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pants!

I started off by giving the fireplace a final coat of Nitromors and rub down with steel wool (it had four coats last night, after having four or five coats last week - it's been varnished, then painted beige, cream then white - the beige paint was stubborn stuff!)
I then wiped down the woodwork with white spirit and the dado rail which was due to be painted today. I couldn't be arsed working out how to get rid of the leftover tray of mucky white spirit, so left it on the hearthstone..
Chris was undercoating the dado at the other side of the room, which he wiped down last night (while I was doing the fireplace and generally getting a little drunk on Turbo Shandies, then singing loudly and doing silly dances.)
Then we both emulsioned the side and back walls of the room. By then, the dado by the fireplace was ready for me to undercoat. I was paying so much attention to not getting undercoat on the lining paper that I didn't notice where I put my knee.. yup - straight into the white spirit tray, so it was all up my leg, and all over the floor (luckily we'd rolled the carpet back)
So I went upstairs and ran my leg and jeans under the bath tap. And then put my jeans in the dryer. And spent the next two hours mooching around in my pants and socks (sexeh!) as I have no spare clothes at the house, but only in rooms with window film, as we've not put any curtains up yet. I had to keep my trainers on because there's still little bits of grit etc in the carpet from decorating. I bet I looked a right pretty picture doing the washing up!