The Home Alone Half of the Week - W/E 22nd March 2026 - Part 2

On Thursday last week, OH headed off early to catch a plane to Spain. He was going on a cycling break with some friends, for a long weekend. I got up a little later and got ready to go to the gym for a class. I decided to cycle there. It was another lovely sunny day, we had great weather last week.

When I got home, I did a bit of financial housekeeping and paid a couple of bills. I also got out my stack of bank statements going back 15 years. I managed to windle it down quite a bit. It will take a while to shred everything, as my shredder is hand operated and only takes one sheet of paper at a time. It was a bit of a trip down memory lane, seeing the payments that went into and out of my account this long ago. I'm glad to shred them to be honest, for most of the period I lived in overdraft, not any more thankfully. (It was a free overdraft!)

Anyway, after lunch LB headed off for her week away too. She was flying to Northern Ireland with a couple of friends, one of whom lives there. I felt a bit sad after she'd gone and I was left home alone. It didn't last long, as I decided to just keep myself busy. I shredded some of the paperwork, cleaned out the fridge and made some fruit jellies using up a few strawberries left in the freezer.

I then decided to make something completely new for supper. It was a Dopiazeh Persian Potato Curry. It was a very simple recipe that I'd found on Pinterest, using just a couple of potatoes, an onion, half a tin of tomatoes and I threw in a few french beans from the freezer too. All the other ingredients were spices or herbs. It was very nice. I just had it with the last remaining slice of bread. 

I am currently seeking out new recipes, preferably vegetarian, as meat is very expensive, and who knows what will be available in the future. If there are food shortages, recipes like this will be useful for making the best of what we have and what we grow at the allotment.

After supper, I decided to water all the houseplants downstairs, as I'd been meaning to do it all week and they were getting a bit dry and frazzled. I then got out the clothing rail that I'm going to weave my rug on. It was a bit dusty, so I cleaned it down and assembled it. I'm hoping it works well as a loom. Fingers crossed. I just needed to set up the warp threads before I could get started.

On Friday, I got up late after lying in bed reading. I started a new book from my TBR pile called 'Wilding' by Isabella Tree. It is the story of how a historic farming estate in West Sussex, was completely re-wilded, after the family farming it for over a decade, failed to hardly make a profit. I'm only two chapters in and I'm loving it.

Eventually, I surfaced and got ready for the day. Today, was the day that I was going to make my rug. The process took all day. Firstly, I needed to attach the warp threads to the frame and then weave using the fabric yarn. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. I still had things to finish to complete it, i.e. the binding, but I was happy with what I'd done.

As a consequence, Friday passed pretty quickly. I didn't set foot outside the house, save to go into the garden and feed the birds, but that's not completely unheard of here, especially when I get engrossed in some project or other. OH called in the evening and seemed to be enjoying himself which was good.

Friday evening, I started watching The Other Bennett Sister on iPlayer. It was excellent, so excellent that I binge watched all 5 episodes (They were only 30 minutes long). 

On Saturday, I had another lie in.  Why not? I finished one book, that I'd already part read, but had left in a drawer and forgotten about. Hence, why I bought the same book again earlier this year, (from the CS) which was super annoying.  Now I need to donate two of the same book. The charity shop will think me a little crazy, which I am.

OH called for a chat and to tell me that his brother is going home from the hospital, which was good news. He was enjoying himself in Spain, but had injured his knee, accidentally bumping into a piece of furniture in the villa where they were staying. 

When I got up, I decided to change some bedding, then went downstairs for breakfast. I spent the morning cutting up some old t-shirts and other clothes, that I no longer want, but which are too worn to donate. I will probably make them into fabric yarn, as we already have way too many cleaning cloths.

After lunch, I decided to continue with making the rug. I needed to stitch the fabric yarn strips together along the edges, before taking it off the loom and then cut the warp threads and tie them. Once I'd done that, I machine stitched the edges to make them more secure.

