The remainder of this week has been pretty uneventful. On Thursday, I went to a class at the gym in the morning and then didn't really do much for the rest of the day. I think I just needed an afternoon where I did very little, as it had been a busy start to the week. It was a bit of a lost afternoon, but sometimes it's necessary and is good for the soul.
On Friday, LB was off work and was heading out to do some thrifting. I decided to go along with her and try out my recently received bus pass. I didn't want to spend much money thrifting, but I did spend a few pounds on a few very inexpensive items. We had a nice afternoon out together, exploring places old and new. We were home by about 3pm and chilled for the rest of the day.
Saturday, OH was cycling in the morning, so I had a lie in and then spent the morning doing a few small sewing tasks, which involved doing a few small alterations to a couple of things.
Later, when OH was back, we decided to venture out into the garden and started painting the new greenhouse with wood preservative. It rained a little, intermittently, but we managed to get one coat of the preservative on most of the pieces of the greenhouse, before it started raining more heavily and we gave up for the day.
I then caught up on a bit of ironing, getting through most of the ironing basket, which was looking quite full. OH bought in a takeaway for supper, which is rare, but some days neither of us feels like cooking, and this was one of them.
On Sunday morning, we decided to have a little trip to Columbia Road Flower Market, a very popular East End market. We haven't been for quite a while. I wanted to find some plants to make up an autumn/winter hanging basket, as our summer basket is just about finished. I was also on the look out for some small succulents to put in the tiered basket that I got from a car boot sale earlier in the year. I did managed to find all of the above, save for two more succulents that are still needed. I spent £20 in total, which wasn't too bad for 9 plants in total.
Here's a picture of some of the plants I bought:
I just need to pot them on into larger pots and the hanging basket. I'll post another picture when they're potted on.
When we got home, we resumed work on painting the greenhouse and managed to give everything a first coat and some things a second coat of preservative. We chose to do this ourselves, instead of buying it ready painted, as it saved us £500 and it hasn't really taken too long to do thus far. Luckily, the polycarbonate windows had a stick on removable coating, so we didn't have to be too careful on the frames around them, this made it much quicker and easier.
I will continue to work on the painting through the week, but we are forecast quite a bit of rain this coming week, so I'm not sure how far I'll get. Here's a picture of some of the progress so far:
I'm looking forward to when it's all finished and constructed, but it might be a couple of weeks yet before this happens.
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