Debbie 1 - Spider nil

Ooo yuk, it's that time of year again when the spiders move in.

I'm hoping that summer hasn't totally abandoned us so soon, but it looked quite Autumnal first thing. I'm crossing my fingers that the new moon tomorrow will bring on a late spurt of sunshine, but I was quite chilly this morning and whether it was because I was feeling under the weather still or it was the actual weather, I'm not sure.

My throw that I have on my sofa had slipped behind the sofa onto the wicker basket where I keep all my candles and when I went to fold it up neater, a huge spider dashed out into the basket! Now if you know me well, you'll know that I am petrified of spiders and this one was really big. I deal with them by using my spider hoover catcher that Oliver and Reni brought me on my first Christmas in the my old cottage, but I shake the whole time till I've released them outside well away from the house.
Last summer when I moved here, I wanted to move back to the cottage as every night I would catch a huge one. Yuk!
This one decided to give me a run for my money by keep giving my catcher the slip, maybe because it was too big to cover with the suction bit and I honestly didn't want to break it's legs. In the end it ran towards my bedroom and that freaked me out. I'm sorry, but in the end I panicked and squished it. If it hadn't had headed to my bedroom I might have been able to forget it... no actually I couldn't as it was huge.
I know it's not the karma way and I will probably pay for it, in fact I think I have already as I had to sit with my oxygen on for ages, but I couldn't sleep knowing that spider could share my bed or walk over me at anytime through the night! Makes me shudder just to think of it.

So sorry spider lovers. I really tried to get it outside, but I panicked. The horrible truth is now all it's family and mates will probably move in over the next couple of months and this will be a regular battle, but I pay the rent and no freeloaders I'm afraid.

Lots of love Debbie x