Failed Swimming Attempt.

I didnt get a chance to go back to the post office yesterday to top up any money i owed, so after getting ready for the day and running daddy to the bus stop, Ethan and I made the trip. I AM NEVER POSTING AN ITEM THERE AGAIN. EVER. I entered and endured the frostiness that is the customer service. I had a bit of a dispute with the delight that has worked there for a few years and felt that the owner's wife had taken my side. Clearly not. FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. I owed £11.87. Could she tell me that properly? No. So i drove to town and back to get some money back. She huffed and tapped her foot while i paid. I have to ask, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE? And why on earth is she holding a huff? Stupid backwards town. Grr! So, i think i can safely say i won't be going there again, even if it means waiting 4 days to get to the Pant post office.

After that joyful meeting, i went to town to drop off my mum's clothes at the dres makers. There is a Thai lady in the market who does and excellent job of fixing stuff. Sa -wad -ee -ka! I also popped into my favourite store, Littlewoods clearance. I bought 7 dresses for £26. Lets see if i can make it back. I love earning money, it's so satisfying. I've had to put a ban on my spending on ebay as i'm not really seeing the profit and i have a big amount due to ebay. Oppps.

When we got home, i went upstairs to send some emails and came down to this;


What have you been doing Ethan? Have we found the icing sugar?;


Oh what fun! It was great to hoover up too - my dyson cannister is white. I fixed him some lunch and made a big pot of chilli for tea before packing up our stuff to go swimming. I always slightly unsure of going, due to our fun time last time. Thankfully he had pooed already for the day so the chances of it happening again are slim. I just finished packing up the bag when Ethan had a massive coughing fit. So bad that he started wretching. I got him to the toilet 2 times too late. He was sick in the toilet, then turned to me before hitting the carpet again. Great. Swimming is off the table. I don't mind cleaning up poo or wee, but sick is just, well, sick! It stinks! So i had the fun task of sorting that out.

We got Jared and had dinner together. I was meant to FB Pauline to cancel our date tonight and forgot. Clearly the wrong thing to do. I went to Julies to have my hair trimmed up, she did a great job. After that i came home to watch rubbish on TV before going to bed. A sour end to the day I must say!

Haircut Time!

Today is the day I have my hair cut off. Eeeeeek! I am feeling nervous now as I'm no longer counting down days! I'm meeting the buyer in a hotel in Cardiff - i know it sounds a bit dodgy, my brother Thomas is driving down to come with me. I had the nice surprise of seeing Jakey too!

So i had a load of jobs to do this morning - i always find that when i come back from my parents and Jared has stayed home, it's catch up time! So i spent a good few hours getting up on the washing..etc. After that i had to bag up my eBay items for posting. I don't know why i don't do it first - i feel so much pressure to get it all sent out, especially if it's been a few days since they paid for it. I also had an ebayer asking where her item was 3 days from payment. Stupid girl, clearly doesn't read the listing. I'm not too fond of those who reside in the Heolgerrig post office, so i always do my best to get to the Pant post office. They are so nice to deal with. So i drove out to them, not realising the time. They shut in 5 minutes...i totally would have made it if it wasn't for the LEARNER DRIVER! GRRR! I have 2 hours before i have to be in Cardiff and i need to do the food shop!

I just leave the posting till after (still feeling the pressure) and went to do the food shop. I did it in 30 minutes..Yeah! I love Aldi purely for that. There is hardly a queue! I got home, unpacked and made some lunch. By then it was 2.15pm and no sign of Thomas. He was 25 MILES AWAY! Arrrrrrrrgg! I'm going to be late! I hate being late, especially when meeting someone who is giving you money, it looks like your not taking it seriously. I was desperate, like REALLY desperate, so i took my packages to Heolgerrig. Boohoo. I leave my packages with them with some money, so i could get off home. I suppose that is one good thing. Also glad that the one worker who finds printing proof of posting for each item 'a hassle' wasn't there too. Pffft.

Tom and Jake got to mine at 2.50pm, parked their car and jumped into mine before rushing to Cardiff. We weren't too late thankfully! Jake went for a walk with Ethan while Tom came with me. It didn't take long for it to be done. He grouped my hair into small sections, tied it then cut. Tom took some pictures as he did it so he could make a collage of my hair. He was done within 15 minutes and my hair was short. Really short. I actually can't believe how short it is. I had a slight freak out in my head as we drove home. And here is the finished piece;



I need to get it shaped and will be visiting Julie Jones tomorrow night to have it tidied up! Short? SHORT! ITS REALLY SHORT! I won't be wearing it down until at least 2 inches have grown, which won't take long. I have found it to be a really positive experience and would do it again, just next time not have any layers, not heat treat it too much and not loose as much. I definitely recommend it if you are thinking of doing it.

Tom and Jake didn't stay long, they had a bagel and went. The traffic was really bad for them on the way, taking an extra 45 minutes than it should to get here. They just chilled for a bit;

I loves my browsers! I picked Jared up from Uni before going to Peter and Pauline's for Philly's Birthday tea. Chilli cheese chicken with creamy mash. Yum! Definitely a favourite in our family. It was nice to get together again and spent time chatting. Jared needed to get back to do some study so we headed home, put Ethan to bed and i spent the evening not doing much. The hair shock is just too overwhelming!

Tedious Ebay Posting.

I feel so much better today! Yippeeee! Ethan and i had a nice lazy morning together. While he watched Thomas the Tank i worked and and did a little cooked breakfast for us both. He loves bacon and eggs at the moment and asks for it all the time. After getting out of the bath, we heard a really loud noise outside our house. I looked out the window and saw that our washing machine was being taken! Farewell washing machine;




Good old council. Or gypsies. I'm not actually sure which.

Just before lunch, Ethan and i made some cookies together. I didn't have any plain flour so they did look more like mini cakes. Still tasty though. Ethan really got stuck in;



He made such a mess with the flour, i had to strip him off before he trapesed flour through the house;


After the smarties went we used Reese's peanut butter pieces. They tasted even better on the cookies.

After lunch, i got Ethan ready to walk over the Winchfawr road to the Post office to post some more ebay items. I could just wait till Jared gets in and go then but i don't want to go on the treadmill tonight. Pauline rung last night to have the Ethanator after she finished work today so i had to hurry. I set off at 2.30 to be back for 3.30 for Pauline. There is no flat - it's either up or downhill. It took a good 15 minutes to post everything and by the time i finished, it was 3.15!!! I have to walk 1.5 miles in 15 minutes pushing 3 stone up a hill! Argggggg! I will say i got my house just after 3.35pm and Pauline had only been waiting 5 minutes, yey! She took him with his jammies and would bring him back for bedtime.

Jared was home half hour later and suggested we get a take out and watch Fringe - my perfect date night! Jared got an Indian and i a Nando's salad (got to watch the weight seeeeeeee ;)). It was so nice to just be together without the little dictator running around between us. Haha. Ethan came home and went straight to bed and Jared and I watched some more fringe before beddies.

I have to say, i'm getting a little fed up of the ebaying. I don't mind listing and picture taking - it's the lack of protection sellers have. Surely the whole reason ebay works is because of people selling? I met another lady in the post office today that has had endless problems with people claiming their money back. She then spots them selling the item they bought on.. it's not right! What do you think?