It is almost the start of the new school term which, although disappointing, is an excitement for the girls. I'm so grateful to have some time now without work to prepare them and us for getting back into routine.
The house is still in a pickle - I'm working on that - but today we had a really good sort out in the girls bedroom, moved furniture, washed skirting boards, the works. I had intended to taken them out to buy new backpacks for school today as both of theirs are really holey and awful, and had said to them we'd get them from the fun backpack shop in town, but when I checked online for the prices my head nearly came off. I had to break it to them that £80 for a school bag was just too much and we'd go to M&S instead, but while I was looking at their range online I thought, why not just check ebay? I have been avoiding online shopping, and in principle don't want to be doing that any more at all. But I had a quick look and found so many bags from the posh £80 shop going for between £15 - £20. The girls have each chosen one they are really happy with, now let's hope they are in good condition and get here on time!
Following that we carried on with our spree and went into town to buy new school shoes. I'm going to take stock of the school uniform we have this week and write down a list of any gaps we have. I'm going to go through the mountains of stationery we have and sharpen pencils and put together a pencil case each for the girls. I hope I can give them a really good start for the new school year. Feeling very 'onwards and upwards' about it all at the moment.
I haven't really any pictures, but another day another sourdough. I also baked a beautiful apple loaf using apple butter from the fridge. It'll be apple cake for the foreseeable now.
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