Nine years

I could tell you about my week of washing, the harvest of giant broad beans (the ones that I just didn't get around to picking at a reasonable size), putting up our christmas tree and my daughter's school play tonight..... but I'm not.....

I'm sending my hubby some flowers because it's our anniversary this week and we're doing anniversary prezzies under $10...... I got him some chockies and a card as well, this is just a bonus! (and Forget-me-nots stand for true love in the language of flowers )

I was thinking about it last week and suggested that seeing as we really didn't NEED anything in particular, and seeing as christmas is coming up faster than ever before, excessive spending for the sake of it seems a bit crazy in light of recent financial meltdowns around the world.... besides, who could go wrong with a favourite box of chocolates?

I went into town this morning to get some christmas pressies, a couple of last minute ones that I haven't been able to find closer to home...... next year I'm starting my christmas shopping in August, because I can't bear to be doing this again next year. The shop I went to (specifically planned to go to one shop only and reduce the agony) was full of people, my son was wandering off every five minutes, and the things that I was looking at to buy had no price tags!

I haven't worked out whether it is a ploy to make people buy stuff regardless of price because they are so exhausted/annoyed/desperate, or just that they don't care that a large percentage of their stock is not priced.... and of course the one thing that I did get (that had a tag) was incorrectly priced and took a good five minutes of 'mummy I have to go to the toilet NOW' time to get sorted..... (me with mental fingers crossed that he could hold on till we got to the closest toilet)

So we're back home and vegging out..... while I knit a test swatch with some of the bamboo/cotton yarn that I acquired at the shop (on considerable discount otherwise I wouldn't have bothered), and the tired little boy on the couch next to me rests and regains his equilibrium for tonight's school play outing.

Ok now I need to finish this swatch and go get my christmas beetle from school, feed her and get her back to school for a 7pm start......