I also intermittently pottered around putting away laundry, putting on laundry and doing other small jobs. I was determined to eat properly whilst everyone was away, so I made a chicken hot pot to last me two nights. Whilst it was cooking in the oven, I pinned some binding onto the rug, so all I need to do now is stitch it on, which I'm going to do by hand. I'll post a picture of the finished rug in my Monthly Makes post next week.

After two days spent at home, on Sunday, I needed to get out of the house, so I headed off to the gym in the morning for my usual gym session. The weather continued to be lovely, which was a bonus.

In the afternoon, I decided to put aside all making and sewing for the rest of the day and do some cleaning. The house definitely needed a spring clean and whilst everyone was away, it was an ideal time to set about it. I decided to start upstairs in the main bedroom and work my way down through the house, just doing the basics in the living rooms, as I needed help to move the sofa and switch the rooms up a bit for the warmer months. I'll probably do those rooms properly later in the week when OH is back.

I managed to thoroughly clean the main bedroom, and did a quick job on the sewing room. This room will be cleaned properly next month, as we have a visitor who will be staying in it, so it wasn't essential for it to be thoroughly cleaned and then done again a few weeks later.

I then vacuumed and mopped the stairs and landings, before it got a bit late to use the vacuum cleaner, so I stopped for supper. I went back and wiped down pictures, skirtings and bannisters on the stairs and landings after supper and then decided to spend an hour or so thoroughly cleaning down the worktop on one side of the kitchen, doing the washing up, sweeping the floor, cleaning the dishwasher with citric acid and then cleaning some powder puffs from upstairs, before calling it a night. It felt good to get started on the spring cleaning, which will be a mammoth job and will probably take me most of the week. 

I have to say that I've made good use of my time home alone this week and lots of small jobs that I've been putting off have got completed. There's still more to do, but hopefully I'll get some of them done before OH comes home. It did make me wonder why I'm not so productive when everyone is home.

A Week of Two Halves - W/E 22nd March 2026 - Part 1

Monday this week, I was up a little earlier than usual and headed out to do the weekly shop. OH gave me some money to fill up the car with petrol, just in case prices start rising in the near future. They don't appear to have gone up much yet, but who knows what will happen in the coming weeks.

I needed some of my usual and very expensive mouthwash this week and was fortunate to find that Boots were offering it at 30% off, bring the price down to £5.70, so I stocked up on three bottles to keep me going for probably the next month or two.

I also had a £5 off a £50 spend at Tesco to use. I don't usually spend this much in store, but bought some things I would normally get at Lidl to make use of the voucher. I don't think I overpaid for anything as I shopped carefully and stocked up on a few things we were out of. I also bought a few yellow stickered items for the freezer, breakfast items and meat mainly.  The remainder of the shop I did at Lidl, plus a few odd bits elsewhere. 

Tuesday morning, I went to my usual Zumba class at the gym. It was a really good class this week. I felt like I got a good work out and there were at least twice as many people in the class, which was good. It was a lovely sunny spring day, so the walk there and back was much more enjoyable.

I treated myself to some turkey bacon this week, so for lunch I made a bacon sandwich. It's not something I buy often, in fact I don't think I've had it for a couple of years, but I enjoyed it, as it is very low calorie.

I spent the afternoon making another sewing scrap basket for the craft table using some of the leftover waistbands, beltloops and pockets from the jeans I've recently cut up. It's quite a nice little hand stitching project and is a great way to use up these bits. I made this one slightly bigger than the previous one I made, but it still had pockets/loops for a needle case, snips, seam ripper and a little pin cushion to hang on the side. The one I have by the kitchen table I find super useful, especially to hold all the small fabric scraps and bits of cotton ends that I snip up. It just corrals everything I need when sewing and having a second one means I don't have to keep traipsing the first one I made between the kitchen and the craft table.

On Wednesday, I had a free day, so I spent some time making a trivet or table mat using the seams that I'd cut off the same jeans. More scraps used up for something useful. I've previously made mug coasters in a similar way. This mat is slightly bigger, although not quite as big as I'd like to have made it, but I had no other seams left to add. I think I'm done sewing for a while, save for gradually working on the hexi quilt I started a few years ago. For the rest of the month I'm going to concentrate on weaving the rug that I've made fabric yarn for.

