Dyeing for something to talk about

 It's been a little quiet around here since the drama of the weekend.

We have a wedding to go to in a couple of weeks and I had an old dress I wanted to wear as it is comfortable, smart, quite unassuming, and it fits. It was also white. I knew I had a box of green dylon hanging around, and although the dress was polyester it did say on the box that polyester was fine you would just achieve a lighter shade. Fine. I put the dress in the wash with a white cotton cardi that had a coffee stain on. The cardi came out green, the dress came out grey. Oh.

So I had to break my no spend rule and spent £11 on a bottle of rit dyemore, which is especially for synthetic fabrics. That was fantastic, and although it did damage my dress a little, being essentially cooked, it has dyed really evenly and I will be able to wear it to this wedding now.

I didn't take a before picture, but you can imagine what a white dress looks like. 

I am really pleased, as I will be needing to buy shoes and dresses for the girls who keep insisting on growing, so didn't want to have to sort myself out too. I will try and find a nice pair of flat shoes at a charity shop. I can't be bothered with heels anymore. I am not a short lady anyway.

I have got a crochet project on the go but to be honest it's been a bit of a mistake. It's a vest top with panels of different patterns. I thought it would be a good quick in betweeny project, but I should have payed more attention to the pattern before I started, as as well as the interesting stitches there is also miles of plain dc fabric. I threw in the towel yesterday and have made a start on my little niece's Cardigan as that actually needs doing. I'll come back to the top.

I want and need to lose some weight, generally, and ideally before this wedding. I gained a clear two stone during lockdown, and have only lost half of that. I think with one thing and another I've found it hard to find the incentive. But now my joints are hurting and that's a pretty strong motivation to make a change. I have been trying to adapt my eating habits so I am not grazing but being better at sitting down to eat meals. I am really trying to drink plenty of water, which is one of my biggest issues as I usually exclusively drink coffee, and a little tea, and it's killing me. And I really want to fit in more exercise, in the house, and out walking. Watch this space, I hope if I can get my head sorted I might start to see improvement and feel better really soon.

Ttfn