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18 days to go!
Hi guys 👋🏻
I hope you are enjoying the Christmas build up and feeling suitably festive.
One of my favourite things to do to make me feel super festive is decorate the tree and we were finally able to put ours up this weekend.
I do most of the festive decorating around the flat but we always decorate the main tree together.
We have a traditonal colour scheme of Red, Gold & Green.
Lets take a look!
Until Next,
Roseanne 🙂
20 Days to go!
Here is my Harry Potter Christmas tree.
Enjoy!
There is a mixture of ornaments of all the different Hogwarts Houses, with the main theme being Gryffindor.
Gryffindor is my favourite Hogwarts house so I have the Gryffindor bow ribbons? extra Gryffindor ornaments and extra red and gold baubles.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
So, late last year I got an awesome glass cabinet for all of my Harry Potter Merch!
If you’ve been around here before (or you know me) you’ll know that I’m a massive Harry Potter fan.. ⚡
So this is very exciting!! Any Potterheads on here!?!
I will be doing a post on here, of my HP Cabinet once it’s as I want it, so keep your eyes peeled for that 👀
Let’s get into the haul…
There was a sale on Geek Gear and I just couldn’t resist buying a few new bits that I didn’t have.
I love that the items came packed in (what I assume is intentional) Weasley Wizard Wheezes coloured packaging 👌🏻
I can’t wait to add these to the cabinet.
The print is going up in our room, with our other ones.
And I’m going to keep my eyes peeled for more cool HP merch, because now I have a cabinet I can never have too much haha 🤣🤣
Have you guys got any cool HP Merch recommendations?
Or personal favourite pieces?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
So, a couple of years ago I had a Harry Potter themed tree, but then disaster struck and my second tree broke (sad times)
This year, my twin sister who also loves Harry Potter, created a Harry Potter themed tree and it made me reallllly want one again..
Plus, we went to the HP tour and they had so many Christmas decorations that injust couldn’t resist. See yesterdays post for the ones I picked up.
I used a plain 6ft tree, and added some plain/glittery red baubles as a base (I’m going for a Gryffindor theme, Obv.)
I purchased some Gryffindor ribbon at the HP tour and I made this onto bows… I popped them on first.
Then I added my Harry Potter baubles that I already owned, and my new ones from the tour (see yesterdays post)
I had house baubles of the 4 house colours, 4 clear house baubles filled with gold glitter, purchased this year and a large glittery Hogwarts Crest bauble that my mum got me a few years ago.
These all came from Primark.
Finally, I added a few little extras that I have in my collection, some HP glasses, a couple of tickets for the Knight Bus and the Hogwarts Express, as well as a few little characters (Can you spot Ron & Dobby?!)
All in all, I’m really happy with how it came out.
And now our room looks super festive too 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
So, ever since Primark started selling Official merch such as Harry Potter, I’ve managed to pick up some really cool baubles at Christmas time.
This year I have bought some lovely clear baubles. They are a set of four and each has one of the different house crests printed on it. They are filled with gold glitter.
They look really pretty and go well with my red and gold theme.
Also…
At the Harry Potter Warner Bros tour in London, last weekend, I picked up some more decorations.
Let’s take a look…
They sell ribbon that comes in four colours, one for each house.
I went for Gryffindor as that’s my favourite house.
You can use it to either drape around the tree as tinsel or tie it to make little bows, to decorate your tree.
I went for bows.
I also picked up a couple of other baubles, at the tour.
I went for a couple of Gryffindor themed ones.
I really had to hold back because there were so many awesome ones.
I went for a red Gryffindor bauble with a lion topper.
This is really cool.
I also picked up one of the stain glass effect house shields.
Gryffindor of course. I think these are really pretty and were probably the most reasonably priced ones tbh.
A great little stocking filler for any HP fans. They are available in the fours houses too.
The final one I picked up was this…
It’s a general Harry Potter one. Its has a ‘H’ for Hogwarts on a little Crest, with a Hogwarts silhouette, on the front. It is a clear bauble, so it goes nicely with the Primark ones I bought (mentioned above).
It is filled with little shavings of confetti that are the house colours.
