Pausing only to point out that yes I do know what's happening in the world, and no, I don't think that anything I have to say will help, I'm going to move right along to something uplifting: Ampersand Duck's Five Things Meme!
In my handbag
* Spare car key (for when I lock myself out of the car, which I do more frequently than I would like)
* Industrial strength painkillers
* Small tube of Prescriptives concealer, of a shade matched to my skin tone, which you can't get any more in Adders since they downscaled DJs and pretended it was an upgrade
* Superfine black pen
* Three different pairs of prescription glasses, which is what happens when you can't tolerate either glare or graduated lenses
In my fridge
* Tulip bulbs (deep-burgundy-to-black) I should have planted ages ago
* Brussels sprouts I should have eaten ages ago (I like Brussels sprouts, it's just an oversight)
* Half a bottle each of Brown Brothers Pinot Grigio and Fox Creek Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc
* Half a jar of Yackandandah Morello Sour Cherry jam
* Half a lemon
In my closet (except that what I have is more properly called a wardrobe)
* A beautiful Indonesian paper parasol I don't have room to display, and Chinese fan ditto
* A bronze, silver and black scarf/shawl, figured velvet on gossamer-weight black silk georgette with a silk fringe, that I bought in Vienna
* A leather jacket of very soft matte black with a silk lining that I bought many years and far too many kilos ago and cannot bear to get rid of
* Some black fingerless mittens knitted for me by my mum
* Possibly a ratbag tortoiseshell cat, depending
In my car
* A small bottle of Jurlique rose refresher spray
* Three boxes of books I keep meaning to take to the second-hand man
* A Red Cross first aid kit
* A straw hat
* A brown, cream and black plaid woollen blanket with fringes
In my bathroom cabinet
Four different kinds of hair 'product', none of which is satisfactory
Five pairs of nail scissors, yes it's a mystery to me too
Tea tree oil
Chanel No. 5
A packet of band-aids with cartoon characters on them
Ha! I forgot to mention the character band-aids. I have them in the car and the bathroom cabinet. Dunno why, Bumblebee thinks bandaids are exotic even without the pictures. I used to be teased for turning up at work with Wiggles on my fingers. Now it's more likely to be Duelmasters or Harry Potter.
ReplyDeleteI just did this meme and said the same thing about 'closet' and it seems we're all band-aid tragics.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, about the band-aids. I was once advised by a man with three children that the absolutely best thing you could give a two-year-old was her or his very own box of band-aids, so I improved on this and bought a box of novelty ones for small visitors. And it's been a habit ever since to have them in the house.
ReplyDeleteOh, you'd be a firm favorite of children with that policy!
ReplyDeleteI find a roll of sticky tape works just as well (for the kiddies, I mean).
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