The answer is - yes, it flippin' well is at the moment.
We have been plagued by a pesky rodent loose in the house for the past three months. All attempts to humanely remove the little blighter have failed miserably. Firstly, at huge expense, we bought a Sonic and Electromagnetic Rodent Repeller - no discernible effect whatsoever. Then we moved on to humane traps - temptingly baited with firstly raisins, then peanut butter, then chocolate (all recommended in the instructions.) Then we thought we would bait the traps with a really stinky cheddar - nope, not a sniff. Finally, after discovering the mouse had been eating Carr's Original Cheese Melts with gusto, we baited the traps with those, even setting one trap up in a nearly empty box. The bl**dy thing just gets bolder and bolder, on Monday it did a circuit of the living room whilst I was on the phone to my Mum!! Does anyone have any (preferably humane) tips on getting rid of mice? I'd be really grateful for any suggestions. I know getting a cat would do the trick and I would be all for that but P is not so keen.
On a whistle-stop tour of the charity shops this morning I bought another table cloth - although this one is for me and, being round, will fit my dining table perfectly.
It is a lovely heavy cotton material with this great yellow and blue print. These are such Mediteranean colours to my mind so this cloth will be perfect for the summer.
The weather forecast looks fairly settled for the weekend so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be full steam ahead for the car boot sale on Sunday. I'm still on the hunt for the elusive pure cotton short-sleeved work shirts for P. I managed to get two in charity shops in Billericay yesterday, but that still leaves another three or four to be found. But mainly the joy of car boot sales - like any other type of thrifting - is the joy of the unknown, what will be for sale this week?, the thrill of the chase, and the satisfaction of finding something really lovely amongst all the dross. I hope the sun shines where ever you are this weekend.
Pretty tablecloth Elizabeth, great find! It's nice to think of all our fellow bloggers out there bargain hunting on Sunday mornings, we need some sort of badge so that we can identify each other!Hmmmmm...I happen to know where there's a badge maker gathering dust, might have to pursue that idea...
On the subject of mice, we've had the odd one in the past, we never did catch it and eventually we realised we hadn't heard it for a while. THEN we got two cats.....well any cat owner will tell you, they bring home all sorts of wildlife, so not to be recommended as pest control in my opinion!
Wishing you a successful weekend's thrifting.
Gill x
Posted by: Gill | 06/01/2007 at 05:29 PM