Gahhhh, I hate shopping. I really really hate it! Especially on baking hot days like today! And especially when I can't find what I want!
I needed to buy a Power Ranger Dino Thunder Cycle and Figure (any but the white one) for Chris, and a singing Barney the Dinosaur for Nick. Power Ranger was a piece of cake. Went to woolies, there they were, ever colour you want, so I picked up the red one. Done. But Barney....! Barney must be out of fashion or something, because damned if I could find one! Even the rocking horse shop didn't stock them. Argos did, but they didn't have any in. Nightmare! I need it for tomorrow! If only Yorkie had got off his butt and rung his sister weeks ago like I asked him too, this would be sorted!
I don't have Rachels number, but I do have Jenny's. OK, so it's the wrong sister, but I figure she'd know what else we could get and sent her a text. I hung around town for a long as my parking ticket would let me waiting for a responce, and went home.
Almost as soon as I got in, I get a message from Jenny. Nick would love anything Barney, non-singing toy, DVD etc (but I can't find any), or a book called the Gruffalo's Child. Never heared of it, but I look it up at waterstones. Ahhhh.... found it! I call waterstones in town and they say they'll hold one for me. There's never any free parking, and I've already spent all my loose cash on parking in the car parks twice today, so I set off for a walk. In this heat!
At least I got the book though, and Chris's toy, and gift wrap from waterstones too. I've not bothered with cards, at 2 and 4 years old they wont care about cards anyway, and if Yorkie wants to get them cards that badly, we can nip into the spar on the way out tonight.
I've knocked the idea of going to the gym today on the head. I'm shattered! And I did make the point of doing my "tum-holds and bum-clenches" while I was walking to town and back, so I will have done a bit to tone up and well as burn a few cals wondering round Lancaster & Morecambe. All want now is a nice long chill out with me book, and a cold drink.
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