Finally sitting at my new desk, in my new office space in the attic. Far away from the rest of the house - the only sound is the wind howling round the chimney.
We've just done our online Christmas food shop. Food for the next two weeks hopefully. Since we moved to Wales I have come to loathe shopping. But that hasn't stopped me spending. The majority of Christmas gifts have been bought online this year - a first for me. I normally spend weeks trawling through TKMaxx. And several more weeks trying to peel off the bloody labels. After we did the food shop we had a look at the Ikea website for shelving. Dear God. Trying to work out Ikea 'shelving systems' online needs to be on the list of most stressful situations (along with weddings, divorce, moving house etc.). Having almost come to blows we gave up and are going to face the real thing tomorrow. Another trip to our nearest Ikea. As an added bonus there is a Homesense (TKMaxx household) not too far off the route to/from Warrington. So we (mainly me) can console ourselves with a mooch in there too To be honest - Stu is likely to be close to tears by the end of the day. I'll take some Kleenex just in case he gets all emotional. In other news...
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Twenty days until Christmas. And for the first time in years I haven't done all my Christmas shopping.
The house is taking over everything. Every spare minute. We're really close to completing the attic bedroom / dressing room / office. Which is good as we have four guests staying for the festivities. As we're using Farrow and Ball paint in the bedroom we decided to use their undercoat. The first tin we opened had the consistency of cottage cheese. I opened the second (which looked like paint should) and used that one while Stu ploughed on painting the ceiling with gloop. Before we bought this house I hadn't lifted a paintbrush in a long time - not since I met Stu. Why would I? He's super speedy and super neat. But this house is too much for one person to decorate alone. So I have rediscovered my painting mojo. And I'm enjoying it too. In other Christmas-prep news:
Today's pics: Icelandic tree decorations from our favourite (but far too expensive) hotel in Snaefellsnes - Hótel Egilsen. |
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