Wintry.

Today has been wintry and grey though with little wind it didn't feel too cold.

Finally I have my arm tattoo. I've been planning it in my head for a few years so there's no doubt about my decision. My reasons to do it are mainly because I like it as a piece of carefully thought about body art and also it represents my unconventional free spirit. I went with brown in the end as I thought black would be too harsh and I love the henna effect on my skin tone.

Having a tattoo is a very relaxing experience, lying on my back and chatting away to the tattooist for an hour and a half. To top it all as I checked the tattoo out in the mirror there behind a baby gate was a gorgeous 14 week old puppy. A grey Staffy, not my favourite breed but all puppies are lovely.

On my way back from Braunton I stopped at the garden centre. A group of us are meeting up there for lunch on Saturday, a kind of farewell as we hope to be in Borth by Christmas. I had hoped that I could bring along some wine & fruit drinks to this lunch but was told no when I enquired. I had a long browse through all their displays, even picked up a box of tiny baubles but resisted and didn't buy anything. Then it was back to Barnstaple to pick up some shopping at Tesco's and Lidl's and finally home.