The toasty nougat smelled wonderful, but was rather too sweet to drink, so we’re now keeping it in a jar for burying our noses in

Kitty also very much appreciated Joan’s thoughtful offering:

I am a huge fan of infusions and had resisted the loose variety, preferring a wee bag as the delivery system, but I am now a convert!

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On Vaccination Day, Don and I wandered into T2 at DJs and picked up organic peppermint, a mesh basket for our horribly cheap teapot (see aforesaid delivery system) and some Melbourne breakfast (in bag form) for Joe/Frank who is a huge fan of experimenting with various black teas (but has previously mostly confined himself to twinings).

horribly cheap ($3) teapot – handily labelled in the event that we confuse it with the rice cooker or vacuum cleaner

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The Vaccination Day teas were so successful that during the Lunchtime Of Spendering, I grabbed a one-mug teapot and some interesting loose tea for Joe/Frank (so that he might continue his experimentationing) and a couple of infusions (black tea making me hideously unwell) for me and a two(ish)-mug teapot. Two(ish)-mug teapot also for me – because I am very much trying to cut down on the booze (yet another post) and find infusions are lovely to sip as a wine replacement of an evening.

artful still life – a mere sliver of the spoils of my spending

I warn you now that there will be a good deal of “I am not drinking and am doing x” posts in your future.