It's Official!

Today, I was having a lovely time with Adoring Husband in The Bay, which is a thirty minute drive from our town.  We had a number of errands to run and a 'to do' list a mile long, so we worked out which order to do our errands to be time efficient and not have to be in there longer than necessary.

The area has had a lot of rain in the last 24 hours.  We had two inches of rain overnight in our town, but on the drive into The Bay, it was obvious that there had been a lot more rain there.  The golf course at the halfway mark was completely underwater (so Adoring Husband won't be golfing this week!) and there was some minor localised flooding in other areas.

Adoring Husband and I are not a good shopping team.  We always spend more time and money than we plan to and we do a lot of window shopping.

Put us in a furniture shop and we can be there for hours testing lounge and dining suites, beds, recliner rockers, outdoor furniture, big screen televisions and sound systems, office chairs, stove tops, refrigerators, you name it, we check it out!

We don't NEED any of these things, but our eyes glaze over and all our common sense goes out the window.  Once inside the shop, we convince ourselves that it might be time for a new bed or other piece of furniture.  We test everything out,  compare prices and talk the salesperson down to a better price.  Then we walk away saying that we need to discuss it further.

Luckily, once we are out in the fresh air and our minds are cleared, within about 30 minutes, we remember that we don't need ANYTHING!

Today, we tested beds.  We actually WILL need a new bed soon as ours is seven years old and will need replacing inside the next two years.  We both have dodgy backs, so a good mattress is high on our priority list.

We sat on a couple of beds to test the firmness, and were promptly told by the salesperson, that we MUST lie down to get a real feel for comfort.  I was happy to obey these orders!

As I lay down on the most perfectly divine mattress that made me feel like I was floating on a cloud (not that I have ever floated on a cloud, but it's how I imagine it would be!), the heavens opened up outside and it was impossible for us to leave the store.

There I lay, listening to the rain on the roof and feeling the bed give me a big snuggly hug.  I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment.  **sigh**  Suddenly, Adoring Husband was asking for a 'best price'  and the salesperson was madly tapping away at his computer keyboard!

JUST WALK AWAY!!  We walked away, agreeing to discuss it further and the salesperson gave us til 5pm to decide on that particular price.  It only took five minutes for the fresh air to clear our heads and common sense prevailed once again!

Our final chore for the day was grocery shopping in the supermarket.  We hadn't done a good shop since before I went to New Zealand, so there was a lot to get, especially now that I am on a vegetarian diet.

As we walked down the condiments aisle, there in front of me was a young woman, probably in her mid twenties, carrying a brand new little baby.  Appearing beside her, was her mother, who bent towards the baby and touched it's face with an obviously 'proud' gleam in her grandmotherly eyes.

In an instant, my eyes welled up with tears and I felt this sob get stuck in my throat!  I could see in my mind, my lovely little Chicklet, and it suddenly hit me how much I was missing her and my Vegan Chickie and Bare-chested Chef.

JUST WALK AWAY!  I moved as quickly as I could to the end of the aisle and around the corner so that I couldn't see them anymore and blocked them out of my thoughts almost in an instant.  Whew!

I was not prepared for this!  There should be a handbook available for new grandparents with  warnings about this sort of thing!

It's official!  Becoming a grandmother turns you into a big soft lump of jelly with no emotional self control!  God help me!