My plans for last weekend were postponed due to the snow. It seems odd to say that now, the snow seems like such a long time ago, almost all evidence of it has disappeared. I was meant to be meeting a friend for a catch up and charity shop rummage, but the roads were too hectic for either of us to make it.
So instead of buying clothes I decided to mend some, and turned my attention to my enormous mend pile. I had three items with frayed hems or seams that needed mending, and a shirt that I wanted to remove the collar and make into a grandad style. This doesn't really make much of a dent in the mend pile but it means I have these things ready for my spring capsule wardrobe; instead of wishing I could wear these items, I can!
This weekend my main plan was to see my Mum on Sunday, Mother's Day. It was lovely to spend time with my her and her husband, and eat the enormous roast chicken dinner Andy cooked, but I was distracted, a little lost in my own thoughts. I found Mother's Day hard.
That evening, in an effort to occupy my mind, I decided to have a go at embroidery. I've always wanted to give it a try, and a recent pinning spree has added fuel to the fire. I found a quick star tutorial, grabbed some scrap material and had a go. Yeah, it's something that's gonna feature in my life again, and soon!
It was my wish at the beginning of the year to avoid that Sunday night feeling of a weekend wasted. My goal was to have a plan in place for the coming weekend by each Friday evening. These were two weekends well spent, I think. The mend pile was tackled, I spent some quality time with family, and I tried my hand at a new skill.
What have you been up to?
So instead of buying clothes I decided to mend some, and turned my attention to my enormous mend pile. I had three items with frayed hems or seams that needed mending, and a shirt that I wanted to remove the collar and make into a grandad style. This doesn't really make much of a dent in the mend pile but it means I have these things ready for my spring capsule wardrobe; instead of wishing I could wear these items, I can!
This weekend my main plan was to see my Mum on Sunday, Mother's Day. It was lovely to spend time with my her and her husband, and eat the enormous roast chicken dinner Andy cooked, but I was distracted, a little lost in my own thoughts. I found Mother's Day hard.
That evening, in an effort to occupy my mind, I decided to have a go at embroidery. I've always wanted to give it a try, and a recent pinning spree has added fuel to the fire. I found a quick star tutorial, grabbed some scrap material and had a go. Yeah, it's something that's gonna feature in my life again, and soon!
It was my wish at the beginning of the year to avoid that Sunday night feeling of a weekend wasted. My goal was to have a plan in place for the coming weekend by each Friday evening. These were two weekends well spent, I think. The mend pile was tackled, I spent some quality time with family, and I tried my hand at a new skill.
What have you been up to?
