anglaise forgot to say good luck with the curry book, have used it quite a bit now. I have found doubling the simmer times (stage 1 and stage 2) and also doubling the amount of spices massively improves the flavour and textures but I suppose everyone has different tastes. Definetly when you get to stage 2 simmer until the texture is what you want, not the times it states. I usually simmer and skim for about 25 minutes then simmer and stir occasionally for another 20-25 minutes. And don't skimp on the oil, its massively calorific but you do need it for taste and texture.
Am definitely going to do the blinds myself. 2nd bloke been out. He buys fron the original company that quoted. He got to £70 for a small (120 x 100cm) normal, blackout roller blind that I can buy for £12 and I stopped him. I absolutely agree that companies need to make a profit, we do too, but charging a 500% markup on retail materials is ridiculous.
And I did tell him my budget before he turned up.
So it looks like dh is fitting blinds.
The good news is my bathroom is starting to look nice. I painted it all white, and have white tiles. Have decided that as I have white tiles around half of it and a small basic shower over bath suite I can't easily get that hotel look I wanted so gone with a shabby chic seaside theme.
Have a beach huts shower curtain, a boat mirror, one of those cheesy plaques saying something about life being a beach and a lovely painting of beach huts on the wall. Have ordered all sorts of bits from amazon so when it all comes will take some photos.
It's starting to take shape now anyway. We've lived here 4 years and its all been Egyptian cotton (apart from kids rooms) and just neutral schemes. Fancy jazzing things up a bit now.
Next on shit list is ds room which just needs more storage for a billionty toys and a lick of paint. Then am going to revamp my room. We have that mexican pine bedroom furniture, like that corona range. But its years old and gone quite dark so looks old fashioned. But its still really solid, substantial furniture so am going to try and revamp it. Did dds last year and it looks fab, she wanted it grey so it went from dark pine to a really light grey.
I really want fitted, modular furniture but it's so expensive and we spent too much last year so want to spend as little as possible for the next year or 2. And the furniture is fine, just dated (like me I suppose) so if I can jazz it up and get another couple of years out of it I will be happy.
Not dry (fanny filling Carling ffs) but beyond caring this week. I seem to have 1 good week, 1 bad week. Tomorrow I will have wine, Saturday I will have wine.
Sunday I will be dry and am buying a fuckton of AF beers.