- ... a pair of smart black trousers that more-or-less fit me, which was the entire point of the outing and was the very last thing I found in the very last shop I tried.
- a copy of Perfumes: the A-Z guide for the princely sum of £1.99, which I would be delighted to pass on as a gift to anyone who wants it and Doesn't Currently Have One (one of the things I do when I'm feeling sad is dip into it for Snark)
- The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes, because
me_and expressed interest when I sent him a photo of it (which I thought he would, I just wasn't sure it would be enough interest to override the Too Many Books To Read Already) - Karen Armstrong's memoir
- a lavender-scented suspicious microwave ferret, I don't even know, it is My New Best Friend, what on earth (and in totally failing to find an example online so I wouldn't have to take a decent photo I instead found a suspicious microwave SLOTH HUG HOODIE)
- um
- another pasta machine
- IT'S OKAY I PROMISE
- it was bought on spec for a local Pokemon Go friend who wants it to help her make elaborate fondant icing masterpieces
- it was £7.50 and is bright red and Jamie Oliver and she's very pleased
- I promise I'm not keeping this one too
Re: an Abacus, a Bulldozer, a Clefairy, a Dromedary
Date: 2017-11-14 04:47 pm (UTC)(... an Elephant...)
(...some Farfalle, a Garseddai Gun...)
Date: 2017-11-14 06:14 pm (UTC)I haven't read The Spiral Staircase, but she's a good writer.
That's fascinating and odd about the suspicious microwavable animal.
My suspicious microwave menagerie has only one animal, but it makes up for this by being a rainbow unicorn. (It came from KMart, and I looked at the tag and found that website. I am now gazing covetously at the robot one, even though the unicorn one doesn't heat very well.