No work on the spiders today because first, no more white elastic, and second, I had a doctor's appointment this morning. That made for a very bust day because I did laundry last night to take advantage of a brief spell of hot, sunny weather, so I had to get up extra early to get all that hung out before going to the shops to run some errands. The hardware store chain my mum worked at for many years is going under, so I went in there to grab what I could — not much left but I did get suet pellets and bird seed for the birdies. After shopping, I went to my appointment, and I was home by 11.30.


Put the car away, went to put my bike away, and decided that since it was still quite early I'd cycle down to the fabric shop, see if they had any shirring elastic since I couldn't get any in town. They did, so I got two reels of white and one of black, plus a reel of white sewing thread, and a half metre of black cotton fabric so I can make some more black spiders for next year. I only have 33 black ones and I'm pretty sure they'll be popular. I also grabbed a sizeable remnant of black velvet. I want to see if I can make fuzzy black spiders.


Then, since I was that end of town, I went to the craft shop, which sadly is also closing. I was browsing the peel-off stickers, usually £1.25 a sheet but priced at 10 for £1, looking to see what I could use, and the shop owner asked if I use them a lot. Well, I do use them a fair bit, so I said yes. Then he says, "Would you like the whole boxful for £13.50?" My brain near exploded, he was literally offering me the whole lot at a penny each, and that is not the sort of bargain I was going to turn down. So heavy though, and I was on my bike so I had to walk home pushing it. 1350 sheets of stickers! I still have to sort them out, and I know there will be a lot that are surplus to requirements, but I'm still stunned by my good fortune 😶😮😂🙃