Ooh that sounds interesting Val, very good 
I have had some excellent news today 
I have mentioned before that I take part in a monthly photography challenge on another forum. The last month there were two topics due to there being joint winners. The themes were the taste of summer and myths/legends and fairy tales.
I entered a picture for the summer theme and I won
(the second time that I have won now)
This was the picture that I won with:

I am so pleased, as I must admit that I was not expecting this at all. This was because it was such a bleak looking summer picture. But for me that sums up how our summer has been (non existent)
Edited to add:
I went shopping to get my eldest son some new clothes. When I was looking for a shop to get him a winter coat I saw a charity shop and in there I managed to get a lot of clothes for him, it did not cost me much either. So that meant that he got a lot more clothes that I had originally thought I would be able to get him. The best thing was one of the tops. At a bargain of 95 pence I got him a funky top with an AT-AT on it 
Here is my son modeling the top:
