Wednesday, 29 August 2012

29 August 2012

Sill holding at 71 lbs!  It was another wet day.  Someone from Gloustershire called in (or maybe texted ot e-mailed--I can't remember and it's not important to the story!) to Radio 2 this afternoon and said it was "as wet as an otter's pocket."  I like that!  It's good to have something to smile about in this miserable weather!

Got all kinds of stuff done today in spite of the weather.  Since the shoes I ordered from Ulla Popken were so enormous, I decided to look around here for something.  I went up to Adrian Morpheth in Ripon and found a nice pair that look like loafers (or moccasins--basically slip-ons).  They're black with an amber-looking (and I'm a serious sucker for amber!) flower.  When I tried them on, they felt a bit snug but they have a removable insole and without that, they fit fine--except it felt like there was a little stone in the right one.  Turns out the insole was hiding a nail!  I liked the shoes and I figure this is an easy fix for a cobbler (and my friend Steve just recommended one to me!), so I told them if they'd knock a little off the price (thinking they might knock L5 off), I'd take them.  They took L15 off!  I was seriously impressed!!

I went in to the Turkish Baths tonight for my weekly treat--and I should have suspected something was up because all the showers were cold.  When I went up for my detox massage, she told me the boiler had died.  I went ahead and did the massage--but showering off the algae mud was very cold!  Brrrr!  I made my appointment for next week and they gave me the Spa part (L16.50) for free for the inconveniene.  Sweet!  It must have been my day for deals.

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