So ........ my purchases on Friday. Although I bought quite a few things, none of them was particularly expensive, and I even came home with money left over! As you can see, I had my money in a pretty little purse (which was given to me by my lovely bloggy friend Thimbleanna)
I have been watching a Sue Spargo class on Craftsy, and am itching to get started on one of her designs, so my first two purchases were related to that. A scrapbag of all sorts of loveliness, including velvet, wool, lace ribbons and trims ..........
....... and some delicious shades of blue to work all the wondrous stitches that I have been watching Sue do, but have yet to attempt!
I now have rather a lot of these beads - but at three packets for £2.50, it was hard to resist buying more
I have known Pat for years, and almost managed to have a chat with her as she dashed from teaching a workshop to looking after her stall!
the fabrics for this Japanese bag are beautiful
these are samples of a fabric range - I liked the fresh colours
these are buttons, but they may end up as decorations on miniature driftwood Christmas trees
I don't have a plan for this fabric yet - perhaps a sewing bag?
and of course I bought another Parrs Reel ruler
I have already used some of my purchases - but you wil have to come back tomorrow to see what I have done! Yesterday, as we were heading home, we saw a van advising us that there was an abnormal load ahead. It turned out to be two loads, vast fan blades for wind turbines
we thought there would be problems when the loads reached a tricky double bend in the road. The first one negotiated it succesfully
but the second one had problems
misjudging the turn and getting caught against the trees
it took a bit of careful inching forward before he made it round the turn
the next obstacle was the village of Denholm - we could hardly bear to watch as they squeezed between the buildings
fortunately, just after we left Denholm, we were able to turn off and take the back road home, as the journey had already taken twice as long as usual!