What I Buy Wednesday

Well, I always say that I don't need anything---and, in fact, I am trying to get rid of stuff. But, somehow, I always manage to find things I cannot live without! 

Here's the haul I brought back from London:

This is the overall view. I ended up getting quite an assortment. And, I resisted buying more tea. Instead, I got another tea cozy. I already have two, but one is Christmas. This way, when I have my tea parties I can still make two pots. This is my first London sweatshirt. I nearly bought the pink one Janet got, but didn't like how it fit--too long for this vertically challenged girl! And I couldn't resist the socks which I actually wore while there. The two cute birds in the picture are from a garden shop in Wales.

I love Sipsmith lemon gin which I cannot get here in the US--so I always bring that back. Well, this time, I could not find that in the "duty free" shop. Instead, I opted to bring home two new ones that I tried this trip. I had the blood orange gin with Janet and it was very good. Then, I just had to try the rhubarb & ginger. It was good too. There was one more--black cherry gin with elderberry tonic which I liked. But we could only handle two bottles. I have no idea if I can get any of these here, but I'm going to look. I'll also look for the black cherry. I'll miss the Sipsmith, but I might be able to find another brand of lemon gin. The way I'm going on about gin, you might think I'm a huge drinker. I'm not, but I do like unusual things. Plus, don't these bottles look so pretty? I do love pretty things.

I got a new oven mitt which I actually need. I added a charm bracelet and a sparkly gemstone bangle to my personal Crown Jewels. 

I usually always get a teapot, but I have quite a few now. So I opted for the Coronation and Jubilee mugs to add to my collection. Plus they were on a good sale---2 for £10! There's a spoon rest and two tea towels. I might have bought the second one for the cute London ribbon it was tied up with. Scrapbooking is always on my mind! I might even share it with Janet!     Wait a minute! What the heck! What is that green thing?

OMGosh! How did that get in my picture? That's Butch's souvenir--a pin from Wales for his backpack. He should make his own post rather than intruding on mine! This is supposed to be about ME! 

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What Barb didn't say is that after all her "spending" I only had enough money to buy a £3 pin! Butch!

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Okay, that's fair. He's always been the one to "make the money" while I'm the one who spends it! Works for us!