Getting the Message

I've made a vat of bread sauce and frozen it. I had to rent a big enough one from Adnams Brewery. For some reason my family can't get enough of it, and so I doubled the usual quantity while listening to Christine McVie on Desert Island Discs. Her choice of music was great, a real blast from the past. But her own composition, Songbird, doesn't do anything for me. Not so Walking In The Air which I listened to this afternoon when the film of The Snowman was shown while a large orchestra played at Snape Maltings. A boy treble  called Oliver brought a lot of magic into the auditorium, and the film itself did the rest. Even the tiniest children in a packed house sat still for half an hour. The film was made in 1982 and it remains very special. The usher sitting next to me pointed out that most of the parents in the audience weren't even born then. I choked back tears when the little boy runs back to hug the Snowman goodbye. Aaah.

New mocha and old mocha

My old sheepskin boots have come back from Celtic with new soles, new heels and new toes. They are a new size too, and I struggled to get my feet into them. I checked on the receipt that came with them and it says they are size 4. That's interesting because they were a size 5 when I sent them back. I've never bought footwear smaller than that. The sheepskin inside is very thick, and it always takes ages for it to settle down when it's new. I know this because I've been buying their slippers for years and am on my third pair now. The other two have been relegated to the role of guest slippers. When first they arrive you feel as if your feet will suffocate, so tight and hot do they feel. The colour of the boots is mocha, though they must have faded so much that you'd never know it. I don't mind that the new bits are a completely different shade; presumably they too will fade. But some miscommunication has caused this error, and so I must have a conversation with them tomorrow and try to sort it out. Drat. I've really missed them and was thrilled when they arrived in the post yesterday