I promise not to make him pack any more boxes!

At the weekend we collected the rest of my worldly goods from my house in Sussex as hopefully the buyers are exchanging next week. Now I have everything in one place it seems we may have to move just to accommodate my stuff! Of course we don't want to, so another mass clearout is called for. I started on my books - I love books as you know - and I find it so hard to get rid of them, but the thought that a charity will benefit from them spurred me on. However I simply cannot bear to get rid of my Magpie Annual 1973 or the Judy, Mandy or Blue Peter annuals from the same time even though a couple of them have what suspiciously looks like mouse teeth marks on them! As for the Ladybird book called The Postman (aged 6 that was what I told people I wanted to be apparently!), it has to stay and will I just have to find space. I also found my old school blouse (Brutus round collared) which everyone signed on the last day of school - was I really only that size?!
I promised Mr M that we won't move, or have to move anyone else for some time although he says he is getting quite proficient at driving white vans now. He has been so good helping me out and it was only when we collected last weekend's hire van with not a whiff of diesel in it and then found problems finding a petrol statin that he did show a little bit of stress (unlike me who at this time was definitely ranting!). Happy Days!
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