Random fact of the day: it is exactly 200 years today since Pride and Prejudice was first published (thanks Mummykins, fount of all random trivia!)
How could I miss a chance to ramble on about my favourite film when I saw that Drew Barrymore was the muse for Inspiration Monday with the Two birds!!!! Oh HOW I adore that film, Ever After!!!!! So romantic, so beautiful, so inspiring and not too saccharin like many other 'Cinderella' stories can be. Those wings, that dress, those slippers, the beauty of the French scenery, the step-sister who wasn't awful! Sigh!!! Another random fact (recently provided by CBC but already known to me!) Did you know that the real Cinderella didn't have glass-slippers but they were made out of squirrel fur (in the fairy-tale)? I found the video of this in a charity-shop and I bought 2 copies on DVD just in case one wore out!! (I can see CBC mentally culling in his mind!).
Anyway, back to the outfit. Cotton checked shirt- check (Tescos). Maxi-dress (well, skirt- Per Una) Check. Big necklace- check (present from J), . Blue palette- check
oh and bird brooch- Primark,
Oh and I bought meeself a new bag!!! ;-)
CBC said I was such a child for buying this!!! I did get some double-takes today so thus I am thinking up to Visible Monday as well, with the lovely Patti!
I had my first recorder club of the year today- what with INSET, snow and LSO courses, I haven't had it yet. I decided to combine Junior and Senior groups and some new children joined but I didn't quite bargain for how hard it would be to keep 37 children under control playing 2 different parts on a new piece when half of them can't remember where the notes are! Oh well, we did the first half of Minuet in G by J.S. Bach which I always feel very nostalgic about as I played it for my 'Stage 2' recorder exam!