Just been turned on. Thomas is pretty chuffed with it (and the new rug).
Spot the reflection.
Yep. "It's too hot! But rather nice!"
I did rather well for presents this year - £20 of M&S vouchers, £25 of Hobbycraft vouchers, some embroidered jeans and a Swavarovski necklace and earring set I chose myself, lots of Lush stuff, chocolate (natch!), three books - "25 years of Vogue Knitting", "Crochet Encyclopedia" and "Son of Stitch N'Bitch", some Boots cucumber face stuff (G used mine all up!), a super pink suitcase - mine is a small one for weekends away, plus it's never been the same since Barcelona - don't ask! Also, a scarf and a bag jewel, a Murano glass necklace, some Christmas candles, and a delicate silver angel "mobile" - don't know what else you'd call it, but you place it over a nightlight and it spins. I've discovered you can remove the candle and place it over the fire and it spins too!
But my top presents were a Palm Treo smartphone and a DVD burner, courtesy of my darling G. The 'phone is totally OTT for what I need, but it's fantastic. It takes pictures, does voice memos, is a speakerphone, can connect to the internet, and is also a Palm organiser so I have spent the last few days transferring over all my favourite games. I've turned into a Bejewelled addict, too! The DVD burner, whilst not quite so exciting, has allowed me to back up all my stuff and mp3 files, so I can start anew putting all my CDs into Itunes (it was getting really messy!)
Funnily enough my old mobile has been playing up recently - it needs a new battery - and I was looking into getting another battery but decided to wait until after Christmas. I'll probably still do that, and then sell it on Ebay - it was a groundbreaking phone when it came out, including an infrared modem and FM radio, so although it's black and white, it's still a nice phone!
Slight grump here - went to buy some bras from M&S, and their changing rooms are closed until the New Year. So I walked out, complaining loudly. I have no intention of buying something I can't try on first, and no intention of trying on such an item in the middle of the shop. To be fair, I could have just moved the chairs they'd put in front of the changing rooms, I suppose. I guess they can't staff the changing rooms whilst the sales are on and whilst everyone's returning things, but still! I have no intention of stealing bras!
Some knitting content? Oh, OK then! Spent two days making a zig-zag scarf. Took me quite a few attempts to do it, and I ended up with a small blister because it uses the racking handle rather a lot. But it came out really well, eventually. Pattern and photos to follow shortly.
1 comment:
Nice load of pressies!
We got mostly gift cards here, and I accidentally bought myself two skeins of alpaca (but it's for a gift for someone else -- the gift part to me is the making of it -- so I can pretend that didn't happen at all).
Best wishes for the new year!
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