Thursday, August 29, 2013

Frugal me?

So, Sadie the cleaning lady (see previous post) requires plentiful mugs of tea, which she likes to drink out of this:



Which comes courtesy of a dear friend back in South Africa, and originally manufactured in Australia (modern life, hey?)

Being of a frugal turn of mind (mostly) she decided it would be a fine idea to brew a pot of tea, remove the tea bag at an appropriate time, and then keep the tea warm under this wonderful cosy:


Given to her by another wonderful friend, this time Canadian, and knitted from recycled, unravelled wool sweater. (Isn't this chicken fine? Guess I've got a bird theme going here)

With the tea made, and the pot covered, what does Sadie discover? Ummm, that in order to actually pour out a cuppa, she has to remove the cosy again!