Greetings to you fair traveller!
Rest yourself a while on ye olde virtuale sofa with ye olde virtuale cuppe of tea.
Above is my outfit from Sunday! It was such an ebulliently sunny day that I donned my finest florals an all the bright colours.
This Cath Kidston dress was a serendipitous charity shop purchase around 4 years ago now I suspect and I still love it! To pick out the colour of the pink flowers, I donned my pink tights and then an old Monsoon cardigan which comprises of pink and navy stripes with a bow!
If you cast your eyes below, you will see I wore the handmade button brooch which came on a handmade handbag CBC bought for me around 8 years ago and the pretty Cross necklace he bought for me for Christmas which was handmade by a friend of his who used to be a Silversmith before she became a technology teacher but has now retired!
Brogues to finish the look.
A few random anecdotes down here for want of any particular post for them:
- Feeling quite pleased at my innovation. So, my Pied Piper of Hamelin performance is next week and I have been puzzling over the mayor's costume. I've ended up buying a red velvety cloak with fake ermine edges which looks more King than Mayor but I didn't find anything in the charity shop that was suitable. BUT for the mayoral chain, I bought a metre of some gold embroidered brocade trim which consists of massive circles and from a distance, looks very much like a big mayoral chain!
- Yay, just put in my first order for Milk and More who deliver in our area so now my Organic milk can come in a glass bottle and not plastic! Yes, it is a bit more expensive but it is worth it for the plastic avoidance and actually avoiding the hassle of going to buy it from the shops. Plus, it seems I will get a free glass bottle of juice with my first order! Hurrah!
- The toilet roll situation at home is a bit desperate as I have wanted to purchase toilet roll without plastic. I have gone with Ecoleaf as the packaging is compostable and the paper is recycled. I have always bought recycled toilet tissue but wanted to try a non-plastic covered one. Hoping it arrives before we run out completely!
- This week, year 6 have been learning a version of Beethoven's 5th symphony. After having broken down Beethoven's musical materials for them to understand, at the end of the lesson, I played them the piece again. J's reaction (boy in year 6) to this was, "When was this piece written?". I responded, er- 1800 something. His response, "But it is SO cool- it's amazing to think something so old is such a great piece!". My response, "That's why he is considered a great composer!" Anyone who says you have to play pop and rock to children and play them what they already understand is wrong!
- The bloodtest came back normal. I've got an ultrasound scan scheduled to find out what is going on but at least the blood test was ok.
- The homeless man who asked me to buy him a multipack of Snickers in town today did me a favour as I got lots of lovely reduced vegetables in the COOP when I went in including a Thai Green veg kit. I would have been scratching my head for what to make for dinner without him!
- I have my worst classes tomorrow- please pray! I loathe Wednesdays!
- I'm loving my book- The train to Impossible Places!
- Lovely blog friends who send sweet messages and parcels and offers of help! You are all kind and generous and I do appreciate your friendship! In particular, am
- Feeling quite pleased about having recycled some old packing white sticky labels from school to seal parcels. The eco-caring-caretaker was having a rant about this massive bundle of labels stuck to shiny paper that were included in a paper order and wondering why on earth they had to produce such a mass of them that didn't even get used. At which point, I said, "Oooh, I could use those as parcel tape!" and took them off him. So far, 4 parcels have been sealed with those and several envelopes been reused by covering the old addresses with a bit of white label- nice strong labels they are too! As good as parcel tape! Love a bit of reusing!
- Sad that the petition to revoke Article 50 and not leave the EU has been dismissed by the government.
- My arrangement of 'You raise me up' for flute trio worked very nicely last night!
Hope you have a lovely day!
xx