Spent most of the day trying to find a skip company - they seem to be very thin on the ground round here. Finally found one that gave me a reasonable quote, fingers crossed it should be here next Wednesday. The best thing about it though is that my lovely Mum has offered to lend us the money for it - she knows things are a bit tight just now and told me to pay her back when dh finds a new job.
Grandad measured up for the wood today - i've decided to have one wall of shelves running the full length of the wall from floor to ceiling, and on the opposite wall, shelves slightly shorter and starting a bit higher up. I'm hoping that we should be able to get most of the books from our bedroom on them, and it will be fab to be able to go to sleep at night in a bedroom that doesn't resemble a library store room :) He's also offered to put in a couple of shelves above where my scrapping table will be, which will come in handy for all my scrapping books and little bits & pieces.
Now the room is empty we've been leaving the window open in there - was nearly impossible to get to it before, never mind open it! Anyway, this morning i went in to open the curtains and got the shock of my life - cat no. 4 perched up on the window sill!!! Not that bad i know but she's such a tiny cat she can just about fit through the gap. Of course i had to dash off and get the camera, so here's a pic :) It's a bit poor as i couldn't get round the sun streaming through the window. If you click on the pic to enlarge it, it'll give you an idea of just how precarious she looks!
Off to bed now to dream about tins of paint and colour charts - i may have decided on pink but i can't decide on what shade of pink!