I think it's fair to say that things are moving along with the bathroom. We now actually have the bath (even if it is presently located in Neils study.) I had the delivery all organised through Shiply however things as usual were not quite as easy as expected. The driver had a nightmare journey and arrived around 9pm. Allowing me and him to grapple with it, slowly squeezing it through the door and sitting neatly behind the sofa.
I was having second thoughts about the bath after I won it. It will be one of the most expensive purchases that we get for the bathroom. (It was just under £150 for bath and delivery) I realise in terms of normal people this is a snip for any kind of bath and this bath is soooo gorgous, I can't wait to get in it. (Even if my belly doesnt fully fit under the water by then.)
In other Ebay related news - In a fit of madness I also decided to bid on 3 boxes of tiles. Through some slightly mad calculations I guestimated that just 3 boxes would be enough for the entire room. Having picked these up last weekend I think I was a little more than optomisitc! They're still sitting in the car so I hope they are heat resistant... We shall see what comes of them. But they did only cost a couple of pounds and the petrol getting there wasnt any where near as expensive as I expected.
The garden although still full of weeds has been 'bearing fruit' or rather veg. (i keep meaning to ask Neil to help me with it but always come up with better uses of time.) Perhaps this weekend will be a go'er.
I used the carrots for the meal I cooked on Sunday and they were really yummy. I'm so pleased we managed to thin them out as it allowed them to grow much bigger.
We also went blackberry picking in the morning on Sunday whilst we were walking the dog. I had started eyeing them up when I went out with a friend the week before so there we headed with our two little pots. I was amazed to hear Neil had never been blackberry picking before but he seemed to really enjoy it. Even if he did get into a bit of an argument with a few thorns.
One of my other favourite things from the weekend was when Neil and I sat in our front garden in the beaming sunshine going through an old suitcase of science textbooks I picked up from Freeycle as a surprise for Neil on Friday. It was really fun looking through them and Neil seemed to really love them. So there we were, me dusting off the books, Neil flicking through them as we polished off the rest of the home made lemonade.
So now it's time to decide what to do with ourselves this weekend. Ideas muted so far have been -
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