[flump] That was hectic...
Does anyone else have a love/hate relationship with the Post Office? Since ours was closed down [snarl, bloody government] we've had to use the PO in Sandy Park Rd. No further away, but since it's now the only PO for miles around, it's
busy, all the time. The queue was out of the door this morning. And they don't hold US currency, you have to order it. The main PO in The Galleries in town would have some though, so since I was going into town anyway I thought I'd use them instead...
Heh. The queue at the main counter was about 30 people long, but all the windows were open so it was moving very quickly. The queue at the
bureau de change window was three people long when I joined it...
Alas, they all wanted complicated things done with large amounts of currency - it took me fifteen minutes to be served, just for a $10 note. Why did I want a $10 note? Long story, won't bore you here...
However,
Evolution had some new wind chimes, including this one (held by Kai: sorry I missed the bottom off!) which I fell in love with. The chimes are those little inverted domes, and they make a lovely quiet mellow sound. It's now hanging in the bedroom window and looks fantastic. (And only £4.50!)
Oh, and the
Evolution branch that used to be up the Gloucester Rd closed down. Just in case anyone was wondering.
Also bought another set of orchid-matching bedding from
Wilkinsons, and while I was there had a look at their fabric flowers - and found silk cattleyas, a pair set in clear resin in a glass vase. Cream white rather than the orange I was hoping for, but very pretty. Now I'm hunting for a fabric paphiopedilum (though I think I'll be very lucky to find one!) It would be wonderful to find fabric versions of some of the more unusual orchids too (oh for a
stanhopea!). I'll keep looking though - you never know...
Found a great book in the
Leaping Lemming at St Nick's Market -
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time (subtitled 'more politically correct bedtime stories'). With titles like
The Little Mer-persun and
Sleeping Persun of Better-than average Attractiveness I think it's going to be fun.
I also found a copy of
Rocky Horror - From Concept to Cult, which looks interesting, and
The Gaia Peace Atlas, excellent research material. Didn't cost me a penny, either: we had a vicious prune of our own bookshelves a little while ago and ended up with substantial credit notes from the place.
Arrived back as Ken was leaving to collect Kai, emptied rucksack and tanked over to Tesco. There are times I don't like shopping, legs are still aching...
Food
Morning: couple of slices of organic rye crispbread with (delicious) cold roast pork from our local butcher and a pot of organic
Clearspring sencha [sigh - only have one teabag left and Sainsbug's doesn't stock it any more...] in my new teapot. (From the hospice charity shop in Sandy Park Rd: I think it's Indian - small, hexagonal, thick blue and white china with a peacock decoration and a brass handle. Also found three
beautiful little Chinese (I think) bowls and matching spoons: white with delicate cherry blossom branches on them. Couldn't resist...)
Dinner: bowl of salad (organic lettuce/tomatoes/cucumber/spring onions - I forgot the beetroot, blast it) with a dollop of tinned pink salmon on top (Ken had his with a baked potato, Kai had noodles) mixed with the usual organic seafood dressing. Individual low(er)-cal toffee cheesecakes for dessert.
Evening: there's some cold roast pork and roast beef left over - going to have that with another couple of crispbread and a mug of low-cal soup (Tesco is doing a 'buy one get one free' on Batchelor's low cal soups at the moment.)
On the subject of food, I dropped into
Revolution - the Russian bar-restaurant close to St Nick's Market - to see if I could get a menu to take home, since I didn't discover the website until just now (and the menu's in pdf anyway, which I loathe). It all sounds
wonderful, and the prices are very reasonable:
'Small plates' like Pan-fried Mushrooms on garlic flatbread with blue-cheese topping, or Roasted Chicken Wings with lemon peri-peri dipping sauce, both £4.45, or Salt and Pepper Squid with sweet chili sauce £4.50.
Main meals like Scottish Rump Steak (with a vodka glaze!), potatoes/chips and fresh veg/salad £7.95, Wild Mushroom Pie (with asparagus in a cream sauce) £6.95, The Dragon's Tail (chicken and pork escalope rolled with paprika, with braised red cabbage, potato rosti and apple cream sauce - that'll do me!) £7.65.
And the desserts! Hot cinnamon waffle with fresh strawberries, raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream (£2.95), Double Chocolate Torte (£3.25)...
Hungry yet? [grin] I was wondering, if/when you come over this summer Carol, you'd like to go there one evening for a meal (and possibly some vodka cocktails!)...
The penultimate cookie...
Reduce to a minimum what is necessary in your fish bowl. |
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[eyes up the Tetra of Immortality. Yes, the damn thing is still alive. I suppose that's what immortality is all about.]
Please tell me I'm not the only person who wants to take an elephant gun to Sweetie the bloody Chick...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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