On Wednesday afternoon, I just needed to walk up to our local library to return some books. I got one book out, which looks like quite an easy read. Here's a picture:

I wouldn't say I'm a reluctant environmentalist, but it might make interesting reading and it's the kind of book you can pick up and put down easily.

On the way back from the library, I noticed that someone was getting rid of a garden bench and had left it out on the street with a bunch of other items. I took a photo and put it on the allotment chat asking if I should get it for our little site. I got a positive response, which was a win, so I messaged Matthew and asked if he could come and help me carry it to the site, which was only 100 yards away.  We sat it behind the new shed for now. It looks pretty good there.  We needed somewhere to sit and chill inbetween spells of gardening and free is preferable to buying a new one. Here's a picture:

Hopefully, we'll all get some good use out of it.

This concludes this half of the week, I'm posting separately about the second half.

A Week of More Sewing, a Photography Exhibition and A Garden Tidy Up - W/E 15th March 2026

This week, I was glad to get back to my normal routine. On Monday, LB decided to come with me to do the grocery shopping out of town, so it was nice to have company. I managed to buy most of our Easter eggs whilst out, as the supermarkets all had offers on small/medium sized eggs this week, which saved me some money. 

I did visit the charity shop and I bought one item of clothing for £5 and a couple of word search books for 50p each. The 'Clever kids' version is not by any means full of easy puzzles and I've been timing myself as I do them, just for fun. They are good to keep my brain ticking over.

The item of clothing I bought, was a knitted black dress. I know we are now coming into spring, but this dress is a lovely loose fitting one from Kit and Caboodal, which is a UK company that imports Lagenlook clothing made in Italy. The website isn't currently active, so I'm not sure if they are still in business, but this dress isn't too lagenlook and loose, it just fits nicely without being too tight and will look nice worn with knee high boots. (Except I do need to get mine re-heeled, so I may not wear it this year) I think it probably will have been quite expensive new, so I was very happy to buy it for £5. I'll post a photo in a monthly clothing purchase post at the end of the month, as I have bought a few bits of clothing this month after a couple of months not buying anything.

We got some bad news on Monday, that OH's brother had been admitted to hospital, which was a bit of a surprise, as we'd seen him only a few days before.  He had a bit of a health crisis after we'd come home and is now receiving treatment and undergoing some investigations, which will hopefully help him going forward.

On Tuesday, I was due at the gym for my Zumba class as usual. Fortunately, the music for this class was okay, which was good. When I got home I ended up going to bed in the afternoon for a 3 hour nap. I had slept very badly the night before and just felt so tired. I felt much better for it and then spent a while reading in bed once I'd woken up. As a consequence, Tuesday was a bit of a write-off, but such is life sometimes.

Wednesday, I didn't need to go anywhere or do anything, so I decided to have a day at home sewing. I managed to finish the ironing board cover project, which I was very happy with and I will post about this next month in my Monthly Makes post. I then deconstructed a pair of my old jeans to use for some future projects. They weren't really in good enough condition to donate, so I'll use them to make something else instead. It was nice to stay home and get at least one project finished.

On Thursday, my usual class at the gym was cancelled, as the teacher was unavailable. As a consequence, I decided to take myself off to a free Women's History Month event in the Docklands. It was a talk at a local library about the Women Gardeners of East London, who created parks and garden spaces for all to enjoy. I was really looking forward to it. I had to take two buses to get to the library, but when I got there, it was closed due to staff shortages. I was very disappointed and left a message on the library answer phone asking if the talk had been rearranged.

In order not to waste the day, I decided to stop off at another event on the way home, namely a photography exhibition by a lady called Joyce Edwards. It was in a small gallery and it consisted of a series of photos of a community of squatters in the 1970's, who occupied a small area of houses that had been compulsorily purchased by the GLC (Greater London Council - now disbanded) and were due to be demolished in order to build a motorway through the East End of London. Thankfully, the motorway never got built, and the squatters, who were a varied bunch of artists, actors, musicians and other young people, eventually formed a housing co-op, which bought the houses and refurbished them, with the help of the local council. I believe many of them still live there today. 

