all made up with nowhere to go

I have been trying to cut down on buying things I don't need and I am getting better at it. Sort of.

I bought myself some Winsor and Newton Promarkers and Bristol Board a few weeks ago, because they were on sale on Cass Art's website, and I am all about alcohol markers at the moment. But I have to physically stop myself from buying more, cheaper ones (side eyes the Decotime set B&M sell), or buying more paint markers.

BUT. I just saw a massive set of Stabilo highlighters in varying tones for half price, and although I wanted them, I didn't buy them! And I'm pleased with myself.

I only really wanted it because I like the stands the bigger sets come with (and all those colours!), and because I saw some videos on pinterest, and I was jealous of the people who had all those colours. But I realised, looking at Stabilo's website, that actually I would have a heck of a lot of repeat colours (some of them tripled!) if I bought it. So I closed the website without buying it.

(I didn't manage so well earlier in the week buying Staedtler highlighters in classic highlighter colours, whoops).

But generally, I managed to not spend more money than went in my bank, and I am pleased with that! And that includes having to buy a new pair of glasses, which were not cheap (but obviously essential. Eyes are important!)

In other news, I fell into a hole of watching people playing Slay The Princess, and I am still not done with that, and I will miss it when it is gone. I have added it to my Steam wishlist, although I don't know if the laptop is capable of running it (and I don't want to play it right away now anyway). What a game that is! It is very much my catnip, and I don't know why I haven't investigated it sooner.

I also have started importing my Goodreads library to my Storygraph account - I would rather use the latter over the former, although I'm reading so little these days that it's probably pointless, but here we are. I am the same username as I am everywhere else (mostly) than here, which is rootsandbones. Y'know, if you want to add me, but you are obviously not obligated.

(I would not have even done this today but that helvetica had posted a Storygraph screenshot on bsky showing how much she'd read and I was like, "WAIT A SEC I FORGOT THAT WAS A THING!" So I downloaded the app, but have had to do the import on the PC because it's easier).

Finally, I've got what I suspect will be my last counselling appointment later this morning. I say this because last week we ran out of things to talk about, partly because my mood has improved since I started it (though I suspect it is unrelated). So we ended the session early. I actually did think of a couple of things I want to talk about this week (emotional dysregulation, and some other stuff) so we'll see how that goes!

Other than that, it's been work/sleep/house stuff, as per usual!

(This entry feels disjointed - sorry for that. I just don't know what to talk about these days).

List, because why not?

1. I finally redyed my hair again. I have been doing it off and on since July, but not consistently the same colour. I bought the wrong shade of the right make, then tried one someone I work with suggested. I liked the suggested one, but the hair colour wasn't bright enough for me, heh. It looked like a more natural red-brown than I wanted. And then, IDK, a couple of months went by without me realising, and suddenly my roots were very visible, and so was my grey streak at the front. But now I am back to the right shade of red, and I am happy :)

2. I'm looking forward to my two weeks off work! Gonna play lots of video games (I am *this close* to buying Balatro, lol) and do some wallpapering!

I'm also going to do my nails, because I haven't for ages. It's probably not a good idea, given I will be doing some interior decorating, but I actually feel like I want to do it, so I shall!

3. Talking of house stuff, the front bedroom is still not really a viable work space BUT. I am still really pleased with what I've managed to achieve in a year. And I've been working on other rooms/spaces besides that one as well, and it is mainly just me doing stuff. None of it is perfect, but that's okay.

4. I've had another text from the mental health folks to tell me they haven't forgotten me. I guess at least they're sending texts, rather than letting me fester in a void of ignorance?

(I forgot to mention on the last post that I was told at my initial assessment that I could contact them directly if things got any worse. Which I would do, obviously. Luckily, I'm just trucking along at the moment. But it doesn't mean I don't think the state of mental health care could be improved a lot).

5. I don't think I have a fifth thing, but five things make a post, right?