Another Brick In The Wall.....

Well, chunk of wood in the stack, at least ;o):



While I was out shopping for 5 hours - you should have seen the bargains I scored, I can't wait till Mothers' Day so I can get them officially ;o) I got a willow picnic basket with gear for 4 (china cups, etc.) down from $140 to $15, and a fabric and wood picnic set (old fashioned case style with the turny locks - that's their technical term) with gear for 4 (stem glasses (not even plastic)), down from $130 to $10!!! So I chucked all the gears into the willow basket and tucked it away for moi, and used the fabric covered one to store the PS2 and all the bits (controllers, buzzers, eye toy, cords, games, etc.). You see, I was *actually* going to get a storage box for the PS2, but I'm still kinda on my Plastic Is Evil kick, so it all worked out well in the end. AND I got a hammock, I've always wanted a hammock, and today I scored a fab cotton and rope one for only $5, down from $70. I am the Bargain Queen.

Speaking of Queens, and while I'm rambling, I was strangely ill at ease when being served by the Manager at an appliance store today. My head couldn't put everything together properly because my eyes (which were looking at the Julie nameplate and seeing the skirt and the heels and the 'do and the make-up and the French manicure) were at odds with my brain (which was noticing the man-walk in the heel-clad man-legs, the exquisitely painted man-nails on man-hands, the fully broken man-voice (complete with the man-Adam's apple - which is the giveaway that hormones can't fix), and my oversensitive nose noticed how the feminine scent didn't sit properly with the man-skin). I don't know why this bothered me so, seeing as how I had BridesMate Barrie with me when we got hitched and I was probably the only straight person at the second ever Hero party (back in the 80's when it was just peeps having a ball and celebrating themselves with their mates, not so intent on making a statement to everybody else). Hmmmmm.....

Anyway, back to the whanau. The girls rode their bikes down the road today to play with a mate for a few hours, and then made this hut to sleep in tonight - it was the better option to tidying their room so they could get to their beds, I think ;o):




AND - I posted off my 2007 Christmas Cards today!!!!! I wrote them out finally in January and have been carting them round in the back of the car ever since. Go Me.

AND - I wrote up this story, just for Katie xoxoxo