Shop till I drop?
4 July 2007
Son Number Two is moving up to High School next year. He spent a day there yesterday, which he thoroughly enjoyed. He was so excited that he couldn’t sleep the night before and even woke when his alarm clock went off and was to be found dressed and ready to go at 8am!
I can’t wait for him to go as it will cut back on my journey time each morning and afternoon. However, he came back clutching letters, that essentially were extracting more money from me! There’s the school trip for the new intake, the uniform and the equipment needed. I need to start now as he needs so much as well as all the other bits and pieces that weren’t required for primary school.
My list today is:
Scientific calculator like this Casio FX85ES Scientific Calculator, which my eldest has had for the last 2 years. It must, therefore, be quite sturdy. How it operates is now beyond me as I only vaguely remember using sin, cos and tan! This is going to set me back £11.99
Compass, protractor etc, which I believe is known as a mathematical set.
Thankfully these are relatively inexpensive costing about £2 or £3.
Rugby shorts
White trainers
The school blazer, PE top and games top all have the school logo so need to be bought locally. On top of the gear needed for Son Number One’s CCF camp I think I’ll be shopping for the next few months non-stop. Thank goodness there are no family birthdays to distract me (apart from my own that is!).
Is it just me who doesn’t like shopping?
1 July 2007
I sometimes wonder if one of the basic and fundamental genes is missing from my make-up. I’m (allegedly) female, but I really don’t enjoy shopping. I’m maybe being a little sexist here, but generally women are perceived as enjoying shopping, spending their husband’s money, meeting friends to ‘go shopping’ etc. I can think of nothing worse.
Like everyone else I need occasionally to buy things. I have little interest in fashion and as long as clothes fit and are ‘fit for purpose’ I wear them. I don’t feel a need to shop weekly for new outfits or the latest trend. However, my two children get through clothes at a rapid rate, so I do need to buy for them more often. Christmas, of course, requires me to buy presents and the breakdown of electrical equipment, such as the washing machine and iron recently.
Even when it is necessary to purchase anything, my first port of call is the world wide web. If I can’t buy on line I’m a bit miffed. Why anyone wants to trudge around busy shopping centres and high streets is beyond me when with a few clicks you can get your goods delivered to your door often free of charge.
I was thinking about recent purchases, my Hoover Aquarius washing machine, Russell Hobbs steam generator iron, PSP, Oral B electric toothbrush, sun cream and even hay fever tablets to name a few and all but the toothbrush and washing machine were bought on line. Even the pet, car and house insurance are bought on line. My next purchases that are lined up include a holiday, travel insurance and barbeque will all be bought from the comfort of my own home. Whilst I can sit and wait for my barbeque to be delivered to my door, I will, sadly, have to leave my home to take full advantage of the holiday!
