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Spooky goings on

Two days ago my boyfriend and I were doing very late night shopping in Tesco (much more fun than shopping at the usual hour) when he turned to me with a very serious look on his face.


"Kat," he said. "Did you replace the batteries in my clock and set it to the right time?"


I'll admit I was a little bit thrown, having absolutely no idea what he was talking about. Turns out that the clock in his kitchen that hasn't worked for at least a month now is not only ticking away merrily, but has mysteriously been set to the correct time.


Well it wasn't me. I think he's got a personal poltergeist.


We also saw a tin of Japanese braised eel, which I was so pleased by I took a picture of it. I'll post it later, along with photos of what I made last night for my craft stall... bunting's brilliant.


Incidentally today's my birthday. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.

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theothermousie said…
Ooohh very spooky!!! Happy Birthday - hope you have a great day xxx Here have a piece of virtual birthday cake xx
18 June 2009 at 11:13
Clare said…
Happy Birthday!
Those sort of mysteries freak me out...
18 June 2009 at 11:22
Glueandglitter said…
Hi Kat, Photoshop would do the job, just open the file size as the pixels I suggest or crop a photograph and add a bit of text! I'm sure you probably know all that already though. I look forward to receiving it!

O and Happy Birthday!
21 June 2009 at 22:02
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