Get comfy and brace yourself.. It all began last night. There was 4x obnoxious door buzzing, followed by a light brief door tap..
I figured it was the horrid neighbours, up to something so I ignored it, after all, it was 7pm..
Or maybe it was those canvassing politicians? That do the country no good and seem to be constantly corrupt..
Or maybe it was the landlord? There was no text, no appointments due....
I didn't think anything of it until G brought in the groceries and the parcel that was waiting there...
Wow it didn't get stolen, what a miracle.. Who would send me a gift? Surely not Mama, she is due back soonish, I think..
Next month is our collective birthdays but she normally hands stuff to me, only I send her stuff.
Anyway I looked at the address, twice, to make sure it was really for me, it can't be.
It has to be for the neighbours...... But nope it was mine, there was my details, my name, my address..
I used the scissors got it open and thought...... Hmmm.. Why does this brand seem familiar?
Then I read the cute lil handwritten note, Congratulating me..
After years of not winning anything. What was the last thing? The phone?
I don't recall honestly. It was a stationery bundle, how I adore stationery..
It was 30x Prism gel pens. Who doesn't love colourful gel pens???
And postcards that you colour in, which I will give to Mama, she probably knows parents from church, that would adore colouring in.
I just wanted the pens really, they bring colour to my dull, stressy world.
Nice surprises can happen. It's not all doom and gloom :) I put the picture on twitter.
The fright was that the boiler wasn't turning on, no flame, but I turned it insanely high and it did.
Horrible to do so in a heatwave but it's so temperamental..
I just love that the pens are encased is this clickable lock, suitcase plastic pack thingy.
How secure and cute to keep them safe and tidy. I am so glad they are not thick nibs for proper colouring.
I wanted real pens to write with, not that I do much writing nowadays..
But now I have a choice of shades. It's not glitter I don't think and it's not rollerball ink, which to me glides smoother over paper...
It just seems a ballpoint pen but actually no, that's wrong. It's not ballpoint, it's a regular long nib, seems to flow easily enough.
Most of my groceries were there, but not the large loaf of bread and no wholemeal rolls at all? Ugh.
Hm, the email I used to thank them with bounced back. I'll go on the website and resend it.
Oh ok, I get it, I added an extra full stop, where there wasn't any. I will just amend and resend.
That worked because I got an obligatory, we hear you, we'll get back ha.
Aww also the egg mayonnaise was also out of stock. I could have got the turkey rasher instead.
But I did get a perk, funny, there was a 7x pack of Penguin chocolate bars for a £1 and they were probably sold out.
I think it was on sale. I think that was the highest pack I saw, I wanted the snacks to last.
So instead they gave me 2x 5 packs. I got 3 bars free, woop :)
On Monday, I'm not sure if anywhere sells bread/rolls locally, while I am in the Market, I'll try to get some and maybe cheese too..
The only new things that I'm trying are Greek style natural yoghurt because it was a £1 and I forgot to take the frozen fruit out of the freezer ugh.....
To accompany it and then there was a 24x pack of snacks for £2.50 that looked fun.
8x onion bhajis, 8x veggie pakoras, 8x veggy samosas so I can nibble those plainly or stuff it into a sandwich ha.
Ugh my tum won't stop cramping. I wonder if anyone else gets pmt without a period after??
I still don't feel hungry but maybe it's hunger pangs? Being as I've been up for 3x hours..
Time flies when you're gushing about wins, time to take the heating off, it's been an hour.
Wait, did I get all my shopping? I gotta double check.. I think so.
Oh and the golden rice salad thingy.. I haven't had that before. I'll let you know what I like and dislike later in the week..
Hmm so the bank has reverted back to how things used to be..
Didn't we swipe or tap the card, without having to sign or use a pin number?
I don't know how it is abroad, they seem to do the tap thingy.. And now apparently so are we.
I hated remembered the pin number, holding up the queue and then cancelling it because it didn't type properly..
I guess when I get my new card at the end/beginning of the year, it will be ready, perhaps?
