I most certainly have not been buying miniatures at the op shop

Because, of course, I most definitely do not need any more miniatures for quite some time.

But I picked up this lovely bamboo placemat for $2.50 this morning, and must have accidentally dropped it here on the way to the dining room:

(Silly me, I must still be exhausted from yesterday...)

Speaking of exhausted, I figured I needed this $2.50 fan to keep me cool as I work in the studio for the next few weeks. It has such lovely intricate fretwork on it, don't you think?

 And perhaps next year I'll start wearing jewellery to work: in which case I thought this $5 brooch would be fun and quite appropriate.

 And these two $4.50 shadow boxes? Oh: I'm thinking about redecorating around here during the break, and thought perhaps a bit of colour would be nice for a change...

See? No new miniatures whatsoever.