As you can see, today I finally bought a tree. Normally I’m desperate come December 1st, with the decs down from the loft ready and waiting. This year has been a little different. For a start, I did not get the biggest tree they had. Or rather I did, but only because they had sold out of big ones, which was okay, because I’d decided that I only wanted a small one this year. This is so out of character.

My favourite ever tree didn’t even fit into our old flat with the twelve foot high ceilings, so poor Isaac had to chop the top off it. That was a great tree. It was also a great flat, if you ignored how completely freezing it was all year round except for two weeks in August.

I was going to post pictures of the fabric but after doing several rounds in the washing machine (and I didn’t think you’d like pictures of that) and drying it and then me finally getting the iron out, it was completely dark. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Cutting out and cutting out and oh I do hate cutting out.

My friend did choose the fabric I thought she would (grrrr), and then she chose the second choice in my list for one for herself. My other friend also picked the fabric I thought she would this week. It does give me a little glow to think that I know my friends like that – don’t you just love it when you see a fabric and know it belongs to someone?

With the fabric all prepared it means I can get up and get straight to it tomorrow, so if all goes well there’ll be wip photies. And if it doesn’t, there’ll be some really excellent swearing instead. Stay tuned!