It was a very uplifting story about how group action and protest can have positive results. There were a few films showing as part of the exhibition, where members of the group talked about their experiences.  It was super interesting and on the way home, I walked down a couple of the streets and saw the results of their efforts. I was glad that I didn't just go home defeated and went on to learn something about this period of London history instead.

On the way home, I dropped into a nearby Buddhist Centre Charity shop. It's not a shop I've ever been in, but it was a lovely little shop, with lots of really good items in there. I have to say that I did buy a few things. Firstly, I bought a 100% wool sweater, which cost £18. This is a lot more than I would normally pay for anything in a charity shop, but it was very colourful and it is rare to find 100% wool sweaters anywhere nowadays. I'll post a picture of it in another post. I just hope that no moths get to it.

I also bought two large pieces of denim fabric. They are not heavy denim, but the kind of weight that will be easy to make into clothing. One piece was 4 metres long and I paid £7 for it and the second piece was 2m long and cost £4. I really don't need more fabric, but if it's natural fibre and can be made into clothing, then it is worth picking up, as denim usually costs at least £8-£10 per meter. I'm looking forward to making some items of clothing with them. I'll keep you posted. Here's a picture:

Finally, I also bought another non-fiction book, which is right up my street. This cost £3.50.

As a consequence, I have very much overspent on my thrifting budget this month, but as I'm so happy with what I bought, I do not care. Sometimes, you just have to buy certain things when the price and quality is right.

Anyway, I walked all the way home with my bag of charity shopping, which was no mean feat, as it was heavy and the distance was almost 3 miles. I did get 10,000 of steps in though, which was all good.

This week, we've started watching the new adaptation of A Woman of Substance. It's many years since I watched the original and I can't really remember it in detail, so it's quite like watching it from scratch.

On Friday, I was going to try out a new class at the gym, but decided not to in the end and had a lie in reading instead. I felt a bit lazy this week. After lunch, I took a walk to the allotment to bring the bins in after they'd been emptied and stayed for a while to start clearing weeds from the path. Here's a picture of the plot at the beginning of the growing season:

The fruit bushes are starting to sprout, OH has planted the potato tubers, but there's very little else happening at the moment. You'll just be able to see the very small bit of the path that I cleared towards the top left of the photo. It's quite time consuming trying to dig out dandelion roots between the pavers. I've got six weeks to clear the paths around the plot, so I should have time to do it all, even if I only clear a few rows each visit.

I've decided that this year I'm going to try to weigh all the produce we grow, which I've never done before and just see how many kg of food we produce on this small plot. It should be interesting, providing I remember to weigh it all each time we harvest.

On Saturday afternoon, I finally felt motivated to do some work in the garden at home. I just haven't felt like getting out there, even though we have had some good weather days. Anyway, I began by tidying up around the decking, pruning a few plants around the edges, then moving and sweeping under all the pots on the decking. Most are on rollers and easy to move around.

By the time I'd done that, OH came out and helped me, by removing all the cat excrement from the borders in the paved part of the garden. Sadly, it's a cat toilet every year, despite various efforts to put them off. He managed to fill 3 dog bags this year. TMI I know, but a fact of life in a small London garden, where it seems like the majority of people in the neighbourhood own at least one cat and some more than one. It's been worse since we lost our dog, as she kept most of them out. It felt so much better once that job had been done. 

Whilst OH was doing that, I focused my attention on the narrow border on the other side of the paved part of the garden. We created this border last year and it's not really very mature. I weeded, cut back some plants, planted a few bulbs and also transplanted some self-sown foxgloves underneath the cherry tree. It's a bit adhoc and the planting has not really been designed, but I like to garden this way. It doesn't currently look like much, but should improve as things grow bigger. I could do with buying a few plants for this border, but my budget doesn't really stretch to it at the moment, and besides, it's not a very sunny spot, so we're limited in what we can grow here.

