There’s no place like home…

Claire December 28th, 2007

There’s no place like home… why, dear readers the heck do you think I would be quoting dear old Dorothy a few days after Christmas? Well, as you can probably see from the picture below – I am wearing a fabulous pair of red shoes. Not just any old red shoes though – the ones I will be wearing at my wedding. Not that I think I will be standing at the alter and clicking my heels together 3 times, of course, but I tell you, trying to find red round toe shoes with a kitten heel (I’m already a couple of inches taller than David and so I don’t want to tower above him…), preferably with a little bit of glitter on them, in a size 8, is near on impossible. Yes, I have huge feet. Yes, I find it very hard to get shoes in the sales.
My Nanna used to say to me that “at least I wouldn’t blow over in a wind” I think in an effort to make me feel better, although I did sometimes doubt her motivation for saying quite a few things. But I succeeded and found the ones I wanted for £15 – what a bargain! Good job really as I don’t have much money to put my outfit together on. Also another reason for making it.

I love these shoes! Anyone who knows me will know I develop obsessions with different things, and you may have noticed that I have a bit of a “thing” for bluebirds… I also have a bit of a “thing” for the Wizard of Oz, and red shoes.

I am also having a bit of a “thing” for being at home at the minute – I have been rushed off my feet this year so much with work, and launching inky and Boo, moving and the rest that life has thrown my way this year, and now I don’t have to be back at work til 7th Jan, so at the minute, there is no place like home...I recorded the Red Shoes with Moira Shearer – one of my favourite films from childhood, so I may settle down later with some crochet and watch it, whilst wearing my new red shoes… Bliss!

Some other sale bargains I got were ( in charity shops) this Carlton Ware bowl filled with buttons for £2, and 3 silk type scarves for £1 each
- these I will be making into bags and cushions for Pinky and Boo – my original idea for Pinky and Boo was bags, as you can read about in my first few posts. However, I have so far not made or sold any bags for Pinky and Boo. I have a ton of them cut out, and some almost completed, so I will be making an effort to get these done as soon as possible to get them out there. I also got this fab book for £2

- it shoes you how to make kites, wigwams, embroidery hoops (why?) and all sorts of really random bits and bobs.

So that is what I shall do – get myself some Pinky and Boo stuff to do, settle myself on the sofa, and enjoy having the house to my self. Hope that whatever you are up to is fun and makes you happy xoxo

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