Warning: Big Scary Spider Photos Further Down...
"Right." said my mother. "I want you and Ken to get yourself a new sofa. Or suite if you prefer. Something really nice and comfortable. We're buying it for you as your anniversary/Yule present."
"But..."
"We can't leave you anything when we go," she continued, not giving me time to argue. "so we'd rather do it now and see you enjoy it. Not over £1 thousand though, please."
[speechless]
But she was serious, so this afternoon I trawled through the
DFS website (disappointing) and
Ikea (ditto), and I already know the selection in
MFI is pretty dire. So Ken and I sauntered to the
Furniture Mill (over the Bath Rd where
Focus and
MFI live. That area is apparently called Tramway Business Park, because the tram used to run there...) Spent about an hour looking around the hundred or so different suites, shortlisted the choice down to three (there were others we liked but our house wasn't designed for the massive big lounge suites they make these days, so we had to measure up and discard some nice ones), then whittled that down to two, both with one three-seater and one two-seater settee. The suite we preferred was larger than the other, so we had to come back and re-measure the space. It will fit - just - with not a lot of room to spare, but as I pointed out, the only things that happen in the lounge are sprawling, reading, watching TV, and orchid care. We don't need a lot of spare room. It means the futon will have to come out here, but that's OK.
To have the material we want, shades of olive green and gold, we'll have to order it, which will take four weeks, but that is also fine. Mum says she'll transfer the cash tomorrow and to go ahead and get the rest organised this week.
I am
very chuffed!
And we bought a blueberry bush from
Focus on the way back (they're having a 'stock liquidation' sale. though I don't call 10% off much of a reduction...)
We finally got around to repotting Rosa, using the 'bottle capture' method. To avoid extra stress I just held her while Ken cleaned out the tank and Kai put in new substrate, her hide and water bowl.
Yes, those are my hands, and that's the top of a two litre coke bottle. She's a big spider now.
Ken also took a couple of photos while she was in the tank -
It's a fluffy spider! (And the photos have come out rather well, given we couldn't use the flash.)
She'll be much happier in a clean tank.
This does mean that I didn't manage anything I had scheduled, but that's OK. Kai's back to school tomorrow so I'll have more undistracted haddock to myself.
Labels: orchids, parents, plants, shopping, tarantula
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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