The time for a new blanket has come!

Salvador has been in need of a new blanket for quite some time now. In fact, he hasn't had one at all for a few months - don't worry, he has a bed! It has just been scorching hot lately and the last blanket he had was a fleece one that I made from some leftover fleece fabric, along with a poofy pillow. He literally loved these items to death...

The 'poofy pillow' being suckled and kneaded - although this is extremely cute, it's disastrous for the fabric and overall appearance of these things

This is the current state of the blanket

Needless to say, the pillow was first to go. As with all soft toys and this stuffed pillow, the insides are usually taken out first and then it is left on the lawn in the sun (all in one pile as if to say 'this is my stuff, have you seen it?'), along with the blanket, chew toys, plastic containers from who knows where and bones. I usually clean up the plastic and bones, but fear for what might have bred out under and in between the layers of the blanket...

So today I went to the shops (to PEP to be precise) and bought him a new, very soft and comfy, grey blanket. Just in time for the early winter that's kicking in.

The new 'Stormy' blanket from PEP

It cost me all of R49.99 so if it needs replacing - which it probably will - it's not a big deal. The dark grey is great for not seeing dirt, although I'll probably give it a wash once a week depending on how many mud baths this one takes. 

I've also found that when we go out for the weekend and take Salvador with, it's nice for him to have something in the foreign place that smells like him and like home. It makes him feel comfortable. And we will be going on some trips very soon...more on that later!

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