Apart from the snowdrift I walked out into at 9am this morning!!
Crikey its cold!!
Last night I was sat in my Star Trek chair watching David Starkey's "Monarchy" season 2...wrapped in two blankets, wearing two pairs of socks and cuddling a hot water bottle!! My Port warmed me up though so I was greatfull for that! This morning I had a one off parcell to post so after being awake since 6am I decided to go into town for an hour or two. Because its so cold though I dident phone mum to ask her if she wanted to go! It was too early anyway.
Snow was drifting down Abington street, manically at one point, as I went to put a cheque in the bank, and had a fruitless search around Woolies. It soon stopped however, and dident stick, but apparently there is more to come later this week...Brrrrrrrrrr!!!! Anyway I decided to take a trott around Primark, where they have now got this "VAT off prices" thing at the moment, so taking advantage of this I got some pyjamas, 2 pairs of leggins and some socks. The checkout was very busy, and staff were complaining how cold it was as the store heating had broke down. Now by the time I got to the checkout, I was served by a very chatty middle aged woman who promptly sneezed 3 times over my purchases!! I am no snob but I was horrified by this, as she had just sneezed into her hand and had not even truned away, while using her hands to wrap my things! I was horrified because I realy do pick up every single bug that is going about...so when I got home all my new clothes went straight in my washing machine for a jolly good wash! But the rest of my trip to town was pleasent despite this and I even had breakfast while I was there with a hot tea which realy warmed me up...Now today I realised that while an alarming number of shops have closed in the town centre, I discovered 3 new shops today! Gadget type, tacky Christmas present type shops! There was one on the market square and another 2 in the Grosvenor Centre, but somthing quite delightful caught my eye in the 3rd shop!....On a shelf with lots of novelty lighting type thingys was this little virtual volcano, a tiny wee thing, bright red lighted, continuiusly erupting red bubbles! I was quite enchanted!!! Anyway I looked benith the shelf for the boxes of things to buy one and they were no where to be seen, there was just this little volcano lamp sat on the shelf! I asked at the desk and the man and woman started saying how well they had sold...so well it turned out to be the last one in the shop! The man went into the back to see if he could find the box for the display model and came back empty handed! Now here I started using my haggling skills I had picked up in Asia and asked it it would be discounted. The woman was umming and ahhing, so I made like to look I was going to leave. Now the proper price for this little lamp was £7.99 but when she saw I was going to leave the shop she hastily offered me £3.99 to which I agreed, avidly!! Bargining always works but its knowing how to do it, and when your not getting anywhere, make like your going to leave without buying anything, and the price magically drops!! Well it works well in Asia and it was certianly working well for me today...so I bagged my little unusual bargin and made my way to the bus station to come home as I had left Sirius long enough...I was greeted (as usual) with fiercley wagging tail and a huge very exctied doggie, who was chuffed to bits when I gave him the beef jerkey I had bought him in town!
Hope everyone stays warm in this freezing cold weather!
Bagging a bargin certianly warmed me up today! x