Blog Hub Swap: Day 2

In between running to the post office to send off my first few orders received through my Folksy shop and Twitter (yes, I am bragging, showing off and blushing self-consciously all at the same time) and setting up my Misi shop - link also in the sidebar - I squished in time to open my second parcel of the Blog Hub Swap, from my swap partner Mooncalf.

Since there were no instructions about the sequence after No.1, today I chose to open the golden-leafed envelope entitled 'Need a Break ?' This is what was inside:



The card said it was to keep me refreshed. Upon opening the cupcake-motifed cloth wallet, there was part of an English person's Zombie survival kit:



ie. tea. And not just any old Blue Stripe teabags filled up with the dusty broken little twigs and floor-sweepings from behind the door of the packing room, this is the good stuff: Keemun from Twinings. And when the tea is used up, I have the perfect use for this cute little wallet - watch this space in about ... umm ... 2 weeks time.

Now I have to go explore why cupcakes suddenly seem to be the 'It' item/theme/trend of the moment ....like holidays to Scotland - a miserable bleak, grey, wet and cold place - were the 'in' thing amongst my friends this summer.

Burbling

'Procrastination is the thief of time'.

If I didn't have the interwebs I would get so much more done. But then, I would be far less well-informed about all kinds of incidental oddments in the universe. But truly, for someone as nosy as me, the internet is an absolute timesucker, and as a choice, is a no-brainer when the other main option is cleaning out the morass of mingled muckheaps that is currently the children's bedrooms.

So while I've been waiting for my lye solution to cool down, I've checked out my friends' blogs, clicked on some of the blogs on their blog rolls, found the pattern I want to knit Mini Diva for Christmas (except I'll have to find out how to add a Fun Fur trim), matched the 6 balls of pink Sirdar Luxury Soft Cotton DK (picked up for 50p a ball in the Franklins sale) to a lacy bolero pattern, and am also on my third wash of the day.

So tired out by my exertions, I'm off for one of these:



Except that mine will not be so anaemic, as it'll be Assam, and in a much nicer - and more importantly - bigger, teacup.