Good morning Wednesday

[JoM]

You actually surprise yourself with how many steps you do in a day, and they do spur you on to do more. I'm often found rushing around the house at close the Midnight to run up the miles or steps for that day

[JanB]

I don't need one - I know how many miles I've walked by the state of my ankle

Dimas now coming tomorrow, has to do a quick repair to the rotovator, so I'll go down to the veggie plot and dig up the garlic.

[Diflower]

Just about ready for that day next month, since we now have cards (from the hospice this morning), c cake (Tesco this morning), mince pies and coffee shortbread, and our rib of beef for that dinner...surely we hardly need anything else

Bb collected Minnie while I was out, she does look super smart, younger and has a pretty pink bow
Unexpected visitors this afternoon will enjoy admiring her
Her biggest fan D and another friend coming for a cup of tea, luckily I bought choc chip shortbread in Tesco

[Kaz]

Currently having a cuppa in Waterstones, having bought the birthday present AND a few cee-word presents too

[JanB]

We don't buy c presents any more.

But I did buy myself a new handbag today

[meriad]

But I did buy myself a new handbag today

Nice one - I went looking for one the other day but couldn't find anything I liked. Admittedly only looked in TK Max but I've always found just the perfect bag in there so a bit disappointed this time. Will keep looking and if the perfect bag catches my eye then great; if not then so be it

We don't buy c presents any more.

I only need a few so it's usually quite easy - 1x secret santa; 1x niece & 1x nephew. Postman and milkman usually get a bottle of wine; vet teams get prosecco and cheese and cat sitting neighbour gets lots of edible goodies. Easy peasy

[Diflower]

Your red bag is so lovely Ria it will be hard to replace, if that's the one you're still using

[JoM]

Ria, I went in TK Maxx yesterday and noticed that they had fewer bags than normal, due to all of the Christmas gift sets on display by the looks of things.

[Diflower]

Funnily enough, considering the lack of shops around here, there is quite a lot of choice for bags!
In town is Maxwells for Kipling and pricier, plus a nice stall on the market with Italian leather bags (where I bought my lovely little red one), and in Christchurch a really nice leather shop

[Gal]

I've yet to start the C word shopping. I don't enjoy it at all, I find myself standing staring at things for inspiration and then walking away having not found any!!! It's quite stressful and my anxiety levels hit max round about now. I know putting off the inevitable doesn't work.....need to start proper soon....