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Have thermos, proper (non-crap, non-leaky) water bottle, insulated mug with lid, and knife fork and spoon set. The mug is the only one that is really a splurge, and it is pretty and blue and when it is empty I can put a few packets of oatcakes in it, so if I'm planning a 'cheese and crackers with soup' lunch the crackers and maybe even some cheese can go in the mug until it is time to make soup in it, thereby saving a bit of space.

Oh, and a bunch of instant soups.

Failed to get: thick felt insoles for my boots, more sensible filofax pages. The filofax pages could in theory wait until the new year but the ones that I have do not really give me enough space on each day, particularly considering my working life is made up of many appointments, the longest of which is 2 hours. The thick felt insoles for boots should really not be that hard. All the camping shop had was special funky insoles for special funky hiking boots. I just want the thick wool ones that you cut down to size and then stick in the bottom of your boots. Is that so hard? Do they have those here? I don't want stupid odor-eating things either, they smell funny. I just want a little more warmth between the ground and my feet, to prevent the latter getting cold.

Wanted: instant (just add hot water) oatmeal in small satchet servings with little or no added sugar. I'm sure these exist, I used to eat them at Andrea's house, but I don't recall having seen them here for some reason. Perhaps a trip to a Larger Sainsbury's is required. Blame idoru for reminding me they exist!

Off to wash all my new dishes and pack my things for tomorrow!

My hair also really needs washing. I suspect it will wait. Still no hot water and I don't fancy going to bed with wet hair. Perhaps in the morning the cold shower thing will seem a little more appealing. Really wish we had one of those electric shower things, then I could still have hot bath (although it would be expensive hot bath).

Comments

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Yes, the thick wool insoles for winter are available in this country - I buy several pairs about this time each year. They're made by Scholl, and have insulating foil backing. You should be able to get them in chemist's shops such as Boots or Superdrug.

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

Yay! I shall have a look tomorrow. Many thanks.

[arkady.livejournal.com]

No problem. :-)

Oh - sachets of instant oatmeal.... I've become quite a fan of Quaker's "Oatso" in "original" (i.e. plain) flavour; you're supposed to add milk and then microwave it for 3 mins, but I bet if you added boiling water and let it stand for 3 mins it'd work just as well - and it comes in boxes of 10 sachets. Hope that helps!

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

It should work especially well if I put in some powdered skimmed milk (oatmeal without milk is Sick and Wrong, I'm sorry).

I will have a look for it, thanks again.