Moving on

Watty1

There is still carol singing around our villages but a very short route and never passes mine, but, I realised this week it says on the village face book group they will end up in the pub for more singing so perhaps that it the change these days. I do miss carol singers   

Cherryfudge

I think you would enjoy a visit to the pub that evening, @Watty1. A lovely community event.  

DH has been busy today: he volunteered at the shop this morning for a couple of hours then went along to a carol singing fundraiser and was very heartened to find some people from our church joining in. He's used to being the only one from this particular congregation so I think that cheered him up about standing in the cold.

I sat around in my pyjamas and did some work on the assignment for my course. I've not finished it yet and realised I will need to edit drastically. Why can't I write short pieces?

We had salmon for lunch (eating down the freezer) with cous cous and veg but also some tiny tomatoes that had been ripening since I took them off the vines. So tasty. There were a few things to be bought in the afternoon so we walked into town. It's quite a bit milder and lots of people were out and about. I entirely failed to find a headdress for tomorrow's Scratch Nativity, so will make do with a tinsel halo and the fancy dress wings I borrowed from J. I felt I ought to do something as the children are all being encouraged to dress up, and I haven't any originality today. DH is going to hide on the balcony - I told him he could be the plain clothes detective but I don't think he's even going to try that. The most memorable character was the man who went as a banana, but I never found out how he justified it.

Anyway, back to the narrative. I was flagging after wandering down the High Street, so we went for our coffee (gingerbread latte for me and apple juice for him), which revived me. I am out a lot next week and we won't get the chance to go out till he's back from Auntie's next weekend. That reminds me, I could make a batch of marmalade and send her some, as per tradition.

We went to various supermarkets, partly for needs and partly for bargains. Olio/Iceland did us proud with  a dozen mixed weight eggs for £1.33 instead of £1.80, a Savoy cabbage for 27p instead of £1 and two packs of luxury easy peelers at 52p a pack instead of £2.25 - so a saving of £4.66 on the full price, not that we would have paid full price as I think normally they are a bit expensive. DH bought a toy for DGD3.

I had a rest when we got in and DH admitted he was tired, too. He thinks his iron levels are a bit low, so it's as well we are having liver tomorrow.

I've also had a sudden inspiration to knit duck mittens for DGD2, who likes finding ducks in pictures. There is just a slim chance she might let us put mittens on her if she can make quacky ducks with them. I have plenty of yarn but discovered I don't have the right circular needles so I will get some on Monday if I remember to take a note on my phone of what I need.

Lastly, I confess I have treated myself in the Sutt0ns Seeds free delivery and sale day, and ordered garlic and alliums, both of which I'd already planned to grow this coming year.

Garden £10.98
Entertainment £7.10
Gift £6.97
housekeeping £20.23

Honeysucklelou2

Just catching up…an allotment sounds exciting. Do you have any indication of the waiting time?

Cherryfudge

Honeysucklelou2 said:

Just catching up…an allotment sounds exciting. Do you have any indication of the waiting time?

Unfortunately not - it could be years for all I know. (I wonder if I could leave the position in the queue to someone in my will? ) 

Things are moving now because there was a legal hold-up to some new allotments to the north of the town but that seems to have been overcome and those will probably be first to be allocated, thus shortening the queue. Then there's a new cluster of allotments planned for quite near me, but I've no idea of timescale. My first choice is a lovely tucked-away area a few streets away where there are plenty of established allotments, but I think the queue there could be stretching out of the gate.

All that said, two new lots of allotments has to be significant