What a Day!

Well, what a day this has been. I have been writing a shopping list for the last couple of weeks and today was shopping day. Yuk, don't like shopping at the best of times and the end of November isn't the best with all the Christmas shoppers around. I had a big list to get from Argos, bookcases, desks, office chairs for the boys, a pressure cooker new phones etc. I could go on but I'm even sending myself to sleep! Half the things were out of stock and had to be reserved at the Caerphilly store and when I went to pay they declined my card! Great, I know I'm running low on funds but not that low. The lady at the till asked if I had any other way of paying... I have a VISA card but don't know the PIN? Ummm, no that won’t work then. Ahh, I have a long forgotten Argos card in my bag. Success, I can have my shopping. Now to get it all out to the car. By the time I got home I was fed up and really didn't fancy another Argos trip to Caerphilly but I went only to be told that they didn't have all the reserved items. Arrrr. Oh well, that pair of cream curtains just wasn't destined to live in New Zealand!

We have 2 days left to get everything packed before the shippers arrive. We are nearly there and the house is like a bombsite. I have no idea where we are going to sleep after they’ve been. I’ve managed to borrow a put up bed from a friend and I have made it clear to Ian and the boys that this is my bed!! (Only until something better comes along of course!) I can’t wait for them to come and get all our stuff now. We are going round in circles as the vast majority is packed and ready and the rest can’t really be wrapped until the morning they come.

I’m now going to make a start on shredding all our paperwork. I bet that come Monday I will discover I have shredded something vital. Always happens that way….or is it just me?