This week started with a lie in with my current book, which I'm really enjoying. I then got ready and ended up going out of town again, to do the weekly shop. It's unusual to do this twice in the space of a few days.
This time around, I stocked up on a few things that were on offer, to save money in the coming months. I can't buy much more for the pantry shelf, as it is fully stocked, so I bought some meat products instead and froze them. I bought a large pack of mince and split it into 3 portions. We maybe use one a fortnight, so it will keep us going for a while. We don't eat a whole lot of meat, when OH makes a curry, I often prefer a veggie one or we sometimes use Quorn products instead of meat.
On Tuesday, I went to Zumba in the morning, which was good. I then spent the afternoon and evening working on the ironing board cover. I got quite a lot done. It was nice to spend some time sewing again, as I hadn't done any for a week.
Wednesday, I spent most of my time sewing again. I finished the ironing board cover top and pinned the old cover to it, as it was foam backed and some fabric to the back to neaten it off. I was quite pleased with how it was progressing. It's very colourful compared to the previous one I made. It used up some fabrics that I wouldn't normally use, i.e. pinks. oranges and florals. It's pretty though.
It was very squally on Wednesday, with intermittent rain and hailstone. I'm not really complaining, as we needed the rain, but I wanted to walk up to the library, to pick up a book I'd reserved and needed to find a break in the weather to do so. The book in question was Robin Wall Kimmerer's 'The Serviceberry'.
By 4pm the skies had started to clear, so I walked up to collect it. I was really looking forward to reading this, after reading a previous book of hers called 'Braiding Sweetgrass'. It's a very small book, smaller than I imagined, at just over 100 pages. I had finished my current book that day, so the timing was perfect.
In the evening, whilst watching TV, I finished the ironing board cover, stitching the binding around the edges and adding string to draw it onto the board. It looked nice. I'll post a picture on my monthly makes post.
On Thursday morning, I started reading the book I'd got from the library. It's good. I then got up and ready for my aerobics class. When I got back, OH and I headed out to B&Q to get a few bits for some DIY he was doing and to put the car through the carwash, as it was very dirty. It looked like a new car once it was washed. We should clean it more often.
Whilst he was looking for some bits he needed, I ventured into the garden centre part of B&Q and found that they had some very reasonably priced floral hanging baskets. They were priced at £16 each or two for £28, which I thought was a very good price. OH ended up buying one for us and one for his mum, which we'll take up to Yorkshire next time we visit. He just needs to fix a bracket to hang it from. I was very happy with this, as a local shop sells them for £40, which is a lot more expensive. They are nice, but not £26 nicer.
We then dropped into ASDA for him to do a 'man shop' and get some wine, whisky, chocolate and other bits he likes to buy for himself, that I don't buy as part of the weekly shop. When we came home, I did a bit of banking to pay a couple of bills and then did some sewing using my machine to finish a chair cushion I'm making.
On Friday, having finished two sewing projects this week, I decided to take a break from sewing. I had a lie in and finished reading the library book. It was such a small book, I knew it wouldn't take me long. Late morning, I had a little potter in the garden dead heading. I decided to deadhead the hanging baskets OH had bought the day before, to prolong the flowering. Ours had a family of snails living in it. A couple of adults and several babies. Needless to say they got evicted and re-housed in various parts of the garden, where they can't do too much damage. I'm hoping I got them all.
After lunch, I decided to walk into our local town centre. It felt good to just get out of the house and go for a walkabout and I rarely go into our local town centre. I did drop in to a local charity shop on the way and spent £8.50 on four items, one item of clothing, one accessory as a gift and two books, both of which looked really good. When I got home, I started reading one of the books, which is quite compelling.
Saturday, was another day spent at home. OH worked on some jobs outside that needed finishing and he managed to put up the new hanging basket and a new retractible washing line that I'd bought ages ago, which was good. Here's a picture:
I, meanwhile, spent most of the day sewing on my machine working on the shed quilt and then trying my hand at a new small handstitching project.
On Sunday, LB was working and OH was running in our local half marathon event. I got up and ready and headed out to meet him on the finish line. He did well to finish, as he's still nursing an injury. It's a big event with a main stage and entertainment, lots of food stalls and thousands of people. It's a good atmosphere though. We met up with a cycling friend of OH, whose daughter was also running and had a chat, before coming home.
In the afternoon, OH headed out to the pub, to meet another cycling friend who'd also run the event. I stayed home, as I was part way through a job application and wanted to finish it. Not sure I'll get anywhere with it, you can but try.
It's been a relatively normal week this week, not too much going on, but enough to keep me busy and occupied.
I hope you've had a good week.
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