Yesterday was going to be a good day. I got up bright and early and got ready to leave the house as close to 9am as I could (9:10 once I'd flapped around checking doors and windows!) to drive down to Somerset to pick J up from his parents and spend the day there.....6 miles and 10 minutes later I was on the M42 stuck in traffic....There had been an accident and there was nothing for us all to do but sit in our cars in the pouring rain and wait....and wait...and wait.....This as how I spent 3 hours...

I'm now 2/3 of the way through this nice big chunky scarf! Today the rain has stopped but the wind is blowing the trees around like crazy! It's not really gardening weather! ;)

After yesterdays 4 hour trauma and trying to get back home without the map book that was on the dining room table(!), I thought I would treat myself to some pre-birthday goodies. Some fabric and lovely picciolo is making me a nice soft keyring in my favourite colours! YAY!

RANDOM UPDATE: As well as spending a lot of time sewing and knitting this weekend I've also spent a considerable amount of time on Etsy and Flickr discovering new shops to buy from and new crafty people and their blogs. Just now I've come across Feeling stitchy and found my bacteria brooch quite randomly! How wierd is that? It's a strange world out there......