Arty stayed over on Friday and stayed until tea time on Saturday, Jenny James and Oliver went to a football match, they do go quite regularly and Arty is not really into football so stays here when they do.
The weather was damp and horrible so we only went into town for a mooch round, he found a meccano set in a charity shop for £2, it was brand new and unopened, bargain, he came home happy with his find and Mark helped him put it together before he went home.
I'd been looking at Christmas jigsaw puzzles but didn't know if we'd complete it, all those pieces can make me feel a bit overwhelmed, but then I spied an advent calendar jigsaw in the same charity shop for £3, couldn't pass that up could I?
Inside the box was 24 little boxes 😊
I don't think It had ever been completed, or if it had they were very gentle with it.
My brain can cope with the small amount of pieces in these boxes (about 41 -ish) and you feel as though you have accomplished something.
We are playing catch-up but have done three days worth so far and Mark is working locally now until Christmas so I'm sure we will catch up in a couple more days.
Oh and the football, Villa won so everyone had a good day 😉
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8 comments:
It's a very clever concept to have loads of tiny puzzles for the month, making the bigger picture. Well done with the Meccano, great bargain.
Sounds like y'all had a very good day and I'm sure Mark and Arty had a wonderful time with the Meccano.
I do like the sound and look of the advent calendar jigsaw.
All the best Jan
Great buys there. Love the Advent calendar jigsaw.
God bless.
We have an advent jigsaw but haven't done it this year, we seem to have been too busy doing other things and we've been out a lot more.. but they are a good idea.
What a lovely idea, I haven't seen a jigsaw advent before but why not, there seems to be every kind of advent calendar these days, haha. The Meccano was a great bargain too.
I have collected Christmas and winter images to use on free online jigsaws puzzles, every day for Advent. About 150 pieces make enough of a challenge. DB loved the Meccano set he had for Christmas 65 years ago. A good find.
Love the Advent Calendar, but thing those doors would be difficult. Best of luck to you. Nice find and at a good price as well.
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