New Things

New hair:  On Monday I actually felt excited - first trip to the hairdresser since early September!! my hair had been to India and back, sunbleached and damaged and I had been giving it lots of conditioning treatments at home but it badly needed a good trim.  I had resisted the temptation to do it myself. 

Before - 

and after :             the same but not the same!  It's all in the mind folks :)

 My original appointment had been the week lockdown in the UK began. The salon is open 7 days a week at present to get as many people in as possible without overcrowding and the girls are working 3 days on 3 days off.   I had highlights to blend my grey and my stylist Jess put some in around the hairline so it looks pretty when it's pinned up.  They can only have 4 clients instead of about 12 at a time and everything has to be cleaned down, masks must be worn and there's no drinks or magazines - small luxuries I can do without.  

Chatting (Jess through her face screen and me through my mask) was not too difficult despite my deafness as Jess is quite a loud girl - we had a good laugh and I think that is what a lot of us enjoy at the salon :)

Here I am modelling my new to me skirt, it was very windy.  My skirt is comfy to wear.  Good for denim jacket days.  The scarf to match has not arrived yet.

This is a pressie for hubby:  thought it was time to give him a little treat so bought a selection box of different flavour sausages.   Some of his family live in Durham, UK and work at Geordie Bangers, ... so when they mentioned it on a catch up call and told me how lovely their sausages are, how little fat they have and how popular they are, I  thought the men really should try the products now they have started  doing mail order …. our box was delivered within 24 hours in a chill pack.  

https://www.geordiebangercompany.co.uk/

The bbq might get some use as the weather is due to improve over the next few days and the men do like their bangers.  They don't do a veggie version for me unfortunately.

New nail varnish:  Still wading through my big sale bundle of BarryM nail colours - this week it's

Magic Mermaid Pink Tail.  My nails peel and break and I have spent a fortune over the years on remedies that don't work, keeping them tidy and painted seems to be the best you can do.  My gp could only recommend eating jelly which doesn't help.

New flowers - sweet peas came out in bloom and as the more you cut the more you get,

 I snipped a bunch.

The radish, spring onion and oak lettuce all germinated within 3 days but positioned on top of the shed, the wood pigeon has been able to access and pecked off some tiny green shoots so I will move them (pigeon with onion breath?),  I should stop putting bread out for him, also probably why we have a mouse in the shed who uses a hole in the floor, I surprised him, will have to starve both the mouse and the pigeon out now.

I am feeling slightly cheery today as you might tell by reading between the lines here.  There's so much bad stuff going on in the World right now I have decided to keep life pink and fluffy wherever possible and am not watching the news much.

This is quite a long and rambling post so I will sign off - Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend and please admire my home cooked cheese and onion flans before you go.....