This morning we hit the sales ....... but not for me to buy 'bargain' clothes that would look wonderful once I shed two stones/grew six inches. I was on a mission to find a small table to sit beside my couch, one large enough to accommodate all the bits and pieces I keep on my table, with room underneath to store my knitting basket. The table I had was a little round wine table, that Malcolm's dad gave me for Christmas years ago - a lovely little table, but as politicians love to say ' not fit for purpose'. I would have shown you a photo of it, but while I was making lunch, Malcolm installed the new table and put the little one away! So here it is ...... my lovely new table
On it I have ......
....... my current reading. I think there is a niche in the market for books 'for people who find dummies books bafflingly difficult' (ie me)! I love Marian Keyes books - I was hooked from the moment I started reading 'Watermelon' many years ago.
........ the tidy bag that I made last year - it is very handy for all the odds and ends of thread and wool I generate.
........ my coaster - needs no explanation!
....... the owl notebook which was one of last year's pressies - as it has a magnetic catch, it is a good place to keep the scissors safe.
....... my reading specs - I wear them in the mornings when I read after breakfast (for the rest of the day I wear varifocals), pencils for doing crosswords, keeping track of knitting patterns etc, and handcream ...... I have tubes and bottles of handcream all over the house, as my hands get very dry in the winter.
....... I thought I should tidy out my knitting basket - these socks have been languishing at the bottom for months waiting for ......
....... the holes in the toes to be darned. I knitted this pair four years ago. They have been washed so often they are almost felted!
All tidied up! I've added my current magazines under the books, and tucked in next to the knitting basket is my big camera, ready to snap visitors to the bird tables .....