Time off

Charlotte has been waking up most mornings at 6.30am (or a tad before). And I've either been going to bed too late or not being able to sleep when I do go at a reasonable time. So yesterday morning I was completely knackered. No energy, yet a no school/no garderie day looming ahead of me. Plus Michael in bed till the afternoon. Plus hot. So when Charlotte asked to go to garderie it seemed a reasonable request. And Lily was keen as mustard as well (she loves garderie and jumps at any chance to go).

I rang Yasmine and she was happy to take both girls. I'm so lucky. Came home and did a few jobs that have been hanging around. Felt quite productive really.

And today Lily had her class trip on the train to Chateau de Prangins (near Nyon) and Charlotte was in garderie all day. So some more free time. After waving goodbye to the kids around 9.15am I went for my walk. Made Cottage Pie and a beef and lentil soup (both WW recipes), rang Natasha and went to Migros.

Around 2pm I went into town to hit the sales (have to make hay while sun shines as they only have 2 sales here a year). Picked up a few bits n' bobs, nothing major. Promod hadn't started their sale yet, Globus trotted out the same kitchenware they do every year (although the kids dept had a few good things), Zara was OK but nothing stood out (and the brown skirt I bought when Mum was here was reduced, hate that), there wasn't too much at Manor (although I did pick up an Australian flag for Sf10 and some Swiss things). And Coop was alright...got a couple of platters and icecream spoons.

You would wonder why I'm buying more stuff when I just have to lug it home (probably at our own expense) but I can't live like that. And nothing I buy is that expensive. So if I give it away, so be it (so I say now!).