Super pretty.
They did have a Hogwarts castle in a snowglobe style, which I kinda wish I had bought, but it looked rather heavy.
They also did some other more specific ones such as the little Yule ball outfits.
They had a Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry Crest topper, for the top of your HP tree… again very tempting but I have another idea for the top of mine, that I used last time I embarked on a HP tree.
Check out tomorrows Blogmas post to see my finished HP tree, complete with these baubles and decorations on it.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Happy Day Ten of Blogmas!
Here’s a little sneak peek at how I’ve decorated my reading corner… I love fairy lights (any excuse!) And they look super cute with a few little other festive touches.
Super cosy!
Adding a few festive touches has made my reading corner even more cosy!
Annd I’ve even managed to not poke myself in the eye with one of the light up branches, whilst reading, so win win!
Books & Christmas = a pretty epic combo! 🎄📚
Has anyone else decorated their reading areas?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
• O’ • C h r i s t m a s • T r e e •
One of the best parts of Christmas is putting up your tree, so here’s ours!
I love putting up the tree, christmas jumpers on, christmas tunes blaring out… perfect!
I love the traditional red, gold and green of our decorations.
What theme is your tree??
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
I wanted to update my reading corner recently. I am happy with the theme and colour scheme, as it fits well into the lounge where it is….
… I did however, need more space!
As I mentioned on my Instagram (RoseannesBlog) page, me and my husband recently went to Ikea and there is where I found my new bookcase! As well as a few other little bits to finish off the area
So, let’s take a look!
The new addition to my bookcase is the slim one nearest the wall. This is the Billy Bookcase from Ikea.
This bookcase is from the Billy Bookcase range and is just like my original case (also a Billy), but it works really well as a little case for a small space, or a add on to create a little extra space.
This was perfect for the space that I have for my reading corner.
I can’t wait to fill up my new shelves properly.
Here are some of the little bits that I’ve bought to add to the area.
I bought some plants to decorate the shelves, a cute pink lamp for my desk and a new swivel desk chair.
I’m really happy with the extra book space thats been created, without ruining the area that I have already prepared.
Its still super cosy too…even more so! And I can’t wait to enjoy my books in this area.
What do you think?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
ℍ𝕖𝕪 𝕘𝕦𝕪𝕤 👋🏻
ꜱᴏ, ᴀ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ ᴏʀ ꜱᴏ ᴀɢᴏ ɪ ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴅɪʏ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ʙʟᴏɢꜱ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ ᴘᴀɢᴇ, ꜱᴏ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱᴛᴇᴘ ʙʏ ꜱᴛᴇᴘ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʏ ɪɴ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ʟɪʟ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ. ɪ’ᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ꜱᴏ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴜɴ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ɪ’ᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏ!
𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜!
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ:
•ᴄᴀɴᴠᴀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇᴅ ꜱɪᴢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴀᴘᴇ (ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴄᴛᴀɴɢʟᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ɪᴛ)
•ɢʟᴜᴇ ɢᴜɴ & ɢʟᴜᴇ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ
•ꜱᴄɪꜱꜱᴏʀꜱ
ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴀɴᴠᴀꜱ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴍᴇᴀꜱᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ.
ɪ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪᴢᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍɪɴᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴀɪɴʟʏ ʙɪɢ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴘɪɴᴋ ʀᴏꜱᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍʏ ɪᴠᴏʀʏ ʀᴏꜱᴇ’ꜱ.
ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘʟᴀᴄɪɴɢ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ɪᴠᴏʀʏ ʀᴏꜱᴇ’ꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ɪᴛ ᴜᴘ. ɪᴛ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ʟᴏᴏᴋ.
ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥:
•ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢʟᴜᴇ ɢᴜɴ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ᴜᴘ, ᴘʀᴏᴘ ɪᴛ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ ᴡʜɪʟꜱᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴀɴ ʟᴇᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅʀɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ (ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟʟʏ ᴅɪᴅɴᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ.. 🙄)
•ᴄᴜᴛ ᴏʀ ᴘᴜʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀɪᴍ ᴀɴʏ ᴇxᴄᴇꜱꜱ ꜱᴛᴇᴍ ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ɪꜱ ꜰʟᴀᴛ.
