I pushed the boat out today. First I bought a new raincoat
to replace the one with the broken zip. This one is supposed to be waterproof,
not merely shower proof as the last one was. It rustles more when I walk, but
there’s nobody to hear it except me, so that doesn’t matter.
The big news, though...
Knowing I was going be late back this afternoon, I treated
myself to lunch in the town. A portion of chips. £1.30. In order to avoid
choking on the horror of such extravagance, I had to keep reminding myself that
a cup of decent coffee would have cost more. And so would a vanilla ice cream,
were there vanilla ice cream to be had in Ashbourne.
Did I mention that Ashbourne is deficient in the vanilla ice
cream department?
2 comments:
Chips!! You tease, I LOVE chips!!!! Much more than ice cream.
Pity they come in a polystyrene tray now. I miss the greasy little paper bags with the chips overflowing onto a page of the local paper. At least I wasn't given a daft little wooden fork, though, or worse still a PLASTIC one. Sitting on a bench eating chips with the fingers is one little pleasure still left to us. I expect it will become illegal one of these days, for hygiene reasons.
And I think I just got my April 1st post.
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