Pace Myself

I had a very busy first hour of the day.

It’s when all of my sales for the day were made.

Everyone who walked in said to me “I’m only here to browse. Is that ok?”

I replied “Certainly! There’s plenty here to browse over!”

Every one of those people spent a generous sum of money.

Lady Lynn popped in for a visit to say her final goodbyes. There was a luncheon at the local club in hers and Happy Harry’s honour, which AH and I could not attend so it was lovely to have the opportunity to give her one more hug and give HH a kiss goodbye too.

The remainder of my day was spent steaming the clothes, filing, photocopying and mailing out phone purchases.

At 12.30pm I sat on my chair feeling very low on both mental and physical energy, so I decided to rest up until closing time.

My cleaner arrived at 1pm and I chatted with her while she dusted a section of the shop.

Adoring Husband arrived early because we had to attend an appointment with our financial adviser in The Bay so he pulled everything inside while I packed what needed to come home and paid the cleaner.

Before our appointment, we made a quick stop at Spotlight to stock up on some canvases for this weeks art class. It was a pleasant surprise to find them all on sale so I purchased 39 instead of the planned dozen.

We spent a pleasant 45 minutes with our adviser, signed some paperwork and decided that since we were close by, we should stop at Su Jus Bar for a green juice for me and a coffee for AH. 

We saw The Garden Guru from a distance and so I followed my nose to where I believed The Brains Trust was. My instincts were correct and she led me to SHOES! We hugged and chatted while I paid for some shoes that I KNEW I needed from the second I saw them! Not stylish, but comfortable and the perfect height for wearing with my 7 pairs of bootleg and bell bottom hippie pants.

After that we drove to Stocklands because I needed some coat hangers for trousers for the shop. I also scored a $6 pr of cotton pyjama bottoms from Kmart and two white tops from Jeans West.

Our birdie is growing fast ...

With good planning and teamwork between AH and myself, we arrived home to the welcoming aroma of lamb shanks in the slow cooker.

I put half of the cooked mushrooms and veggies from the pot into the blender with some of the liquid and ended up with a thick smooth gravy for the shanks and the meat was falling off the bones as I served up. A quick, delicious and nutritious meal.

AH has fallen asleep in bed beside me and I’m ready for sleep too. Three people have already withdrawn from my art class on Saturday (all newbies) so I’ll have to do some heavy duty recruiting tomorrow!

Nite all.