Monday Musings

Nice to see a bit of sun for a change. Just hope it lasts for a while as I much prefer wearing Summer clothes to Winter ones. Even makes having to shave my legs bearable.

Went out for a nice meal at the Tiger Moth with Andrea, Tina and Wendy on Saturday. It was a lovely evening but unfortunately I seem to have been paying for it ever since. I started getting bad stomach cramps on Sunday morning just before work (particularly bad as I had to work on my own because Vicky didn’t turn up again) but weren’t too bad as I had nothing to eat and drink until after my shift. But once I had something to eat and drink Oh Boy! did I start suffering. I ended up having an early night, and a day off as I felt even worse this morning. Strangely, Wendy tells me that she has been feeling unwell too, but both Andrea and Tina are right as rain. Even more strange is that we all shared starters and all had the same main courses. So maybe it wasn’t anything to do with the meal at all, but just some bug I happened to pick up. Whatever – I just hope I feel better soon as I REALLY HATE being ill.

Had some sad news Canny Crafts have announced that they are closed as from today. In a touching message on UKS they outlined their reasons for closing, one apparently being that they were being bullied by other suppliers and distributors to raise their prices and stop doing their special offers and sales. My personal view is that scrapbooking and to a lesser extent cardmaking supplies are already far too expensive and more should be done to bring down the price, rather than increasing it. Apparently there is a downturn in the UK craft market. At a time when crafting appears to be more popular than ever I can only assume that it is a mixture of the proliferation of new craft stores and high prices, that are causing the problem. Maybe lower prices would help to refloat the market. It is a shame that with every Tom, Dick and Harriet opening a store that the more established, cheaper and generally better places are closing, in favour of the places with high prices that don’t give such good service.