Tuesday

 In the garden ...

... the new Eden rose bud has opened and I love it! The other new rose is covered in lemon coloured buds but it'll be another day or two before they open fully.

Yesterday's Bank Holiday was really quiet. I pottered about for a bit at home, tuned into the Style Coach class for an hour,  and then settled down to read during the afternoon and in the evening watched the new series of Vera on catch up. I didn't realise until it was too late to do anything about it that the village of Imber had been open to the public all weekend, yesterday being the last day. I hadn't realised that the event I missed the previous weekend was the Imber Bus Day, when the Routemaster Buses ferry visitors to the village, and that this weekend was the full open weekend. Never mind, I was expecting to wait until Christmas so nothing has changed in that respect!

The Style Coach class was all to do with discovering your style personality, i.e. how do your clothes reflect your personality? We identified our personal styles through a quiz so I can't replicate that here but based on our choices we ended up fitting into one, or maybe a combination of two, of the 5 style personalities. This link will take you to a site that deals with 6 style personalities - the 5 that were mentioned in the class plus the addition of a European Chic style. I ended up being classed as a 'natural' but with an element of 'classic' thrown in the mix, which really confirmed what I already thought. So the challenge to do over the next day or two is to look at all my clothes and decide which things I like and why, and which things I don't like and why. The idea is to assess each item through the filter(s) of my personality style. 

Today, I'm waiting in for two people to pay for and collect the items they've bought. I will also need to package one item to post tomorrow as that auction ends this evening and there are bids on it. So although I don't know the final price I do know it has sold and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a bidding war at the end!

I'm hoping to speak to C, the piano teacher, today. Lessons start a week today and we left it that we would speak this week and deal with any issues so I am going to ask if we can test the computer side of things before the actual lesson. I can't remember the name of the programme she uses for the online lessons but would like to test that it works on my laptop to avoid the first lesson being taken up with technical issues. Apparently it's similar to Zoom but is a programme specifically for music teachers where the majority of the signal is dedicated to the audio rather than the visual. 

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My August decluttering challenge:

• 1st = a set of plastic measuring spoons (I never use them)
• 2nd = a white shirt (band uniform that is now too big) 
• 3rd = odd balls of wool (going to my sister, who can make use of them)
• 4th = a map quiz book (completed and unlikely to want to do it again)
• 5th = blue cardigan (big holes in both elbows so only fit for the bin!)
• 6th = a pile of half completed puzzle books (going to my friend's sister)
• 7th = large fruit bowl (I don't like it but K does, so it's going to her!)
• 8th = a broken Filofax cover (only fit for the bin!)
• 9th = unopened toiletries (unwanted gifts, so going to a friend)
• 10th = 3 small terracotta indoor pots (gifting them to K)
• 11th = old duvet set (to be donated)
• 12th = 5 Pyrex divided containers (to be donated as I never use them)
• 13th = two impossibly hard jigsaw puzzles (to be donated gifted to Joy)
• 14th = books, garden fleeces & growing bags (gifted to Joy)
• 15th = a box of carbon paper (gifting to E)
• 16th = tin full of pencils and crayons (donated to a woman's refuge)
• 17th = DVDs I never watch (gifting to E)
• 18th = broken metal whisk (to be recycled)
• 19th = brand new under sink waste bin (to be donated)
• 20th = 2 pairs of specs (to the collection bin at the recycling yard)
• 21st = winter coat (now too big, gifted to K)
• 22nd = old makeup (only fit for the bin) 
• 23rd = tatty tea towels (wanted by T for use in his garage!)
• 24th = laddered tights (only fit for the bin)
• 25th = socks that are more holes than sock! (only fit for the bin)
• 26th = flash cards and rhythm cards (teaching resources going to C, the piano teacher)
• 27th = 3 large and brand new white picture frames (will probably be sold, unless my sister wants them)
• 28th = various kitchen utensils (to be donated/recycled)
• 29th = a box of assorted ornaments (to be donated)
• 30th = some more completed puzzle books (in the recycling bin)
• 31st = tatty ring binders and wallet folders (to be recycled)