I’m on holiday for most of this week. I promised I’d work an extra 12 hour shift on Saturday to cover a colleague’s birthday, but that seems an age away now. I need a break from death and dying this week.
Today I’ve shopped and got all giddy in the supermarket as we in Wales can now buy things that are not essential
What did I buy? I heard you all ask
Six painting canvases, eight pairs of underpants and a packet of bird nuts
I’m a mad bitch
I’ve done laundry and washed duvet sets, and towels and blankets and hung them on the field gate and picked daffodils from the field border, placing them in an old fashioned milk bottle given to me by my dear cousin from a local dairy.
I’ve only seen Animal Helper Pat today. She was dragging a canvas bag of garden detritus to the field bonfire for burning.
Sounds like Spring has sprung at The Cottage John-lovely x
ReplyDeleteThe daffy are out
DeleteBird nuts? They must be really tiny.
ReplyDeleteBut tasty tits especially like them
DeleteI love taking care of all the miscellaneous stuff. Rewarding.
ReplyDeleteNormal mundane life
DeleteDon't overdo it - you are on holiday for a day or two.
ReplyDeleteOnce I get the cottage clean and tidy I can relax... though I need to pain the back of the cottage
DeleteSounds good! I also placed some daffs in an old-fashioned milk bottle today - mine is from the dairy we got our milk delivered from when I was small. Hope you have a relaxing few days off x
ReplyDeleteSend me a photo
DeleteWell you won't need to wash your undies for a week now! Don't overdo things, take a bit of time to recharge the batteries. xx
ReplyDeleteMy undies have had a sporadic laundering over the lockdown
DeleteHow delightful! Love the daffodils in the milk bottle and the other things on your mantel. Home sweet home!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
poor birds. so much for spring mating season.
ReplyDeletemodel the new undies for us? my daffs are poking their stems above the dirt now. the crocus are in bloom.
ReplyDeleteMy sister has prepared my garden wonderfully for spring
DeleteGood you can spend some money of non-essentials. Time to get back to normal isn't it?
ReplyDeleteSome fucking troll will now appear telling me I shouldn’t spend money
DeleteI think Blogger ate my comment. "Enjoy your time off!" I wrote. Worth repeating!
ReplyDeleteThank you deArheart
DeleteMore undercrackers? Throw away some of your rotten ones X
ReplyDeleteI’ve just chucked another 6 out
DeleteDon’t go through my bins
Was the seemingly excessive underpants purchase because you intend to eat all of the bird nuts in one go?
ReplyDeleteI like to have a fresh pair ready daily and one spare in case of accidents
DeleteSo I deduce you do a clothes washing only once a week and you reckon accidents will not happen more than once a week? The calculation may need to change as you age...
DeleteHence doubling up on pants , I bought another 8 a month or so ago x
DeleteThat's OK then, well prepared for your dottage.
DeleteI was a Boy Scout
DeleteWait... you couldn't buy underpants before?! Underpants seem fairly essential.
ReplyDeleteOnly on line Steve not in any shops
DeleteWeird, you mean in Wales Tesco, Asda etc had to shut off their underwear aisles? All remain open in Scotland and we are not even supposed to wear anything under our kilts.
DeleteI would not have needed to ask that question above had I bothered to read the other comments first, which I have done now. Very weird policy though.
DeleteI thought it was weird too..you could buy flowers but not underpants .......you could buy books but not dvds
DeleteMust have made sense to someone. I saw a mother on TV saying she could buy Babycham but not baby formula. Madness!
DeleteIn case anyone outside of Wales gets the wrong impression, we still can't shop in any shop, it's just that the aisles selling non-essential goods in supermarkets have had their plastic coverings removed. Oh, and garden centres have opened here today. Such excitement, I can quite understand your 'spree' John!
ReplyDeleteThank you for that
DeleteIt is windy and chilly here today but the daffodils near my kitchen window are getting ready to burst into bloom. I hope the weather stays warm enough so the last a bit.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised you couldn't shop for those items before now. Doesn't make sense to me. If you wore a mask and were careful to stay away from people, why couldn't those items be sold?
Ellen you could only buy food, toiletries , alcohol , cleaning stuff etc in supermarkets , all clothes ( except baby clothes) house accessories, dvds , electrical stuff etc you couldn’t buy, those aisles were cordoned off
DeleteJohn-It has just appeared in my minds eye and I wondered if you don't mind me enquiring but were those underpants uncovered today made of chocolate? x
ReplyDeleteIf we could ‘visit’ we could ‘visit’... maybe one day x
ReplyDeleteOne day
DeleteHahaha Hey, being a mad bitch is our prerogative.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the milk bottle! I keep my vinyl collection in old metal milk crates. I think I should hunt down a milk bottle and use it to put flowers this spring, following your example.
XOXO
I’m starting a trend x
DeleteThank goodness! You must feel like spring is doubly here!
ReplyDeleteIt does feel like winter is over
DeleteA shopping spree, how fun for you! I love seeing the flowers. It will still be a while before we have flowers here. Take care!
ReplyDeleteI bought a bookcase on line too
DeleteOh you know how to live John ! New undies , just having a little browse around the shops is nice . Enjoy your few days off , xx
ReplyDeleteI will I hope x
DeleteNice daffs!
ReplyDeleteCheerful
DeleteA real milk bottle, the daffs look lovely in them, do you remember Steri Milk, lord that was gross, I wonder if they still sell it, not that I will be purchasing any, have a good week JG xxx
ReplyDeleteI don’t, but I remember that awful school milk smell
DeleteI just got milk up the road from a dairy. They still use the glass bottles. LOVE IT. I kept one though...as you found out, are perfect for long stems.
ReplyDeleteEclectic look too
DeleteHighly essential shopping!
ReplyDeleteGlass bottles are a good shape for flowers. They look lovely
It’s nice to be ALMOST frivolous
DeleteWell, I would call underpants essential (although I suppose they're really not... I'm thinking Lenny Kravitz). But, ask any bird (or Lenny Kravitz) and he'll probably tell you his nuts are essential.
ReplyDeleteAll mine have given up the ghost more or less at the same time x
DeleteAll your underpants or all your nuts? My underpants do tend to give out at the same time. So far, my nuts have survived.
DeleteNot underpant related, but I thought you would like to see Keith Flett's latest blogpost....
ReplyDeletehttps://kmflett.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/steve-bell-draws-llandudno-goats-visiting-the-barbers-for-a-trim/
Funny enough a blog reader sent me the cartoon this morning.....there’s a photo too of three goats standing outside a barber lol
DeleteThank you x
Are you planning some artwork this week?
ReplyDeleteI’m meeting my friend Nia on zoom who lives in Sydney
DeleteWe are going to paint together ...
Acrylics?
DeleteFully supplied, lovely spring daffodils adorning your decor and ready to paint some original artwork. It's all good. Enjoy your mini vacation.
ReplyDeleteI will
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