To Buy Or Not To Buy?

Is it still a money saving exercise to buy a coat for £20 when it is reduced from £45? The dangers of window shopping when you know you are going to be paid soon.
To think sensibly my mum would say it's not practical (no collar) and my dad would probably say I already own a coat (true, but I did see a granny wearing one the same which damaged it's style rating!) So really I only want to hear from you if you are going to encourage me to buy it!
If you are remotely interested this it it but in blue, the rules of shopping used to state I had to wait four days before buying something so I guess now I'm on super save I should at least double it! Meanwhile I'll hide all the coats in my size around the shop to waylay anyone else from buying them!

Here's A Cup Cozie In Action

I am most proud that they actually work!

I think maybe I should lurk outside starbucks for a Saturday, maybe I'd make some super sales.

Thanks for the pic Beccy.

Green Fair Roundup

I earned £2.83 per hour, I stood up all day, I spent till 12.30 the night before crafting.
It was worthwhile though, the stall looked fab,
I got to spend the day chit chatting with my friend Evelyn, I did sell some of my wares (all though the lovely Beccy and my Mum in Law did buy some of my wares so sympathy buys don't count!) and lots of people said our stuff was lovely.

Now we have masses of stuff we think we may do another, if nothing else to shift our remaining stock and as my mum said "think of it as being paid £17 to get a day of rest from your daughter".

Ten Pence Per Minute

Some people earn this. Others may pay it for their mobile phone calls. For me however it was the cost of relaxation.
I paid it willingly and along with aching thighs, crippled wrists, and a distinct lack of flexibility it was worth every penny.
I have been stressed lately, the sort of can't sleep I think I'm going to implode sort of stress. So I decided to blow a few quid on getting some 'me' time to see what effect it had and oh it was glorious. I felt so peculiar driving home that I think it was shire luck I didn't drive off the road and that was even knowing I had to chase home to fetch my daughter and take her to the doctors. Nothing was going to beat my hour spent focusing on breathing in and out, checking my feet were in line with my hips while twisting my body into some impossible position.
So will I be spending six precious pounds next week? We'll wait and see how much I ache tomorrow before I decide.

And Some More

My favorites, Cute baby bibs and even little tags to decorate our creations.

No Room For Writing

Today it is just photos. Of all the lovely things I have crafted.
What a busy bee I am.

Seven Days And Couting

It's exactly seven days till crafting deadline. We are booked in to do the Green Fair at 8am next Saturday and panic has hit.
Back in the heady days of the summer holidays I was full of enthusiasm for a stall packed to the rafters with Eco jewllery, up cycled home-wares and vintage trinkets galore. Today I spread my haul out over the dining table (much to Max's dismay, he is not a big fan of crafting) to discover a grand total of about twenty items, four of which were made by my mum! I think I will do well to make enough profit to treat myself to a cup of tea at the end of it all.
The trouble is time, or lack of it. On my days off from work my only free time is nap time (I can tell you attempting to make crafts with Martha's assitance is not easy) and during nap time I feel I should tend to my 'housewifley' duties of floor mopping and cleaning the bathroom and if you saw the state of our house you'd agree. So that only leaves evenings and weekends and there is certainly no more time or energy there. Combine it all with trying to cram five days worth of work into a three day week, cooking the odd nutricious meal here and there and getting a bit of down time and it's easy to see why I haven't managed to make much stuff!
Today I worked like a Trojan thanks to Martha's fantastic fairy godmother taking her out to be 'ladies that lunch' and tomorrow is another day and I plan to spend it all in front of my sewing machine or armed with a glue gun. Watch this space as tomorrow it will be so crammed full with cup cosys, peg holders, felted jewellery, baby bibs, coasters and clutch bags there won't be room for any text.