Why does it seem that the last week has been one long rainy afternoon? It seems to get dark about 2pm here in Brighton UK. There are a few things keeping me going right now.
Milk and homemade biscuits! I made these using one of Nigella’s recipes for butter cookies, but I used half wholemeal and half plain flour, and I grated some dark chocolate into the mixture instead of vanilla essence. They came out lovely, very crunchy and crumbly but not too hard or too sweet, just perfect 
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I brought this fabric today and I love it! I certainly do have eclectic taste so I am sure this is not to everyone’s liking but I adore it. There is a better photo of it on my Flickr site. I also brought some dark blue jersey to make some tops and some Plum coloured lining for this fabric.
I think this will be a skirt or a dress… hmm.
I also just got around to photographing some of my Christmas pressies.
Aral brought me this lovely coat, this is the bottom of the fabric, the top part is plain black wool.
My mother brought me some lovely felting wool, some shell star buttons, and this lovely book on Marilyn Monroe.
I brought this plant for Aral as he is allergic to most flowers but liked the idea of having a plant in the house.
The crocheted blanket is still going ok, but I have had some issues with the yarn I am using, one of the balls was very badly wound with lots of uneven spinning and odd strands coming loose. I think I will send it to the manufactures and see what they say.
I am going to attempt to make some simple tab top curtains for the bedroom, I brought the fabric in the sale along with some blackout linings for £18 .
Back soon with updates right now I’m just going to enjoy my milk and biscuits!
Ciao x
