Shopped, Dropped and Wrapped

 

Hello Everyone,

I hope you`ve all had a great weekend, I certainly have though I`m paying the price now. On Saturday I went shopping with Danny and Salina to Bluewater in Essex.  For those of you who don`t live in the South of England, it`s a huge shopping centre that has about everything you want and more.  You have to have a lot of energy to walk around it and more money than sense to spend there as it`s full of designer stores that are VERY pricey.  Of course they are out of my league and even if I could afford to shop in them I wouldn`t out of principle. An ordinary mens black knitted scarf cost £59.00 or about $150, can you believe it?  It was ONLY a scarf for goodness sake!  Anyway, I left that side of the shopping to the youngsters while I dreamt of a nice cup of coffee and some good bargains.  They bought me coffee and later a nice lunch so I easily forgave them for dragging me around their posh shops.  They bought Kerry, Slava, Roman, Jim`s and my Christmas presents and Dan insisted on carrying them all and wouldn`t hear of me or Sal carrying anything at all, eventually he relented and took the bags back to the car with arms much longer than when he started...lol!  I did find some bargains and I`ve almost finished my Christmas shopping, just Jim to buy for now, though perhaps I might pick up a little something else for Roman...and maybe Kerry and Danny...lol!  I did treat myself, not to clothes this time but to a mattress topper. I`ve always wanted one and after sleeping on a bed that had one my mind was made up.  I find one at last in John Lewis and it`s a little piece of luxury, just like sleeping on a feather bed...bliss!  After walking around Bluewater for 7 hours my feet and legs ached and my left hip was sore, I felt I`d aged 10 years in one day, I knew it was time to go home when Dan said he was tired, all 29 yrs of him...lol!  I must say before I change the subject what a wonderful son I have, he tries to hide it but he`d do anything for me.  Thanks Daniel , I love you to bits!

  Sunday was another full day.  I had 2 weeks worth of ironing to do and I duly finished the the lot.  In the afternoon I wrapped Roman`s presents for Santa to collect at a later date, I`m running out of space to store them now Dan`s moving back home on Saturday.  He`ll be in our spare bedroom which at the moment is home to Roman`s cot and my extra wardrobe , which is staying mine, Dan is bringing his own.  I must admit it will be strange having him home again after so long but I think I`ll manage for six months without all my hair turning white...lol!  Like I said I love him to bits but we`re not used to living together anymore...watch this space to see if all runs smoothly, you`ll be the first to know!

I bought a cyclamen from work today, it was in the sale and only cost £1 as it has seen better days and needs some care and attention.  Over the last 2 months I`ve tended hundreds of them so I think I can save this one.  Our plant manager told me to use a little tomato fertilizer on it as it works wonders, she knows what shes talking about so I`ll give it a try. The orchid I rescued not long after I started there has flower buds on it now, I`ll take a photo once they open up.  We had a new member of staff start today, he seems really nice and friendly and it`s good not to be the `new girl` anymore...lol!  Anyway,  must away and read some journals.  I`ve not long finished yesterdays!  I hope you all have a nice evening, take care.:o)

Cheerio for now.