Well that was fun - I think...
Took Kai to school then leapt on a bus into town. Last time I was there I checked out a nice little shop in The Galleries - Evolution (can't find a website), which sells ethnic gift stuff and some very nice mobiles (your pink one came from there, Lutra). They had the most gorgeous wind-chime: a 3-D bird outline in copper with glass nuggets and marbles, the wings springed so they moved, and copper piping for the chimes themselves. It was quite large and chunky, and I can't find an illustration of anything like it to link to... Anyway, I loved it, and knew it would be perfect for the 'new' bedroom, but didn't have the money to buy it then. Planned to pick it up today instead.
They'd sold out.
They don't think they'll be getting any more in.
Pissed off? Oh yes. That's the second time this has happened: the first was just before Yule, when I'd started planning the new décor and found a string of beautiful maple leaf lights in one of my online catalogues. Went back to order them after Yule: they'd changed to their 'summer' stock (in
January?), didn't have any in, weren't getting anymore (it's all pink hearts and roses or black and white footballs this year [shudder]) and didn't know where I could find some.
Evolution did have a different wind-chime in a similar style - three dragonflies one above the other - and I might have been tempted had the staff been a little more customer-service orientated. As it was I left without buying anything... There is/was another Evolution shop, but it's
waaaaaay up the Gloucester Rd and a four-bus trip there and back. I might try ringing on Monday, and getting a FirstBus ticket if they have any. Otherwise - I suppose I'll just have to keep an eye out elsewhere...
On the plus side, Kathie's Comics had my
Fake 4 & 5, and
Les Bijoux 3 (which Ken has put away with vol 5 for me until I can get the rest). And I managed to find some bedding - not absolutely perfect but much better than the blue: a rich deep ginger/terracotta duvet cover and pillowslips, ivory Egyptian cotton sheet and pillowslips for the second (under) pillows. It wasn't until I got home that I realised it all matches my phalaenopsis spray. [bemused] I wonder if anyone else buys bedding to match their orchids?
Bought it from
Wilkinsons, and I was lucky to find it. Traipsed all round Broadmead - ye gods, even tried Debenhams and BHS!! Normally I wouldn't be seen dead in such places! - but this year's colours seem to be all insipid pallid pastel greens and mauves. Unless you want to fork out £99 for a duvet cover and two pillowslips....
I also dived into Robert Dyas to see if they had any duct tape (many thanks for the explanations, Thorne and Lutra!) Nothing actually called
duct tape, though they do stock Duck tape. Duck, apparently, is the name of the brand (they do various sorts of tape, carpet grippers, etc) and I assume it's a cheeky take-off of duct tape. Anyway, it was waterproof, silver-grey on one side and black on the other as far as I could see, so I guess it's the UK equivalent. (Well, I wanted to know! Thorough, not obsessive...)
More later. For now I'm knackered...
Oh, Thorne - that recipe sounds
very nice! May very well give it a go - though I'd need to tweak some of the ingredients (Ken can't stand parmesan, and I don't know what Old Bay is...)
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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