let’s see – hauled myself out of bed and got us all dressed and fed and out to the bank, arriving only 15 minutes for our ten o’clock appt. So given that we were late – why did the bloke keep us waiting? 🙁
Anyway, dd did very well throughout – drew a couple of pictures – coped with the bloke repeatedly calling her a dipstick (why are ppl rude to children? And can’t help feeling that I should be able to stop ppl doing it – but never know how). Bit that confused me was when she signed her name as she usually does – but mirrored. Now I couldn’t do that if tried! Did at least mean she got s the right wat round for once 😉
I confess that I had bribed dd with the offer of a trip to M*hell if she was good during the bank so duly off we went. Sticky moment when I refused pointblank to go to McDs – I try to minimise our visit there, and just for once I wanted to eat somewhere nice. But the ultimatum of restaurant or home worked, and once she discovered that she could still have chicken nuggets and chips all was sweetness and light again. Then a bonus for her, if not for my credit card – new shoes required! Well, she has had the last pair since October, so we’ve got reasonable value out of them.
Also took her to the softplay area and gave her half an hour – trying to run off a bit of energy. Didn’t count on the fact that the softplay is opposite Stationery Box, and they’ve got laminators and paper trimmers on sale…
I resisted the temptation – not quite sure how. Something to do with not having anywhere to put anything until I do some serious decluttering! Ebay here I come…
Tonight was our first woodcraft folk meeting – found the place fine, and then did three u-turns trying to find somewhere to park! Thoroughly enjoyed the evening – dd warmed up nicely just as it was time to go! – and also met another couple of home edding families, so will be going to other local meets soon (they meet weekly – marvellous!)
All in all, a very good day.
