mothers on the verge

Today I attempted the dreary task of tidying up The Pink Pit (aka the kids' bedroom). This is what I found in Firstborn's desk: 14 taxi cards 3 empty packs of Smarties 6 crumpled tinfoil balls 7 rubber bands (the ones the postman thoughtfully leaves scattered on the floor in the communal entrace of our building) 23 random bits of torn up paper, one with "ur sillee" written on it 7 dried-up felt-tip pens The Autumn-Winter '07 Boden catalogue 3 random business cards (stolen from my purse, I suspect) My library card (given up as lost months ago, paid £5 for a new one) My gym locker combi-lock (ditto) 9 scrumpled up bits of tissue 8 sheets of used stickers 1 pink Hello Kitty sock 7 letters from school (none of which I'd seen before) £1.32 in small change Half a banana, slightly furry Living-etc magazine, May issue Alpha's 'DIY Doctor' manual (in pristine condition, ahem) 2 empty packs of Teddy Pom Pom crisps 1 old Council Tax bill 1 headless Barbie Whe...