22nd November

I woke up this morning and, if it weren’t for the fact that there’s only one side to get out of my bed, I would definitely have said I’d gotten out of the wrong one! Last night when I got back I couldn’t park on the square so I went looking for a freebie space round the back for the first time since I got here. There was one and I parked up. I think, despite having had such a lovely time at Chantal’s, the parking fine was still on my mind, plus the amount that parking here is costing me. I’d also signed up to make another hat with Chantal and was feeling a bit uneasy with myself that I was spending so much money on doing that. The idea of this trip was to be careful with the pot of money I had given myself to use- and here I was spending it on hat making! But I love it.

As I turned the corner to get to the street where my car was parked I saw a guy who looked a bit like a traffic warden. I could feel myself getting uptight. I felt as if, should anyone even looked at me the wrong way, I might burst into tears and pack up and head back to England! How ridiculous! But that’s how I felt. Anyway, it turns out he wasn’t a traffic warden. I don’t actually know what/who he was. But nobody said anything to me and off I set. Hat making, day 2.

Poor Chantal had just got back from the dentist when I arrived. She’s got an abscess in one of her teeth and is on antibiotics 😦

She was out of sorts, I was out of sorts and so it wasn’t the jolly day we’d had the day before- and, after spending forever doing some tiny, tiny stitching in my hat, I discovered I’d done it wrong! Bugger!

We booked the first session for my next hat, had coffee and said au revoir.

All the way back I was on edge wondering if/where I would be able to park my car. I was able to park in the square. Hurrah- I think! I’m certainly swelling the Whoosh! Coffers at the moment!

On a lovely, positive note- the lights in the square have been switched on and look very pretty:)

I caught up with Junior Bake Off tonight. They had to make a structure out of biscuits. Fin used gingerbread and Prue Leith said it was better than they make in Grasmere. A big statement indeed! I wonder what Sarah Nelson would think? Fin was thrilled to bits of course 🙂

I had a peep out the window at the Christmas lights before I went to bed- they are really lovely.

Bonne nuit 🙂