December 28, 2007
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Two handbags?
More than enough to look after any small Earnest Worthings that I might come across! I was lucky at John Lewis in the handbag department, but failed miserably in the slinky dress department. There was a beautiful purple satin dress in Coast, but it was far too long for me, and the design wasn’t amenable to being shortened: too many exciting godets. I was thoroughly disappointed. I’m 5’4″, and a size eight, but I would have had to have been approximately 5’10″ for that dress to fit – even standing on my tippiest tip-toes, it was too long. I cannot find it on the website either.
Today, I ambled round Chesham. I acquired a copy of ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ in the charity shop for 80p, some cheap fizzy sweets in the Pick-n-Mix at the Post Office (this was very fine: you get a paper bag, and there’s lots of sweets in plastic boxes to choose from. I had Pyschedelic Mice and various cola bottles. Psychedelic Mice have blue backs and red-and-yellow swirly tummies, and they produce a very good sugar high), two videos for 50p each, and a copy of Nigella Express. Oh, and free coffee grounds from Starbucks for my parents’ garden. This was universally regarded as being a good thing, and both parents were in agreement. Hurrah! These are the parents who managed to have a disagreement on how to put the turkey in the fridge, with a sub-argument of “don’t look at me while I’m doing things!”. They have been in a good mood for most of today, and I have been nice and warm, and actually progressing with The Book, so I’m happy – draft 3 is at 25,000 words, some of which are new to the story. I am also happy because almost half my eBay items are selling, and I think I might actually make a profit!
I think I shall go and knit Mum’s scarf now. I’ve done two repeats, out of about seven. It would be nice to finish it before I go back home, but I don’t think that’s terribly likely, as it’s all ribbing, and that’s slow.
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