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[kbk]

That makes five days I haven't managed to go to the shop despite meaning to. Though I did go to other shops and keep myself somewhat supplied with caffeine. Sigh.

I have, however, been to two choir rehearsals and a metal class. And next week I will do the same and I'm going to learn to weld!

And I took Laa out and we signed up for a jewellery making class. And then I also signed up for stained glass making, and was the first one on the list - hopefully there will be enough people by the time it starts. We had to sign up for jewellery now, though, because it is one of the popular ones, with two classes and one was already full.

And I have spent a ridiculous amount of time looking at tiles on the internet. First it was pricing (bottom end, which is the idea, is £5-15 per sqm; but some people apparently pay over £100 per sq m, which would mean my not-large bathroom costing a couple of thousand, which is insane, and these people probably have much larger rooms and pay somebody else to tile them. Though I admit the Live Glass ones are pretty - they're kind of like those ridged cards with changing pictures that you used to get, with stripes of glass that change colour depending on the angle you're at. But I still gawp at the price.) but then I got involved in thinking about my kitchen - which is just, like, sink, fridge, cooker, two metres wide, with wall cabinets as well, and I was going... oh, these ones come in half-metre-squared packs, I could use a few different shades of blue... or ooh, those red ones are awesome, and those black ones, I could just buy a few and use them as accents in plain white... or oh, I do like those mosaic-y ones even though they're a bit expensive, and it's not like I'd need many of them... Essentially doing what I did when I was shoe-shopping. Not good, self, not good. (ETA: sweet jebus, some of the mosaic ones are over £200. wait, no. £300 per sq m. My gast is flabbered.)(ETAA: brushed-effect metal mosaic, actually quite pretty, nearly £40 per sheet... 11 sheets per square metre. My jaw, it is dropped.)

Speaking of shoe-shopping, there was a magazine I picked up waiting somewhere, and it had people who organise people's wardrobes, and one of said organising people said, "The average girl has 50-100 pairs of shoes and 40 pairs of trousers." I got rid of about half my shoes because I thought twenty pairs was far too many. And I may have ten pairs of trousers but I doubt more than half of them are actually wearable. So. Y'know. I'm amused. I forget that people think I'm strange.

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[diarytypething.livejournal.com]

Whoever thinks that the average woman has 50 pairs of shoes must have got their data from a very specific sample group. I don't think I've ever had more than about 10 pairs at any one time in my entire life (including when I was taking about 4 different types of dancing lessons in primary school), and I'm aware that I might not be typical compared to girly-girls, but if you tried to get that many shoes into my bedroom there wouldn't be room to move, especially if you also have 40 pairs of trousers, and maybe a hundred odd tops to go with them. Maybe this is just an average of women who can afford to have someone else re-organise their cupboards when they realise they are arse-deep in designer clothes.

Cheap tiles are good if you are putting them up yourself. Usually tiling tends to involve the cutting of tiles, and the inexperienced tend to accumulate a small heap of broken tiles when this happens.

[kbk]

Maybe this is just an average of women who can afford to have someone else re-organise their cupboards when they realise they are arse-deep in designer clothes. This is probably it, yes.

Oh, cheap tiles for definite, I am just astounded at how much people are apparently willing to pay. And I will put the bits in a box intending to use them for crafts and forget about them until I move out, probably. Ho-hum.

[edithmatilda.livejournal.com]

I am impressed by the sign-upping Metalwork is clearly splendid and I am having to remind myself that I should not be going a tiny bit OMG ENVY because I did find my Dream Craft and still have squee.

I gather there are various pottery things happening in the hip arty bit near the cinema co-op. Maybe I should Investigate that. I like shaping things. We need a good range of crafts for when we all move into hobbit holes dug in the same hill.

[kbk]

I may have started looking at welders on ebay. Not that I'm actually going to get one, because, hi, my commitment level on such things is not that high. But you are doing books and that is Awesome.

Pottery could be good fun, yes.

The hill has to have a stream in it, btw, for electricity for our internets.

[edithmatilda.livejournal.com]

You will not need to be committed because it will be exciting and nifty and involve Big Shiny Tools. Thus it will draw you unto it with its excitingness, and will not seem effortful. I was confused when that happened, but it was quite pleasing. Getting the tools for stuff is also quite exciting, particularly if it means you can play with them at home. My things I will need first are shears and scalpels I think. I believe Derek will get things in bulk, thus reducing the postage and actually-finding-things issues. Welders are fantastic and I think that having one is its own reward.

Currently when I get to the end of bookbinding I think Oh no, no stuff to do until next week! I feel this is a good sign probably. I might see if the co-op cinema needs volunteers for its daytime family-friendly showings, since I will not have to feel like the least cred person there quite as much. Also, free children's films! Wheee!

The stream is indeed vital, because the solar panels will power an egg timer if we're lucky.