Hello there!
I hope things are well with you. I'm fine at the moment, a few little things I'm anxious about connected to school (not pupils, not lessons) but apart from that, all is fine.
Had a nice weekend with another visit to the town we went to last week- we were hoping to pick up CBC's fixed glasses but alas, they broke his glasses trying to fit the new lenses and they've had to order in replacement frames for CBC's glasses! Disaster! Lucky he has spares.
Our visit was rather late and frantic in the end with a visit to the Refill shop over a query over my receipt and purchases from last week. There appeared to be an item which cost £21 pounds on my receipt but 3 items seemed to be missing from my receipt. I'd tried emailing and Instagram DMing them to no avail. It was all rather embarassing as the receipt listed most things as "Custom items" and I could only identify what things were from the stickers on my weighed items which had an label and yet 3 items weren't on the bill. In the end, it turned out that if they were going in and out of orders, things get lumped into one item and what I THOUGHT was the expensive item (I thought I had been overcharged for honey) was not and it turned out their refill shower gel was HORRENDOUSLY expensive! I did question it (because I am not paying £9.00 for 300ml of shower gel in my own supplied bottle for a non-luxury brand and I was sure I'd bought the same shower gel in Northumberland for 28p for 100ml and they said they would check out with the company if they are charging the right amount but I realised it was a different brand from Northumberland that charged less so I messaged and said that, but I've subsequently checked out prices of other places selling Sesi shower gel retail and their prices are £1.20 per 100ml, not £3.00 per 100ml, so they are overcharging by a LOT! Darn it, why did I send the message? Does that mean they won't check with the seller about the prices now? Anyway, it transpired I had spent £18.00 on 550ml of shower gel. They gave me £5.00 back as there was still a discrepancy, but said they would check the prices (or maybe they won't now? Sigh...)
We then went to walk at the place with the Wild Garlic again and went for a walk with our friend again. It was even nicer on Saturday to visit there!
Today has involved Palm Sunday service, cleaning and tidying and a lovely walk plus a bit of garden work. CBC is not happy with me as I snaffled 3 watering cans from a neighbour who was getting rid of them and has gone mad at me for 'hoarding'. Also not helped by me bagging up a bin bag of leaves in the front garden for making leaf-mould. Apparently I am turning our garden into a gypsy caravan. I just wanted additional receptacles for water in the summer when we have lemon feed in one can, watering in another and wanting to max out the water catching when it is really hot.
Enough of that....should have hidden them better.
Here's a happy outfit!!! The entire outfit is second hand, except for the necklace and earrings.
I copied Anna when I bought these trousers and Anna is a big fan of orange so I like to think of this outfit as a homage to her, except perhaps my shoes.
The shoes have an interesting story to them. My penpal Katie (who used to blog) likes to customise boring grey plimsols with fun designs such as rainbows and octopuses and one day I asked her if one day she would do me some TARDIS ones if I could find a suitable pair of second hand shoes. She agreed but in the meantime, has got together with and moved in with a lovely new boyfriend. They have had to do some clearing out to make things fit. These trainers belonged to him. He had only worn them once for his wedding (previous marriage) as his ex was a huge Who fan and had had them customised for the wedding! He didn't need/want them anymore and Katie thought this was rather serendipitous and sent them to me as my Christmas present as he has the same sized feet as me! So I got a perfect second-hand Christmas present.
Hope you are well and I promise I will catch up on blog visits soon!
xx
Those are really cute and fun pants! They look great with the sweater. All in all your outfit makes you look ready for some summery activities.
ReplyDeleteYes u look very bright and cheery. The jug of flowers is gorgeous. What a hassle with C's specs and your shower gel. I hope school hassles are resolved before term ends
ReplyDeleteWhat a headache about the refill place receipt. Many watering cans are needed to keep a garden in working order. Would suggest CBC lightens up.
ReplyDeleteLove the orange based colour theme to your outfit, it's so cheerful. I bet those trousers are really comfy
Enjoy the pricey shower gel, that must have been a nasty surprise.
ReplyDeleteYour thought of hiding things better reminds me so much of some of our regular charity shop customers - they have ways of inconspicuously integrating things into the home!
We've got about three or four watering cans kicking about in our very small garden. It's good to be able to fill two when you're going up the other end of the garden, as it saves much toing and froing re-filling them. I've also got about 6 bags of leaves decomposing for leaf mould. They are a bit unsightly, but they are down the side return.
ReplyDeleteI love your outfit. The orange top goes perfect with the flowery pants.
ReplyDeleteI have at least three watering cans and several large recycled plastic barrels to hold water to facilitate watering the gardens in summer but they are not in one place. The barrels used to hold sanitizer for our milking equipments. Collecting rain water makes sense to me.
I hope your school issues get resolved.
Hugs, Julia
Wow, that refill shower gel was super expensive. I do hope it is worth it. I can't see anything wrong with you snaffling those three watering cans from your neighbour. I have several in use over Summer too. CBC's remark that you are turning the front garden into a gypsy caravan made me giggle, though :-))) Love the floral trousers with the orange top, and I'm sure Anna will be thrilled with the tribute. What a fun story about the TARDIS trainers! xxx
ReplyDeleteI love this vibrant outfit on you, Kezzie! That orange is just delicious! I think 3 watering cans is sensible, if they each serve a purpose.
ReplyDeleteI won't tell you how mny watering cans we've got but we do have a long garden!
ReplyDeleteThose trousers are fantastic, I really like them on you. xxx
Nice to hear you had a nice Palm service. Sorry to hear about you being overcharged for that shower gel. This is a lovely outfit. Tardis trainers are lovely and it's nice that your friend thought of you when her boyfriend didn't wanted them anymore.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cheerful outfit. It made me smile. How serendipitous that your friend's boyfriend had just the shoes you wanted and in the right size as well!
ReplyDeleteI own two watering cans and we don't even have a garden - only a balcony.
There's such a fine line between hoarding and collecting things for a true purpose...
ReplyDeleteI totally love your twist on these joggers and yes, the orange top is indeed just the kind of thing I'd wear!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog again xxx
You would expect all refill rooms to work out cheaper than, or at least be competitive with pre bottled alternatives. It's something you'll be mindful of now, I doubt you'll get caught out again, but what a shame!
ReplyDeleteLovely outfit, orange is so cheerful and it really suits you!
You can never have too many watering cans in my opinion!
What a perfect Christmas gift!
xx
Haha, I quite like the gypsy caravan park look :) I scattered two bin bags of leaves on the lawn the other week, and chopped and hoovered them up with the lawnmower... tremendous fun! (I am too impatient to wait for leaf mold). I think I would faint at that shower gel price, all the more dramatically if I were in the actual shop. The trousers are great and completely the kind of thing I would hunt out. Lulu x
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