Tuesday

 Good morning.  I wonder if this 'handwriting' style font is clearer than the cursive type ones.  Italic style generally is clear and easy to read although, for me, you have to go a long way to beat the Nelson handwriting font.  However, that's one you have to buy so never find it on a list of free fonts.
I'll stop exploring soon - most of the available fonts are either (to me) pretentious, dull or a bit ugly - but beauty is in the eye of the beholder so that's a very personal perspective, isn't it?

Yesterday turned out to be a glorious day.  The sun gradually emerged and it warmed up significantly.  I went into town wearing layered tops and my duffle coat but by the time I got home, I was feeling warm and glad to take the coat off.  Jeff clearly enjoyed working in sunshine again as he made my garden look neat and tidy.  It's a bit of a Forth Bridge job at the moment with the leaves starting to fall but if we keep on top of it, him and me, it won't get too bad.

I got into town just before nine, a good time to arrive as there's not many people about and loads of parking spaces.  Lakeland was closed until nine thirty so I went past it and on to look for my vitamins.  
I'm not jumping on the bandwagon here, I have taken vitamin D for quite a time now and also magnesium after it was strongly recommended to me.  However, recent events (!) have highlighted that some supplements could play a part in making one less vulnerable to viruses and where I have been able to get what I needed in Morrisons in the past, not they are usually sold out.  I went to Boots, Supersomething and Holland and Barratt and ended up getting more than usual of each so I don't have to search again for a while.

Then it was on to M&S where I found what I was looking for - a pack of two pairs of leggings, one pair black and the other pair navy.  They also had a wide selection of jeggings and I got a purple pair (not as lurid as it sounds) too.  I decided to not bother with Primark - I can go another time.

By that time, Lakeland had been open for a while so I went there and, darn it, they didn't have the baggie ties I really needed - that's pretty much the first time I haven't got what I needed there.  However, I did find a small saucepan, the perfect size to replace the one I had to chuck.  More expensive than I had planned but great quality and it should last well.  Then I was naughty (yes, Eileen, I was!) and saw a display of Lekue (imaging acute accents on each e) microwave grills.  I've had my eye on one for ages but thought that it was just a bit too big for my microwave which is pretty small.  They seem to have more sizes now and the smallest one looked about right so I'm afraid I fell good and hard.
Here's a Lakeland/YouTube video that demonstrates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8a--9pGvM

I will have to build some toasties into my meals, won't I?

I went back through a precinct and wandered off into Roman - which was a big mistake or a lucky accident, depending on your point of view.
Suffice it to say I ended up with this really lovely dark navy long shirt with silver stars over - perfect for Christmas although I will have to get or make a vest type top to go under it as it's a bit gauzy, a long jumper (to go with those leggings!) and a couple of pairs of their cropped jeggings which I love so much and which were on sale.  I wear the last a lot in warmer months so they will definitely get used.

So, really, that trip was either a triumph or a disaster, depending on your point of view!  It was fun though.

When I got home, there were a few Amazon orders on the doorstep.  The best was the plastic pudding basins I ordered.  Now I am ready to make those Christmas puddings!

The rest of the day was pleasant, tuition was great and it was all generally very satisfying although I went to bed thanking my lucky stars I had received a refund from the pensions people not long ago!

Today is another gentle day.  Nothing scheduled until Aquacise at twelve and then a tuition session later.  I should get plenty done at home, I think, which would be good.

Better get started then - I'll write up yesterday's tuition notes and plan the next session and then get going in the kitchen.
Have a wonderful day, whatever your plans are.  xx