Mugging the postman postmen
Yup, that’s right – not just one, but two postmen were needed to deliver all my goodies today. 
This is the state of the bed by the time I’d finished unwrapping everything:
First of all John and I got to lie in until about 9:45 – yup, that’s right, we have two small children, and we didn’t have to get up until nearly 10. Sadly this is because Little Girl is still poorly – she’s not been sick again, but she’s listless and cold. Still, she’s had a banana for lunch, without any untoward effects (yet!)
Enough of the poorliness, and back to the postmen…
First there was a thud from somewhere. To start with I was worried that Ruth had fallen out of bed, but there was no accompanying wail, so I went downstairs to investigate, and there were two parcels sitting on the frontdoor mat. One for me and one for me and Ruth:
Parcel for me:
It’s a beautiful pincushion with sewing thread cunningly attached round the edges – thank you so much Marji (Btw, there’s something you should all know about me – I’m greedy – if you post on your blog that you have stuff to give away, then you can be pretty sure that there’ll be a little message arriving from me saying something along the lines of “Can I have one? Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Perleeeeeeeease?) Marji – this is way above what I was expecting (not that I had formed any idea of what to expect, but this far exceeds it anyway!)
Parcel for me and Ruth:
This is from Annie – a friend whom I promised to knit I do in black bamboo – I haven’t even started it yet, but she’s already given me a thank-you gift in return. To be fair, I couldn’t have started it as she’s only just sent me her arm-measurements – that’s my excuse, and nothing you can say will persuade me to take it back. And there was a lovely birthday card for Ruth, and the little bag contained:
... then …
Someone rang the doorbell, and banged on the door too for good measure – I ran downstairs in my pjs to find the second postman with a big box full of lovely lovely goodies:
Renata thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much – there are so many goodies in here – clockwise from the front – Knit Picks Sock Garden sock yarn in Pansy (I’ve been lusting after some Knit Picks Sock Garden, but they don’t ship to the UK, so this was inspired – thank you so much); some sachets of Tazo tea – yum, yum, yum; a little bag full of Burt’s Bees samples – I love Burt’s Bees, but so far I’ve only tried the cuticle butter, so this means I’ve got so many more little bits to experiment with; some Red Heart in white and red – my very own Red Heart – apparently the red doesn’t have any ball bands as she had to fight a little old lady to get it – (this brings wonderful images to mind!); some Playmobil toys for Adam and Ruth (you can only see the horse and rider here – Adam had already scarpered with the farmer and his dogs before I could take the pics – they played a large part in getting us our lie-in this morning ); a lovely card with a thoughtful message and a beautiful blue and yellow glass broach. Now all I need is a little self-control before I launch into something with the Sock Garden – I can be strong, I can be strong…
Oh, and Renata – I didn’t have a clue who you were – I had worked out that Anastasia Beaverhousen was probably a pseudonym… Thank you again for all the goodies.
one comment:
Cool parcels! And you should definitely cast on the Sock Garden straight away!
Daisy () (link) - 15 April '06 - 16:24