It felt lovely to get out in the garden again and progress with making it a space we can enjoy.  We still need to move some wood in the middle of the paving, which OH is going to do once he's managed to do the damp proof course around the outside of the kitchen, then it can all go back down the side return and I will then be able to properly clear the paving of moss and weeds. I'll post again with photos once this has been done.

Later, on Saturday evening, I made some sultana scones.  I'm trying to use up items in my baking drawer and I had an abundance of plain flour that needed using. They turned out okay and it was nice to have something sweet to eat for a change, as I don't tend to buy or make sweet baked goods very often.

Sunday was Mother's Day. OH was out cycling and I headed off to the gym mid morning. I hadn't been for a couple of weeks and I could feel it. I felt very tired when I came home. I stopped off on the way home to watch a heron on the canal. It had a small fish in it's beak, wiggling around. It took a while for it to actually swallow it whole. (Poor little thing)

When I got home, LB presented me with this lovely handmade card and a very lovely smelling soy wax candle for Mother's Day. I was very impressed by her creativity. It is such a beautiful card. It made my day. OH offered to take me out, but I wasn't too bothered. I find places too busy on days such as these. I'm quite happy to stay home. He did treat me to some wine, chocolates and a bottle of gin later, which made me very happy.

The week came to an end watching a disturbing Louis Theraux documentary on Netflix about the 'Manosphere'. I do sometimes wonder what the world is coming to and feel sorry that LB has to navigate some of the atrocious attitudes out there right now. Luckily, she's on it and is well aware of the misogyny and other horrible prejudices spouted by certain individuals online. It shows a very dangerous side to the internet that I am happier knowing little about, but we all should probably be aware of it for our childrens' sake, in order to try to protect them from it.

A Visit to Yorkshire and Settling Back In at Home

On Thursday of last week, OH and I were heading off to Yorkshire to visit family. I was booked into the gym at 10am, so I headed off there on my bike, so I could get back as quickly as possible and pack in time for our departure.

The class was good, but the new music wasn't so good. I'm hoping that eventually the instructor will be able to find good enough music on the new system to enable her to continue with her regular class, otherwise we might find ourselves doing step routines, which I'm not that keen on, as I damaged my knee doing these classes many years ago. We'll just have to see how it pans out. It's early days.

When I got home, I showered and changed, packed and had some lunch before we headed off up the motorway. The journey wasn't too bad, although we did pass a car on the opposite carriage way that was engulfed in flames. Luckily, I think the passengers had got out, as there were a few people stood a distance from the car.  The fire brigade hadn't yet arrived, but we were surprised how close cars were passing the scene of the fire.

Anyway, we continued on and got to OH's mums around supper time. She had kindly made us some food, which was appreciated and we spent the evening chatting and catching up on news, inbetween watching a bit of Crufts on TV.

On Saturday morning, OH went off on a run and I drove to his brother's to meet him there, via the local charity shops. I haven't really had a look in a charity shop for a few weeks, as I haven't really had the budget, so it was nice to have a little browse. One of the shops had a half price sale on, and I ended up buying a 100% viscose dress for £3.

It's a flattering style, so I'm quite happy with it. I have made a small adjustment to it around the neckline, as it had two lots of ties. I removed both of these and stitched the neck slit closed, as it looks better on this way. I really like it and hope to get a lot of wear out of it. It's the first item of clothing that I've bought this year, which is good for me.

OH and I then visited his brother and his partner. Unfortunately, his brother is still not recovered from a major stroke, so is housebound. It was nice to see him and he seems okay in the circumstances. I took his partner out to do a bit of shopping whilst OH sat with him, as she struggles to get out of the house and it made a change for her.

Later, when we left, OH and I went over to Boyes to get a few bits we needed before stopping off at a pub for a drink on the way back to his mum's.

We spent the second evening at OH's mum's again. She had kindly made us supper. It was her 83rd birthday on Saturday, so we spent as much time with her as we could this visit.

Saturday morning, we got up and whilst OH's mum was at church we headed out to get a few extra bits for her birthday and to find a cake. We all later met at his brother's house, along with his sister who had driven over. It was nice to see her too and catch up with her family's news before heading back to London.

