A really tiny giveaway....

I have an addiction, not just to buying every conceivable flavour of herbal teabag, but also to buying dishcloths. The first time that I laid my eyes on a packet of these lovelies was nearly a year ago and I can't tell you quite how much their existence has revolutionised washing and cleaning up for me...I love that something so utilitarian is so perfectly lovely and pleasing to look at. I have come to see these dishcloths not as an indulgence...but as an essential, for their happiness-inducing qualities are dizzyingly large! On this basis, over the past months, I have felt compelled to buy a packet with some regularity, just in case they should ever disappear from the shelves. However, I have now accumulated such a quantity (you are given 3 identical dishcloths in every pack...and really one needs a sample of each pattern, so you can see how the trouble has arisen) that Mr Teacakes has begun to notice: he has told the little Teacakes that they must stop me from buying any more if they see me hovering in the dishcloth aisle. He says that we have enough.

And when I look in the drawer...and see just how many packets we seem to have...I think that maybe we do indeed have enough...and that I would like to share some of my dishcloth stash.

So this is my giveaway: from my four favourite prints I have made up two identical little bundles to be sent to two people whose names are picked randomly after commenting on this post. If you would like to have your name entrered into the hat I wondered if in your comment you might share a couple of your favourite words. This is a running game that I have with quite a few of my friends (although I don't give them dishcloths for taking part in these discussions) - although often the focus is on our most loathed words, but please DON'T tell me which words you dislike as it might end up as one big unreadable list of hideousness and then I would have to keep all the dishcloths myself - I really want to hear which words you love the sound of (for me: inclement), which words roll around in your mouth in a pleasing way (discombobulated), or a word that has lovely connotations for you (textiles, matryoshka, babushka, vanilla...I love all these words). I also love hearing my friend refer to his Bonne Mama....this somehow sounds so much nicer than grandmother.

The commenty goodness of lurkers, bloggers, non-bloggers, those across the seas, or first-time visitors is all most welcome, but do make sure you either leave an email address, add this to your Bloglines, or call back after the draw to check if you have won, as Blogger is often quirky in whose email addresses it will allow me to see!

We have had a nice quiet couple of days with Mr Teacakes off work toward the end of last week - we spent our time creating a board game with the Zebra-girl & Dinosaur-boy, holding our own Sport's Day with a focus on hurdling (stopwatches and a competitive spirit were present), baking cakes and visiting National Trusty gardens and, most delightful of all, eating Honeycomb ice-creams in the sun. This wasp (above) very kindly chose not to sting me while I took a picture of him, despite the fact that I interrupted its drinking by putting my camera about an inch away from its stripy little body.

Dishcloth winners will be drawn at some point next week.

(p.s....did I mention that they are washable?....and so their loveliness lasts for months!) x