Blind!

Chasing the blind today. Window blind that is. With VT doing over the dining room extension, he has decided that we need a new blind for the window. It is a large window, and gets full sun from early afternoon onwards so you doneed something to keep the light out. We went into Formby first to get the curtains back from the dry cleaners. They have turned out beautifully, even the tie backs which the man said might go floppy. They didn't. Then we went to Homebase. Passed the old Julian Graves shop on the way, which has been transformed into a Holland and Barratt!! What a surprise.Didn't know that was happening. I think that will do better than Julian graves.
Homebase was really disappointing. First we had a big trawl round the shop looking for blinds and eventually found them. No large blinds to speak of..very boring. A few cream coloured ones, and some bamboo ones and venetian ones that were not suitable, so we gave that up as a bad job. We will have to look elsewhere. At least VT got his clear varnish for the skirting boards and his pot of white paint for the ceiling, so didn't come away e4mpty handed. the paint was on sale so that was good, we got a two litre pot for little more than a one litre one, so a bargain. Rubbish sale otherwise though.
Cold this morning, but the sun has come out this afternoon. What a mixture of weathers.It is hard to know what to put on when you go out these days.
Tonight we are having:
Roasted tomato and feta tarts from Waitrose,
Sliced and sauteed potatoes
Beans for VT and a salad for moi. I wonder if I could get him to eat a bit of salad? Maybe not.