The journey back was quite good, with not too much traffic on the roads, but we were glad to get back to our house and settle back in. It was lovely to see LB too, when she got home from work.

I spent the evening working on the ironing board project. I miss my sewing when I go away and it was lovely to get back to it. It helps me stay calm.

On Sunday morning, I woke late, as I'd stayed up late watching a couple of movies on TV. I had a lie in reading for a while. I decided not to go to the gym today. I just wanted a day at home settling back in, making my shopping list for the week, unpacking, doing some laundry and catching up on jobs. I'll start back at the gym on Tuesday when I go to a class.

Later on Sunday, OH and I went to the allotment. He to plant out his potato tubers and sort out the new manure bin, that we need to store some fresh manure in to rot down, and I to do some weeding of the plot as a lot of small weeds were starting to surface now we've had some warmer weather. We took some spare York Stone pavers with us to sit the manure bin on. It was an enjoyable couple of hours pottering on the plot and it looked tidy as we came away. We probably won't be doing much else on it for the remainder of March. I may go down and do a bit more weeding of the paths, but only if I feel so inclined and the weather allows.

When we got home, I made some banana muffins from some overripe bananas that I had in the freezer. They'd been there a good while and needed using. I found a recipe on Pinterest and just gave it a go. They ended up being very tasty. I would definitely make them again.

We watched the best in show final of Crufts in the evening. We've enjoyed seeing all the lovely dogs.

A Return to Reading

For a few years now, I've done very little reading. I always used to be a voracious reader, especially as a child, but in recent years I've felt very distracted, and found it really difficult to sit down and pick up a book. I don't think the advent of smart phones and other online activities (i.e YouTube) have helped. Recently, however, my enthusiasm for reading has returned and it's wonderful. It's like being reacquainted with an old friend.

Whereas it used to take me months to work my way through a book, I've read half a dozen in the last couple of months and I am really enjoying myself. I tend to read in bed, in the morning when I wake up, as there are no distractions and I'm snug and comfortable under the covers. (I know I'm very fortunate that I can do this, due to not working at the moment) I do sometimes read at the kitchen table or lying on the sofa, but not often and only when I'm really engrossed in a book.

I've just recently finished an engrossing book and have now started reading another from my TBR (to be read) bookshelf, which has accumulated over the last few years. The book in question is called 'Feral' by George Monbiot, who is a writer and environmentalist and it concerns itself with re-wilding the land and sea and our human instincts for wildness. It's very interesting.

I've also lined up a couple of other reads on a similar subject, which seems to have become a favourite genre in recent weeks. Living in a big city, it is so easy to become estranged from nature, yet I find it very important for keeping myself sane and grounded in a chaotic and difficult world.

Reading is such a wonderful activity. It doesn't have to cost much, if you use your local library or buy books second hand, yet it can provide hours of entertainment.  I have to admit that, in general, I'm more drawn to non-fiction, which I know is not everyone's preferred choice, but it can be so interesting and enlightening about our world and our experiences in and of it.

I'm hoping that I continue to enjoy this hobby going forward and don't get too distracted from it again. Do you read much?

Monthly Make - February/March 2026

For the duration of February, I continued with my make for the month, namely to cover one side of a chair cover, using left over denim. It was a very slow and quite frustrating process, stitching each small piece using a zig zag stitch. Eventually by the end of the month I'd got to the bottom of the fabric I was attaching them to. I have to say that it was a relief, as it was a lot of work just to use up fabric scraps, but such is life. Here's a picture of the patchwork piece I created:

Before attaching it, I had to make a small repair to the velvet side of the cover, as a small hole had worn in it, but this was easy enough to do and it looked much better for it. I also washed and dried it, as I don't think I'd done that for a while.

Once it had dried, I could attach the patchworked denim backing and put it back into use. It was, however, March by the time I completed this, so I didn't actually complete this project in February as I intended, but here's a picture of the finished item anyway:

 

I'm happy enough with the result and at least it is now back in use and should serve it's purpose for many more years to come.

In between continuing with this make, I did also start a project to make a new ironing board cover and also made some fabric yarn for a forthcoming weaving project. I always like to have a few projects on the go, so that when I tire of one, I can distract myself with another, until I'm feeling motivated again.

