Morning, everyone. Welcome to Wednesday! It was another mild and pleasant day yesterday and I managed to get a load of washing dried on the line, three cheers. Today's forecast looks OK too although it is way too early to see out.
I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's shopping outing.
I started with B&Q and got what I had gone there for plus some 'damage free hanging' things, in case I want to hang anything. OK, that sounds silly but I do have some battery powered lights and just wondered . . .
Then I went on to Wyvale - I mean Longacres and wow! Wyvale had a good display but Longacres has really pushed the boat out. There was some nice stuff there too, not just the usual. I found some candles I'd been looking for and some little wreaths for them - you stand the candle on a sauces type thing and then the wreath goes over and down to the bottom. Very simple but it looks really nice and, of course, comes out year after year after year. Other bits and bobs managed to find their way into my trolley.
There was one moment where I was nearly overwhelmed. In Christmases past, Mum always bought Dad a nice big box of liqueur chocolates. As she said, she didn't like them so they were all his! When she wasn't well enough to do this any more, I took over. I saw the display, reached out my hand to get a box and . . . oh! A bit of a moment, I have to admit. It really brought home to me that this will be the first Christmas without either of them. Maybe that's why I am going a bit overboard? Who knows?
Anyway, I then drove on to Sainsbury's where I got my weekly food shopping plus - you've guessed it - things for Christmas. Not loads but the pork ribs (for Christmas day) are now in the freezer as are Beth's Higgidy pies and the strawberry gin is now a thing too. The campari (my all time favourite) is hidden away out of sight and my Christmas Food List is shorter.
The rest of the day was spent doing more mundane things. The ironing took ages and I swear the contents reproduced overnight; I'm sure there wasn't so much the day before!
I managed to cross four things off the list so that was good.
Today I have personal training but the rest of the time I will be carrying on working through that list. It's a bit of a chore, some of it, but oddly satisfying too. Do you find that sort of thing a pain or a pleasure?
Take care and have a really good day. Stay well. xx
I have been known to add something to the list just so I have the pleasure of crossing it off.
ReplyDeletelol - and why not? Good for you!
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{{Joy}} I know exactly how you felt about the chocolates. I get a pang of sorrow every time when the Mother's Day cards are out, nobody to send them to anymore. xx
ReplyDelete(((hugs))) It's the 'little' things that are the biggest, isn't it?
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That sounds like a lovely day. I am off to Northallerton market today. A few Christmas goodies may well find their way into our baskets today. We have a list too so hopefully we can get a few things crossed off it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you will and hope you're having loads of fun.
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That sounds like a successful shopping trip. I've tried a couple of those Higgidy pies and thoroughly enjoyed them - just off the menu for this month though because of the wheat content. It's the little things like the liqueur chocolates that catch you unawares isn't it ... sending {{{hugs}}} to you.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is. But I guess we both feel glad to have had them in out lives, even if we no longer do.
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I know what you mean about the ironing taking a long time. I steamed clothes today and it gets monotonous. I did 21 pieces though, so not too shabby.
ReplyDeleteVery good! Well done, you!
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I only had one item to iron this week - a dish towel. Everything else was drip dry. Glad you are keeping up with your personal training and still enjoying it. It will pay dividends down the road.
ReplyDeleteI definitely am - I have two sessions a week now, one in a group of six. I really enjoy them. xx
DeleteOnly one shirt to iron here this week, but it seemed to take forever for the iron to heat up.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a lovely time shopping. Things are going to catch you for awhile. They did me, first when Mom left us and then when Dad left us.
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Yes - for the first year or so as we hit 'first time without' in various ways, it does just suddenly seem to pounce on one.
DeleteA sign of how much they meant to use.
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Glad you had a good day out. I know exactly what you mean about that first Christmas. I'm going to try but it won't be easy. MIL was saying about doing Thanksgiving although the table will have shrunk quite a bit. We didn't have one last year and since our last three people who usually celebrate with us have passed (not including Mum). I know I have a lot to be thankful for but am just struggling with who I no longer have in my life.
ReplyDeleteIt's natural and right to miss them very much indeed, isn't it. As you say, rather a struggle at times, not made any easier by all the things we would have done together but weren't able to do because of lockdown/isolation rules, etc.
DeleteWe will never forget them but we have to hold on to the knowledge that it will get easier after a while.
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