Charity Shops and kids

I have no idea whether the charity shops in St Andrews are any good or not and I did go into them, three of them in actual fact. My kids and shops are a challenge. My kids and charity shops go together like ......... well you can think of a combination. First problem is that they seem to be full of glass and ornaments and on shelves everywhere so I hover anxiously watching little people dart around. I do not want to buy glass and ornaments and I do NOT want to buy broken glass and ornaments. Way too much stress there. And the "I want..." "I need" monster seems to take over quickly. The little girl and I spotted a cute Tigger Fleece (If you know her soooooo approp) and she is desperate to try it on. Well it is huge. "No worries, Mummy, just put it back and get me a smaller size!". Mmm, doesn't quite work like that. We bought the huge fleece and at a couple of pounds and at least three years of growing in it, it is a huge bargain.

I'm still processing Christmas. I am realising it is deciding about what is important and narrowing to that rather than trying to do everything and feeling that it did not quite live up to expectations. In fact i am walking a path just now where I am having to take stock of the other 51 non-Christmas weeks and am realising that while I like to do everything and then fit something into the nonexistent space that is left, that it is time to narrow. There is actually a call to become maladjusted to my normal living. This process may hurt a bit.

On the bicarb front................... please do not use the baking kind. It will work just fine but really expensive. Buy in bulk either online or Tesco does a box in the eco cleaning section but please do not be tempted to throw that in the cake mix................. .