Daily Words

I am feeling particularly Penelope-ish at the moment. Last night I had to frog back several rows of my current knitting project, and by the end of the evening I had probably completed about four more rows than I'd had at the beginning. Grr. Still, the rows are short now. One more evening should do it. After which it might be prudent to stop making scarves for a while, as I have an abundance.

Oh, who am I kidding. I shall find more recipients!

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I had an irritating but surprising experience yesterday/this morning. A month or so ago I let myself be stupid enough to sign up for some wizard let's get slim wheeze, which I regretted almost the moment I pressed the button. Anyway, I cancelled the next day, got an Are you sure? email and confirmed it, and got a regretful Sorry you cancelled, bye email back.

And last night I got a PayPal message saying I had paid upwards of £40 for the next installment.

Hmph. And a variety of other things.

I fired off a brusque and highly indignant response via PayPal, then dug out the 'we reluctantly accept your cancellation' email and replied to that pointing out that they had no right to my money.

Somewhat to my surprise, I got a full refund this morning. So. A swift and proper resolution to the situation.

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Bun's hen do is tomorrow, quite early (wedding is in November) but I dare say it's a day she and the bridesmaids could all manage. We are going for a spa day near Cambridge.

Had to buy a swimming costume. Fortunately there was plenty of choice in M&S.

This afternoon, I prune!

And speaking of pruning, which does not mean the bushes outside (which Beast has attended to most effectively, *and* shredded the branches), I asked for a short back and sides when I went to the hairdresser this week, and am now very much tidier than before. I like it! Of course, what with the female pattern baldness I have no hair at the front, but it turns out my head is quite a nice shape, and without wispy flyaway clown hair sticking out all around it looks positively pleasing.

In the expectation that in a few years' time I shall have no hair at all on my head, I am starting to ponder a tattoo! But what I really need is a skull cap with a tattoo design (or better yet, several such). I don't suppose anybody makes such things? It would be nice to try before buying. Maybe I could face paint a design, but it seems unlikely.