Holiday Tuesday

Because I work for a city council I get an extra day at bank holidays. This will not last. We will soon have to add those days to our normal leave and, okay we will still have the same number of days off but it is kind of nice to have this extended break which I am sure will not easily be available after the change. I know I should have spent the day doing housework and I did this morning, I even started a major stash reorganisation, but this afternoon the weather took a turn for the better so james and I hit the road. We only went as far as Arkwright's Mill in Cromford but, honestly it is like being on holiday. We had a light lunch in the lovely coffee shop then pottered around, browsing in the few shops that are there and eaves-dropping the tour guide. It was so lovely we dawdled on a bench for ages before the coffee shop called us back for tea and cakes.
We drove home via Crich and stopped off at the factory shop in Bullbridge where I found a brown linen skirt for £6.00 only when I took it to the till there was 25% off everything which made it £4.50! Perfect!
Meanwhile,back at the afore mentioned stash sort.... I have tried to put the majority in those bags which get squished down with a vacuum cleaner and just keep the most lovely out in the big basket...I have far too many odd balls and 3 ball sets. Sock wool, of course, like broken biscuits, doesn't count. I have been struggling to finish a Rowan Tapestry cardigan with far too little yarn for a self-respecting edging and lo - a small ball hidden in the depths of the basket. Best of all I found the free pattern leaflet I picked up with my first ball of sock wool, the one with the notes, the measurements and the stickers. I had been searching for it for months. There is a moral to this tale which I am sure you can work out....but doesn't tidying waste good knitting time? How am I ever to get through all this yarn if I keep straightening it?????