Now she can have a cold.

One of the things I keep my eyes open for at Car Boot Sales is handkerchieves. It is surprising how often the gift-boxed ones lurk, all grubby and unloved. This haul for a pound last Sunday - and the reason I fell on them is because the grandaughter's initial is E. Not that she is fully up to speed on the technique yet, but she may as well have something nice to practice blowing into. 

They were pretty old, and I had to use my jewellery pliers to get the rusty pins out - some of them still have little rust spots after washing, but there is nothing wrong with that. What is so very very wrong is the set of three underneath the nicely ironed ones. They had a little label saying "100% Nylon". Imagine blowing a nose into one of those - no absorbency at all - the snot could go anywhere - it hardly bears thinking about.  Still, I will hand them over - they will be perfectly alright for wrapping around dolls. Interestingly, there was no rust whatsoever on the pins in that box, and the pins were as bright as new.