Cuppa? Birds, Bargains and Other Things

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Kettle on, time for another cuppa, grab the biscuits….and put your feet up for a quick chat about whatever!

Brushed off

Birdseed. I managed to shower myself with birdseed the other day while looking at a display bird feeder in a shop, filled with tiny seeds and grains. I think I literally froze for a few seconds when it happened. It sprayed all over the floor, all over me, all down my boots and goodness knows where else. No birds came near me when I left the shop so I must have managed to brush it all off. 😏

Oblivious to the drama, the birds out the back are ever grateful for the food, especially the ‘fat balls’.

Bagged

Some bargains for next Christmas. Honestly, January is a great time to pick up Christmas cards, decorations and bits and bobs for next Christmas, if you’re bothered about that sort of thing and can be bothered to go looking.  I don’t blame you if you don’t though. Some people are pros at this type of thing, like the woman who had already bought and wrapped next years’ gifts before the new year had even come in!! I bet she needed more than a cuppa after that.

I wouldn’t go as far as wrapping Christmas gifts a year ahead, I might change my mind about what to give someone nearer the time.

Bits I grabbed recently include some of those nice individual Clinton’s Christmas cards that retail for over £5 but were going for 99p each, and these ‘matchbox games’, are interactive cards to get your guests going, great for stirring up the dinner table banter and/or great as little gifts any time of the year.

Each pack was originally £4.49 each and I got them for £1.34 each. 💫

Endured

More train ride delights. 🚆

Imagine – your carriage reeks of piping hot McDonalds and your reserved seat is across the cosily narrow aisle from the guy devouring the Mcdonalds, with literal dolby sound effects and lots of fingers being aggressively licked.

Could it get any worse? Yes. This particular day you decided not to bring any head/earphones, you never normally commute without them but for some reason you left them behind this time.

Both sound and smell had to be endured in equal measure.

Thankfully he worked speedily through the fries before slamming his hat down on the seat beside him and ‘going in’ for the burger. Right at that moment the train driver makes a cheerful introduction with “good morning ladies and gentlemen”. It was 7.08pm.

Overindulged

On the subject of food. I may have gone a bit overboard on some almond and caramel popcorn – so sweet!!  🙊

Conquered 🏆

The mountain of shredding that has been building up in refuse sacks for longer than I care to mention. Anyway it’s pretty much all done now, and once again I’m vowing never to let it pile up that much again. Little and often is the way!

Right then, tea’s getting cold now, off to get a top up and some lunch.

Wishing you a great week….🔆💫🤗 until our next cuppa.

21 thoughts on “Cuppa? Birds, Bargains and Other Things”

  2. I can’t bear messy slurpy food sounds for sure. Definitely not ASMR for me.

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    1. Ha ha, I know, that shredding had got wayyy out of control 🤭 (along with the popcorn lol, the worst thing it, it’s so light so you just keep eating and eating….you never feel full 🙊🍿)

      Christmas bargains….it’s amazing what you can pick up when you’re not really looking, wishing some bargains your way too 🤗

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  6. I often get bird seed showers from the apartment the floor above mine. In our ground floor apartment, we have patio doors and we use them when the weather is fine and it’s not muddy underfoot. It was also great during the first Covid lockdown to have an alternative route to exit our building, although we’re less stressed about that sort of thing now. Now the muddy footprints on the carpet seem to have regained their position of importance! 😉

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  8. Great post, really enjoyed reading it Cherryl.

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  10. Oh the MacDonalds man, eek! I had a day out in Oxford with my best friend on Wednesday and my reserved seat on the way home was across a table from a maskless man having a very loud phone conversation. I actually went un-British and asked a woman to move her bag from the seat next to her so I could sit there instead!

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  11. Kym Gordon Moore – Kym Gordon Moore is a marketing and communications professional who holds an MBA with a concentration in Marketing. She has over 40+ years of combined experiences in part, but not limited to multi-media writing accreditations, developing and directing brand marketing communications for small businesses and corporate senior-level executives, leading and developing corporate social media strategies, successfully creating and launching B2C and B2B newsletter marketing campaigns, developing community outreach partnerships, creating and distributing corporate press releases, and tracking ecommerce and web analytics. She holds certifications that include HubSpot Academy Inbound Marketing, Google Analytics Platform, My Media Tutor Spokesperson Ready, Leveraging Vendor Relations and Marketing Experiments Email Marketing. Her computer competencies involve working with software applications in Microsoft Office and Navision, CandyPress, Word press, Google Analytics, ExactTarget/Salesforce programs and GIMP. Kym is the author of We Are Poetry: Lessons I Didn't Learn In a Textbook, Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry, Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit, and a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom. She mentors young and aspiring poets and volunteers to facilitate poetry forums. Her mission is to use poetry as a platform to foster greater awareness in the fight against illiteracy and aliteracy, by introducing elements of poetic diversity and education among children and adults.
    Kym Gordon Moore says:

    I love your cuppa overindulgences, conquers, and delights! ☕ You are not a robot, 🤖 but an actual living, breathing human being! 👧🏽👸🏽👩🏽 Yay!!!

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      1. Kym Gordon Moore – Kym Gordon Moore is a marketing and communications professional who holds an MBA with a concentration in Marketing. She has over 40+ years of combined experiences in part, but not limited to multi-media writing accreditations, developing and directing brand marketing communications for small businesses and corporate senior-level executives, leading and developing corporate social media strategies, successfully creating and launching B2C and B2B newsletter marketing campaigns, developing community outreach partnerships, creating and distributing corporate press releases, and tracking ecommerce and web analytics. She holds certifications that include HubSpot Academy Inbound Marketing, Google Analytics Platform, My Media Tutor Spokesperson Ready, Leveraging Vendor Relations and Marketing Experiments Email Marketing. Her computer competencies involve working with software applications in Microsoft Office and Navision, CandyPress, Word press, Google Analytics, ExactTarget/Salesforce programs and GIMP. Kym is the author of We Are Poetry: Lessons I Didn't Learn In a Textbook, Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry, Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit, and a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom. She mentors young and aspiring poets and volunteers to facilitate poetry forums. Her mission is to use poetry as a platform to foster greater awareness in the fight against illiteracy and aliteracy, by introducing elements of poetic diversity and education among children and adults.
        Kym Gordon Moore says:

        I did enjoy it Cherryl. Your message was quite refreshing my dear! 😁 You got me looking at my shredder as we speak! 😱😩😲 LOL Have a lovely day sweetie! 🌞💖💐

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  12. I do enjoy the randomness of posts like this. It gives readers peek inside the heart & mind of the author.

    Hugs 🫂

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