Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

jwil

Sorry to hear about your friend, what a shock,  
I think I'm going to look up Staged - I've seen the adverts on BBC and thought it looked good.  Thanks for the recommendation Polly.

Karmacat

Another recommendation for Staged, from me - I've only seen one, S2 ep1, and it was fantastic.  I'm now going to find the first season on catchup.  I saw the two of them on Graham Norton, and they were talking about things like why DT always has different places when he's filming, whereas MS doesn't - its because of those five kids

milann

Hope you’re surviving the cold Beanie. Are you getting to see the friend you share the bubble with. 

beanielou

I used to have a good old fashioned cobbler.
Sadly long retired.
Used to do amazing patch jobs.
They were awesome polly  x

beanielou

My bubble is my ma & I have not seen her since Christmas & neither of us enjoy driving in the snow milann.

pollyanna_26

beanielou said:

I used to have a good old fashioned cobbler.
Sadly long retired.
Used to do amazing patch jobs.
They were awesome polly  x

beanielou said:

My bubble is my ma & I have not seen her since Christmas & neither of us enjoy driving in the snow milann.

We no longer have a proper cobbler in town just Timpsons who are very expensive and mainly send the work away to be done. They replaced a broken zip in dds expensive boots she'd had for years. They had an orthotic insole and were available in different calf sizes. She'd had them for years and they were very comfortable. They insisted they had to replace both zips send the boots away and they would be ready for collection in 3 weeks. Went to pick them up , two cheap zips in a different shade of brown . Poor stitching and a £90 bill. I complaine to head office but it seems no one gets any joy there. They now charge upfront.. They'd asked me for £30 when I handed them over then another £60 when I picked them up. Never again , If there hadn't still been a lot of wear left in them and they were such a perfect fit for dd I'd have thrown them at him and walked away.

There are two proper cobblers a few  miles away. I went to one and he looked at them and said Timpsons? He replaced the zips perfectly matching and good quality for £20 while we waited. That's where I go now.

Better for you and your Ma to stay home in the snow and keep safe. The weather will improve and better neither of you risk your lives driving in bad conditions. It's hard but better safe than sorry.

You may already know this but until I watched Staged I didn't know DT has a tiny tardis in his garden. That made me smile. Bet there were times he wished it was full size and he could fire it up and take off away from lockdown and it's challenges.

pollyx

beanielou

Looking forward to watching staged polly.
I once famously took my right she to Timpsons to be patched & they would not do it 

Karmacat

Beanie, I don't know the details of the rules in Scotland, but check that you're *allowed* to see a bubble person that you need to drive to - things are getting a bit forceful down here  

Suffolk_lass

Our dry cleaners offer a sewing service and it includes leather (because they replaced the zip in my jacket and made an invisible mend patch), if that is worth you exploring up there.

I think the Police are reviewing some of the enforcement measures where common sense was not a feature but also looking to get tougher with flagrant breaches

HairyHandofDartmoor

I hope you manage to see your mum soon Beanie.

I agree with cracking down on covid rule breakers, but I did think it seemed a bit much that those women in Derbyshire got fined by the police for driving five miles to go for a walk, and how can a coffee be categorised as a picnic? I wish the police would spend more time in supermarkets fining people who wear their masks under their noses!