"I'm usually thin and gorgeous but it's my day off" is the quote we had to work with today and marry it up with Art Journal Journey 's "Snow" theme.
"It was a snowy day when Sandra and Bettina decided to meet up and do something, afterall it was a lovely crisp day with just a little snowfall on the ground and it had not turned into that slushy stuff that happens just when you have a brand new pair of red boots that you want to show off. So, making the most of the light snowfall Sandra set off in her new big shiny red boots.
"Fancy going ice skating in the park?" asked Bettina.
"Not today" answered Sandra. "I've only come out to please you" she went on to say.
"Oh, sorry, there was I thinking you had come out to show off your new shiny red boots" quipped Bettina, "I had noticed them, in fact you can hardly miss them, they are huge."
"These old things" replied Sandra, fingers crossed behind her back because she hated telling lies but it was ok if you did that with your fingers, wasn't it?
"Well, what did you have in mind then?" asked Bettina.
"Err I don't want to do anything where there are crowds, I'm not feeling up to it today."
"What do you mean? You've come out wearing that big red coat and those fab new boots but you don't want to go where people are? I don't understand you."
"You know me, I'm usually thin and gorgeous, but it's my day off."
What do you mean it's your day off? queried Bettina.
"I don't honestly know. I was so excited to wear my new red boots but then when I set off did not feel like it, not wanting to go out at all. But I had promised to meet you and so I didn't like ringing and calling it off."
"You silly old thing" said Bettina, "You know we have been friends for such a long time, you could have rung and told me how you felt. I'd have come over to yours and we could have stayed in nice and warm. We didn't have to come out."
Bettina went and put her arm around Sandra giving her a big hug and the two of them decided the best thing to do was to go back to Sandra's and sample some of her mum's mince pies. Who likes trudging around in snow anyway!"
Hopefully I am back now, still got a few spots that are itching but at least the pain of the shingles has gone. How I wish I had known about the vaccination in time to have one.
