Yesterday, I only did the morning at work because I have to open up on Thursday morning, as my boss will not be in till a bit later. She had wanted me to swap the entire day, but I like doing half days, because it means I can spend the afternoon mooching about in town if I want to. Which is exactly what I did yesterday.
I went to explore Asda because I was going to buy some household stuff, as my sister in law says they're good for that (I think she is biased because she shops there a lot ;) ). Anyway, I also wanted to look for some Crayola pencils since, I don't know if you know, but I am addicted to buying pencil crayons. And I had seen this video by Doodle Date, where Steph had mentioned the Colours of the World sets that Crayola have released (there's a pic of the pencils, which is what I wanted, but it turns out Steph wanted the pens). So I thought I would like to have some, and I got them for almost half price! (£2.25 versus £4!)
I also bought a blank notebook, because I'm me. But also because it's a really nice size (7.5x10inches), and you don't tend to get blank notebooks smaller than A4*. I'm going to use it as a sketchbook**. It turns out, by weird coincidence, to be the same size as a notebook I already have, and that I used one of as a sketchbook many years ago! (But it has less pages) I am tempted to go back any buy a couple more but a) I don't know what the paper is like, and b) I already have the aforementioned other books.
And then the only other thing I bought that wasn't useful/food was a nail varnish that I've been wanting for about a year now, which is a blue one by Barry M called Blue Margarita. It's a lot darker than it looks on the picture in the link. Anyway, I'm really happy with it, and definitely glad I got it!
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Meanwhile, in NEO: TWEWY, spoilers!
( Read more... ) And that's mostly where I am with that, at the moment.
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I finished reading Equal Rites when I got home yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 10/10, would absolutely recommend to anyone. I really liked Esk, she was amazing, and obviously Granny Weatherwax was also amazing. Also I made the mistake of looking through some of the bad reviews on Goodreads - usually I enjoy reading bad reviews, but these ones just made me sad that they didn't see what I did.
Reading it really reminded me what I love about Terry Pratchett's writing, and how amazing he was with words regardless of whether it's leading into a joke or not. And it made me sad that I've spent so long not reading Discworld, when they are evidently such enjoyable books (but problems with concentration/feeling sad about PTerry's death are contributors to that, as well as a layer of "but what if I don't like it any more?" on top). So obviously, I am going to rectify that, although I'm going to read a different author next, I think.
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*At least, not in the UK/not round where I live/work.
**Yes, I know I already have all these others, including the ones I made [nervous laughter]
I went to explore Asda because I was going to buy some household stuff, as my sister in law says they're good for that (I think she is biased because she shops there a lot ;) ). Anyway, I also wanted to look for some Crayola pencils since, I don't know if you know, but I am addicted to buying pencil crayons. And I had seen this video by Doodle Date, where Steph had mentioned the Colours of the World sets that Crayola have released (there's a pic of the pencils, which is what I wanted, but it turns out Steph wanted the pens). So I thought I would like to have some, and I got them for almost half price! (£2.25 versus £4!)
I also bought a blank notebook, because I'm me. But also because it's a really nice size (7.5x10inches), and you don't tend to get blank notebooks smaller than A4*. I'm going to use it as a sketchbook**. It turns out, by weird coincidence, to be the same size as a notebook I already have, and that I used one of as a sketchbook many years ago! (But it has less pages) I am tempted to go back any buy a couple more but a) I don't know what the paper is like, and b) I already have the aforementioned other books.
And then the only other thing I bought that wasn't useful/food was a nail varnish that I've been wanting for about a year now, which is a blue one by Barry M called Blue Margarita. It's a lot darker than it looks on the picture in the link. Anyway, I'm really happy with it, and definitely glad I got it!
~
Meanwhile, in NEO: TWEWY, spoilers!
( Read more... ) And that's mostly where I am with that, at the moment.
~
I finished reading Equal Rites when I got home yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 10/10, would absolutely recommend to anyone. I really liked Esk, she was amazing, and obviously Granny Weatherwax was also amazing. Also I made the mistake of looking through some of the bad reviews on Goodreads - usually I enjoy reading bad reviews, but these ones just made me sad that they didn't see what I did.
Reading it really reminded me what I love about Terry Pratchett's writing, and how amazing he was with words regardless of whether it's leading into a joke or not. And it made me sad that I've spent so long not reading Discworld, when they are evidently such enjoyable books (but problems with concentration/feeling sad about PTerry's death are contributors to that, as well as a layer of "but what if I don't like it any more?" on top). So obviously, I am going to rectify that, although I'm going to read a different author next, I think.
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*At least, not in the UK/not round where I live/work.
**Yes, I know I already have all these others, including the ones I made [nervous laughter]
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