2009.

I want to crochet more this year. I want to finish the wheel square blanket I started last year, and worked on for 3 months before getting bored, even though now there are about 5 different crochet square blankets I'd rather be making (including the rose square blanket which is shown on Stranger Than Fiction). You can never have too many crochet blankets though, surely?


I'm afraid to say Etsy has taken to the back burner for a while. I'm still making things to sell there, but have not listed them yet. I'd rather build up a stock and put them all on at once. Christmas seems to have drained the existing stock so I reduced the prices on virtually all.


It has been so long since I last wrote here! I doubt anyone missed me, but if you did you can always check my public posts on LiveJournal.
Christmas was absolutely lovely. I stayed with my mum, it was the most relaxed I've felt in years. I got lots of lovely things;





This is my favourite sale buy for January:



(because everybody needs to take Oregano on safari.)


One of my new years resolution was to give up smoking. It is going well, however my appetite has become somewhat ridiculous.
I cannot get enough food.



creamy scrambled eggs w/peppered mushrooms & parsley



muffin topped winter beef stew


A very belated 'Happy New Year' to everyone!

Typically, the day after a long walk on the beach in the freezing cold & pouring rain, the boiler decides to break down. 3 days in the cold has left me with a nasty chesty cold. I couldn't even enjoy the snow at the weekend. That's ok though, most of my Facebook friends uploaded photos of their snowmen & frolics in the snow.

My mum brought over this new Homeopathy-friendly cough medicine she had bought from Korres. I think I first saw Korres a year or two ago, they had a gorgeous range of Vanilla & Cinnamon products, but sadly at the time they contained Parabens. Now, though, they've changed their ways! All of their body milks & butters smell absolutely divine & leave skin feeling silky & hydrated. I'm hoping to try out their Bamboo styling cream soon.

Autumn haze

Today was the most gorgeous autumn day here. I think one of the best things about autumn is definitely the colours.


It's also the time of year when I get uncontrollable urges to make iridescent jewellery. The sewing machine I've been using recently is currently being repaired and the list of items to sew is getting longer and longer. It is typical of me to want to use it more than ever now I don't have it here! I promise that if it returns safely soon then I will sit down and make totes and rice bags and all the other things on my list.