Up early and off to Waitrose for shopping with a short list which turned into 4 heavy bags full of groceries. How does that happen? Must be some sort of law...
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| Jump lead time |
Tania came over later and tackled the second and last curtain. I had made the linings the night before. Peter worked at home and we had lunch together and then he loaded up Eliot's car with DIY stuff and set off for the builders' merchant's to buy wood for the curtain rail batten. Or we thought he had set off! He was back sharpish. The car wouldn't start. Flat battery. Ah, that's why Eliot so thoughtfully left jump leads on the back seat! Much to-ing and froing with the Volvo and Tania and Simon's Saab in the car park until we had them sufficiently nose to nose for the leads to stretch. Eventually Peter got away and we resumed sewing and talking!
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| Tania's plate |
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| Tania at work |
About 5.30 Tania and I loaded the curtains, linings and the sewing machine into the Saab and headed off for Stoke Newington in the rush hour. Arrived to find Simon and Peter struggling to get the fixings to stay in the plasterboard ceiling...and failing! Longer fittings required and as nothing was to be done about it that evening, we all went off to a nearby Turkish grill restaurant and had huge platefuls of meat and delicious salads.
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