how to make a messy room even messier.....

.....by bringing even more stuff into it. Good stuff though. Useful stuff that I scored at a bargain price so I couldn't possibly pass it by. I went to a garage sale last weekend and this is what I scored for the princely sum of $50:

Nothing too exciting fabric wise, mostly lining fabrics, although included in that stack is 5m of black wool crepe and a supersoft white knit. However the roll of white iron on interfacing and those two monster rolls of cardstock for patterns are totally worth the outlay, that cardstock alone is a good score.

So even though my husband sighed and rolled his eyes when he saw it, I squirrelled it away into my sewing room, you know, out of sight out of mind. I've been diligently cleaning too this week, I'd say I'm about 75% done and then I can take a photo for posterity! I've also done two panels of curtains out of the six I need to do - the windows in my sewing room are very long (one is 6m long alone).

Thanks everyone for chipping in about the breastfeeding and biting problems, the other mums in my mothers group look at me aghast as though I have a psychopath feral child! But it sounds like it's pretty wide spread. I've tried saying no very firmly and in an angry tone of voice, but she gives me a coy little smile which I'm sure I'll see again when she becomes a naughty 2 year old! So then I tried not giving any reaction and instead just detaching her, but then she doesn't seem too bothered at all by that. I tried giving her something else to bite on (a facecloth) but she just started playing with instead. Sigh, so much attitude from one so young!

However, I've noticed that Anna mostly bites during her last feed of the night so I think she's either tired or not enough milk is coming out and that's why she's biting, so by paying attention and unlatching when she stops feeding and before she starts biting seems to have fixed it for now. Carolyn - I did plan to breastfeed for at least 12 months so I can put her straight onto cow's milk rather than try to start bottle feeding formula at this late stage, so hopefully I can last another four months.

Tomorrow I'm heading into my work to sit through a meeting on another restructure to make sure I don't come back to some crazy situation next February. I couldn't rustle up a babysitter so I have to take Anna along, but if it does get boring at least I'll have an excuse to leave ("sorry everyone, the baby needs changing!). At this point in time I'm not too concerned, I know I'll definitely have a job and maybe a change in management would be good.

Anyway I'm hoping to do some shoe shopping tomorrow when I'm in the city, the weather is hotting up around here and I'm thinking of spring outfits plus I haven't bought a new pair all year! In fact I've cleared out about 10 pairs, so I think I'm due some new ones, maybe even ones with (sensible) heels....