.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that it is just too cold to snow here, I have the cuppa and it is good.
ReplyDeleteThe heart looks much better, the bug has just reached me, I feel awful, x
ReplyDeleteMy commiserations, keep warm and have lots of fluids.
DeleteMy mum served us iffit and we always loved it
ReplyDeleteI do like Iffits, different every time.
DeleteBig freeze up here but it is most welcome, the cold is good for killing off bugs, I like your heart good find :-)
ReplyDeleteWe had frost all yesterday, this morning is back to damp and dismal, perhaps it will brighten up later.
DeleteI love the saying iffits, I must remember that one. I got lucky in the works with books for the children otherwise nothing else appealed. Maybe some crochet flowers around the rattan bit and then use the heart as a chalkboard for lists in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI do want a chalkboard in the kitchen but it will need to be bigger than the heart. I will look around for an offcut of wood and a small tin of blackboard paint.
DeleteWe used to say - iffits not eaten today it's the chickens tomorrow! Glad you're feeling better. We have snow piles from weeks ago - too cold to melt!
ReplyDeleteOh my word, that is a saying from my childhood, our chickens ate every thing that we or the dog didn't (or wouldn't). The eggs were huge and the yolks were more gold than yellow.
DeleteGlad you are feeling better and getting out and about again. I think your heart looks very nice, but a crochet flower would look lovely.
ReplyDeleteI feel so much better, I think that the enforced rest did me good.
DeleteIffits is such a good saying. I used my roasted red pepper iffits to make hummus & a pasta sauce. Enough sauce left over for Saturday evening too! Glad you're feeling more human now & yes the heart is a huge improvement x
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what you can make from nothing much if you put your mind to it. Hummus goes into lots of things, I do make it but every now and then I find it for 10p a pot RTC. I scoop it up and freeze it.
DeleteI'm really glad you're feeling better, Pam. You've made the heart look very pretty. I'm doing a version of Iffits too. Iffit needs using up it's for dinner tonight. I'm trying out some wartime recipes and they're proving exceedingly frugal.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of wartime cook books and love them.
DeleteGlad to read you're feeling so much better. We've been very fortunate, not even had a cold this winter. Good foresight with the heart....I like the red ribbon, but am sure you could transform the heart even further with your ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe heart looks good now that it is hanging up, I will keep my eyes peeled for some different sizes, as long as the price is right. I hope that you touched wood and crossed your fingers when writing the second sentence.
DeletePretty heart, keep warm, it's really quite cold now xx
ReplyDeleteToday has dawned wet and warmer, I prefer a frost.
DeleteGlad you are feeling better. Hope the iffits pickings were good! xx
ReplyDeleteOh they were very good, piled on and around a jacket potato.
DeleteIt never ceases to amaze me what you can find in The Works. I love it in there.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the heart makeover....a definite improvement-x-
I can go in there several weeks on the trot and find nothing, then one day I walk in and want to fill a skip to bring home.
DeleteYou definitely improved the look of the heart.
ReplyDeleteThank you, everybody needs a bit of sparkle in the gloomy months.
DeleteEverything looks better with a bit of sparkle!
ReplyDeleteLiz
I love The Works, there's always something in there that takes my fancy. It was very frosty here this morning but it's meant to warm up again from tomorrow, I don't think we stand a chance of killing those bugs off.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better. Love the striping on the heart that you did.
ReplyDeleteOoh that's so pretty, i think a crochet edge would work very nicely :) i miss The Works, i think our closest is Durham, which don't get to very often :( (too expensive on the bus ) xx
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