My monthly make for March, however, is a slightly different project for me. I am intending to finally weave a reasonable sized rug for the sewing room. It will be in different shades of green, brown  and cream, to go with some new curtains I am going to put up. I have now finished making the fabric yarn for it and will weave it together later in the month.

I'm intending to weave it whilst OH and LB are both away, as I will have the space and lack of interruptions to set up a clothing rail as a loom in the living room. I'm hoping to get it finished, for the most part, whilst they are away and then maybe bind it by hand. It's a big new project for me, and I'm not sure how it will turn out, but it should be fun.

In between, I will also work on other existing projects and I'll update you on how these go next month. 

Have you got any interesting creative projects on the go at the moment?

A Short Week - W/E 8th March 2026 - Part One

This week was going to be a short week, as OH and I were heading up to Yorkshire to visit family on Thursday. LB was working, so wasn't able to come with us. As a consequence, I could be a little conservative with regard to the weekly shop. Some things I forgot to pick up, some items I couldn't find and a few items I decided to leave until we got back from Yorkshire. I still spent a lot this week though as some expensive items needed replenishing, i.e. xylitol and shampoo. (I use Alpecin and it's almost £9 per large bottle and Xylitol is £10 for a large bag)

There were lots of yellow stickered goods available in Tesco, but they weren't very heavily reduced, so I didn't buy many of them. I just bought some veggie bean burgers and some pork loin steaks to put in the freezer. I did also get some tangerines reduced, but nothing else, which was disappointing.

I did manage to get some crumpets reduced in B&M and Aldi and these just go into the freezer for my breakfasts, so they should last me a couple of weeks. I also had a 10% off voucher on my shopping at Lidl, so that helped me save £6+ pounds this week. I did probably buy more than we needed, but it will all get eaten at some point and I still needed to make sure there was enough food for LB to eat in our absence.

On Monday evening, OH and I continued watching a new drama series we found on Netflix called Dark Winds, it's set on a Navajo reservation in Arizona and it's quite interesting.

Tuesday, started off with an Aerobics class as usual. I was concerned that the change in music would make it less enjoyable, but it didn't this week at least. As it was a nice, bright, dry day, I took a much longer route home though a nature reserve, which was enjoyable and got me a few more steps in.

I did a bit of fabric yarn making for my weaving when I got home. I've almost made all the yarn that I need now. I then watched a couple of episodes of Silent Witness on BBC iPlayer and found a new series to watch on Netflix, which was quite funny. It wasn't a very productive day today, I have to admit, but some days are like that and I like not being busy rushing around and instead taking time to do things that I enjoy. 

On Wednesday, OH was out in the morning. I sorted a bit of laundry, did a bit of blogging/blog reading and then decided to do a bit of sewing in the new craft corner. I stitched the last 15 metres of fabric yarn together for weaving.  I was surprised at how little time it took, less than an hour. All the fabric yarn I need is now gathered together in a basket ready to weave. I'm looking forward to it.

I decided today, that my next weaving project, after the green rug for the sewing room, is going to be to make a colourful scrappy woven rug for the shed. It should be a good way to use up lots of colourful scraps of fabric I've accumulated. It will probably take a while, as it will take time to make all of the small scraps into fabric yarn and then weave them into a rug. It will, however, keep me busy and make good use of otherwise not easily usable fabric.

After making the fabric yarn, I finally finished stitching the seat cover, my February make. I attached the denim patchwork piece to the back of the old cover and trimmed up the edges. I had to hand stitch it closed as it was a bit too thick to machine top stitch, but it looks okay and will at least last a bit longer now. I've posted separately about this.

I then began working on the ironing board cover project that I started last month. I laid the EPP pieces I'd made on the board and then proceeded to hand stitch them together. I just need to add a few additional pieces around the edges so that it can be folded under the board, bound and strung. I'm liking the overall effect so far though. As a consequence, it felt like a much more productive day.

It's been quite a sewing heavy half of the week, which is all good, as I love progressing my projects.