Shopping goddess

I have been having a great day. P and J left this morning for their own holiday so I have had the house (and the computer) all to myself, yay! So the day has been very domestic other than an extended shopping trip. Laundry, packing, downloading photos, finding fresh batteries for the camera, charging the ipod. All because I leave for London in the morning.

So, I am supposed to be touristing? well, instead today I decided to do all those bits of shopping that I have been collecting up saying- I really must get that before I go. A delightful whirlwind later I got all on the list except one. There is a Scottish painter that I have decided is fantastic. Sir James Guthrie. One of those cases where I keep saying to myself "that painting is fabulous" and it turns out to be another Guthrie. Frustratingly, no one in Edinburgh, including the National Gallery, seems to stock any books about him or prints of his work. I shall have to search the internet later.

( want to see what I did get? the shopping averse should not look )

I have pretty much resigned myself to needing another bag to come home. Hope I can make that work. It would be worth excess baggage charges.

SCA meme

The Queen's Champion

You scored 61% hardcore SCA!

You are really involved in the SCA. You probably have some really cool garb. You put a lot of work into playing the game and making sure its fun for others too. For a lot of folks an event wouldn't be the same without you. You probably have a tendency to over do it sometimes. You may need help knowing when to say "No" or when to stop sewing and go to bed


I've been meaning to do this for fun. Not suprisingly I scored lower than doushkasmumAlso not suprising that a few of my purchases over here are SCA related. A lovely horn spoon and small wooden pot with a lid that I plan to use as a salt.

Can you tell I'm home alone in a strange city? Need to settle down enough to read for a while. I want to pack but the clothes are still drying. This calls for another glass of wine.

Later- spent the time prepping patchwork to do on the train, including pulling bits of paper from the last block.  Dishes too(how fascinating), want to leave the place looking spick. Am now packed except for the last things that can't be put in until the morning. I might not be around on LJ for a few days, depends on random computer access and how busy we get.