Chris and I were up early this morning and had breakfast in our new local and all shiny MARKS AND SPENCER'S . We bought nice food, marvelled at the new fangled escalators ( look mummy we have moving stairs in North Wales!) and smiled at all of the corporate sales staff who still looked perky enough 48 hours after the official opening.
I always think that Chris is constantly surprised by the way I get excited over small things such as a quality store that sells PROPER GREETINGS CARDS only two miles north of Trelawnyd
I put it down as being an optimist, that is easily pleased
For instance:
1 . I became quite giddy today over the spacious width of the aisles in the new Tesco supermarket.
2 . I can get quite misty eyed over a chocolate biscuit
3 . Bubble baths are things of luxury and beauty.
4 . A hand written letter can really make my day ( thanks Kathryn)
5 . A blissful first bite of a quality scotch egg!
6 . An uninterrupted episode of The Walking Dead.
Working tonight
I will leave you with news that the new silkies have been renamed
Bogbrush,
Duster and
Puffball
Rather apt I thought
They are so cute...like little baby chicks forever.
ReplyDeleteSuch dignified names!
ReplyDeleteJane x
But which one is which?
ReplyDeleteIs there really a chicken inside that puffball?
ReplyDeleteMini Phyllis Dillers!!
ReplyDeleteThey don't hold a candle to the Polish breed as look-a-likes to Phyllis Diller. ;)
DeleteMike, I agree my Phyllis diller is a firm favourite x
DeleteI thought you were a right-on fully paid up member of the John Seymour School of Self Sufficiency. If you're not careful the pair of you will be taking a day trip to the nearest Cath Kidson shop for material to make his and his matching jim-jams.
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God forbid!lol
DeleteNana nana you. Are right x
DeleteWhenever we move I always check the proximity to nearest M&S!! Knickers and mash potato! They're the best!! :-))
ReplyDeleteDon't get te two mixed up !
Deleteaww lovely bundles of fluff they are.
ReplyDeleteWe volunteers at the charity shop get very excited when any of us buy something new from a " proper shop " I bought three new tops this week.
You giddy kipper
DeleteI've the same question as Ms Sparrow... Can you tell them apart? When we had chickens, I couldn't even tell the hens from the roosters until the cocks crowed, (we bought 50 straight run day-old chicks)... and here you are... naming the little cotton balls!
ReplyDeleteA proper poultry keeper KNOWS his chickens very well x
DeleteI've always wondered what sort of chickens these were, they are wonderful! Good names
ReplyDeleteA man after my own heart. I can jump up and down like a toddler with excitement over things like that too. I just about broke into song when I first went into a Waitrose when visiting the Mother Land - it was like the supermarket in my dreams. So many moments of delight!
ReplyDeleteSavouring the details of life and taking pleasure from them is a wonderful gift to have. SO much cheaper than Ferraris and diamonds eh!
LOVELY silkies, they are another source of smies and delight :)
Waitrose! The cathedral of shopping experiences!
DeleteWow, I had no idea that the Silkies looked like this, how cute!
ReplyDeleteI'm just recovering from a rush of excitement brought on by remembering that I'd hidden a creme egg in the cupboard for tonight! It doesn't take much.
You lucky bitch xxxx
DeleteAn office supply store does it for me. And old people holding hands. And frozen cherries with yogurt! (Oh yeah...)
ReplyDeleteThe silkies are so beautiful and fluffy! A glamorous woman could easily apply makeup with them by mistake. :-)
Doxoxo
Oh yes, M&S knickers. Suit me every time, mine are like a good harvest.... all is safely gathered in. None of your thong stuff for me, no sir!
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DeleteNow they are built to last x
John, please don't call that little chick 'bog brush' - they're all so sweet. They remind me of cheer leaders. I like to think of them as - Bee, Bop and Lulu.
ReplyDeleteEver the romantic...
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy finding that right card for a friend and enjoy getting them too, and its been too long since I've done either. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteJohn, this excitement you see in the small things in life make you the delightful, humorous loving person that I for one am proud to say I know you.
ReplyDeleteYou big soft puddin you xxx
DeleteI get excited over lots of "little" thing too ! especially over greeting cards and hand letter mail.
ReplyDeleteLove the fluff balls of chickens !
cheers, parsnip
Haha. Definitely good names, John.
ReplyDeleteI like the things that make you smile.
Have a wonderful Sunday, John. ♥
My friend used to have silkies - somehow they remind me of those fluffy applicators you use to get in posh but slightly grannified boxes of talcum powder. My nan had them - too ladylike by far to pat talc between the cheeks of her derrière - oh no, she had a silkie by which she applied it!
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They are not hens I would choose but I have to admit they are quite sweet
DeleteHow on earth do you ever tell them apart? or maybe you don't....but poor old bogbrush....at least consider talcbrush
ReplyDeleteI have a good eye lib x
DeleteLove the silkies, I wouldnt mind getting some more so we could have some chicks off them. As for scotch eggs, I'm with you 100 percent!
ReplyDeleteYou are Amanda of exquisite tastes Kevin my man
DeleteI trust you aware that Marks and Spencers was conceived, born and first raised in Yorkshire. The staff should all wear flatcaps and have whippets at their heels. Ee by gum.
ReplyDeleteThat is why. It is such a quality experience YP x
DeleteSilkies aptly named...and what ever is hand written mail??? Almost a thing of the past.
ReplyDeleteSend me your address and I will write you x
DeleteI take back what I said about Tesco. It only looked about the size of Holywell Tesco when I drove past the other week. Finally managed to visit this morning and I like it, nice and spacious, and it appears to have everything I need (unlike its crappy Holywell branch).
ReplyDeleteI gt that giddy with the. Width of the aisles there was no stopping me
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it! I got called bog brush once...scarred me for years...
ReplyDeleteI got giddy over a new shearing stand for my sheep and adding new fence, so I know exactly what you mean about having small things make you happy. I'd also rather have a card that someone took time to pick out just for me than a gift. It's the little things that matter in the end. Although.....I wouldn't return a new car or new barn if someone HAD to give them to me. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteSo "interesting" that you find yourself giddy over Scotch eggs, fluffy little chicks, and... The Walking Dead.
ReplyDeleteThere's lots of things in life to get giddy over if ya don't set the bar too high: hitting all green lights on a drive; eating a tangerine without finding a single seed; turning the radio on just in time to find a favorite song; finding exactly what you're looking for at the store... at HALF PRICE.
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