•ꜱQᴜᴇᴇᴢᴇ ᴀ ꜱɪᴢᴇᴀʙʟᴇ ꜱᴘʟᴏᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ɢʟᴜᴇ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ, ɪɴ ᴘᴏꜱɪᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴᴠᴀꜱ.
•ʜᴏʟᴅ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ 15 ꜱᴇᴄꜱ.
•ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ, ᴀʀʀᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪꜱʜ, ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜱᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜᴏᴜᴛ, ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇᴅ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ.
•ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅʀʏ.
•ʜᴀɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴅᴍɪʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴡᴇꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ 🌹
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
ꜱᴏ, ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴀɢᴏ, ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ꜰʟᴀᴛ. ɪ’ᴠᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ.
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜰʟᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴇᴛᴛʟᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴡ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴘʟᴀɴꜱ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀꜰꜰᴏʀᴅᴇᴅ ᴜꜱ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰʀᴜɪᴛɪᴏɴ.
ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏꜱ ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ.
ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴜʏ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙɪᴛꜱ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ɪᴛ.
ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴘ ʏᴇꜱᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɢʀᴀʙ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴘᴘʟɪᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴅɪʏ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ.
𝓛𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴…
ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ꜰᴏᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰʏ ᴄʜᴀɪʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. ɪᴛ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴘᴀʀᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴇɢʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ, ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅᴜᴍᴘɪɴɢ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ.
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʟᴀᴘᴛᴏᴘ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ʟᴏᴄᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪᴢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ɪᴛ ꜰɪᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛʟʏ.
ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴʏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ. ɪᴛꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ɪɴ ᴀɴʏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ (ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ) ꜱᴏ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ʙɪʟʟʏ’ ᴏɴᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴋᴇᴀ. ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ ɪꜱɴ’ᴛ ɪɴ ɪᴛꜱ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏʙ ᴡᴇʟʟ ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ.
ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴜᴛʜʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ. ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴇ ʙʏ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ɪᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ.
ᴍʏ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴜQᴜᴇᴛ ɪꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴇᴜᴛʀᴀʟ/ʙᴇɪɢᴇ ᴛᴏɴᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴜꜱᴋʏ ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxɪꜱᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴄʜᴇᴍᴇ. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴜQᴜᴇᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ‘ꜰᴀᴋᴇ’ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ, ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ʙɪᴛꜱ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇᴀ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱʜᴇʟꜰ, ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀᴋ ʜᴏᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ, ꜱᴏ ɪᴛꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.
ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏʀᴀʟ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛʀᴀɪɴ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴀ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴄᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.
ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴡɪᴄᴋ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ. ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴄᴏꜱʏ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢꜱ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰʏ, ᴄᴏꜱʏ ʙʟᴀɴᴋᴇᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀᴋ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɴᴇxᴛ. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴍ ᴘᴏᴍ ᴅᴜꜱᴋʏ ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡꜱ. ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏᴜɴɢᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜱᴏꜰᴀ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ʀᴇꜱɪꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴀɪʀ ᴛᴏᴏ. ꜱᴏ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ.
ᴘʟᴜꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄᴜꜱʜɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ Qᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ.
ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏʀᴀʟ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴅɪʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴏ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ. ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ᴏɴ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɴᴇxᴛ! ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ ᴀᴅᴅꜱ ᴀ ɴɪᴄᴇ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜɪɴɢ, ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴄʜᴜꜰꜰᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜ, ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏɴ’ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ’ꜱ ᴛᴀꜱᴛᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴍ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇQᴜᴀʟ Qᴜᴀɴᴛɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏꜱʏ, ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀꜱ. ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ɪᴛꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪɴᴠɪᴛɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ɢʀᴀʙʙɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴛᴛʟɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ.
ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴇᴅ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘᴇᴇᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ.
ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ,
ʀᴏꜱᴇᴀɴɴᴇ 🙂
Roseanne Byford 