We'd heard that there
were all sorts of Wii-bargains to be had at giveaway prices at the
toy shop in town. We'd heard that they were seriously cheap, so we
decided to be on the shop's doorstep for when they opened at 9am.
We finally woke shortly
after 10am, had a leisurely brekfast and thought we might try the
toy shop later. I had the weekly weigh-in. Yesterday I was two pounds
down on last week's weight; this morning I wasn't. So I cut the
difference and claimed that I was a pound down. Having started the
diet at eighteen stone nine pounds I'm now (about) fourteen
stone five pounds. That's over four and a quarter stone lost, but
(apparently)
still another two stone to go until I'm no longer overweight. I am
told that, in much the same way that ex-smokers become very militant
anti-smokers, I am becoming a diet-bore. I probably am. But if one
is going to lose weeight, it is a full-time committement. (That's
my excuse and I'm sticking to it!)
My left knee still hurts.
On Thursday morning I went to look at my pond, and slipped on the ice
on the decking. Somehow I seriously ricked my kneecap, and two days
later it's still rather painful. But regardless of the pain, I
hobbled bravely to town. It made for a morning out. We went to that
toy shop to look for the Wii-bargains. We were disappointed: all that
we could find was standard-priced stuff being perused by the Great
Unwashed. Literally unwashed. I had to leave the shop, the body odour
was that strong.
We went into the pound
shop as well, and picked up some bargains. I had another look at
spending my W.H. Smiths voucher, but could find nothing I wanted. I
suspect I shall end up wasting the voucher on something i don't
really want. As I've mentioned before, if any of my loyal readers
need anything from W.H. Smiths, please let me know and buy my voucher
from me. (He grovelled)
And so home, where I did
some more on-line surveys. I did get a bit cross with some of thes
survey web sites. Every survey on every site asks my age, date of
birth, gender and location (on seperate pages) before deciding
that I don't qualify for that particular survey. All of the web sites
have this information as part of my profile before I start each
survey. I don't see what asking for this information acheives, other
than wasting my time.
Mind you, I shouldn't
complain. I get credit for doing these surveys. And today I cashed in
some of that credit from one of my accounts, and hopefully a voucher
for twenty quid for Tessco should come in the post in a few days. I
intend to use that money to buy a pair of trousers that fits me.
And still on the theme of
chasing that elusive dollar, regular readers may remember that last
Wednesday I dropped off some catalogues in Francis Road. This
afternoon we went back to collect them. We had a very good return
rate, and one or two orders too. It won't make me rich, but it might
keep the wolf from the door for another few days.
Being a Saturday night,
we went round to Chris's house for film night. FIrst of all we
watched "Real Steel" - a Disney film about boxing
robots. I've seen worse films but I've seen a lot better too. And
then we watched "The Three Musketeers" - it was
(surprisingly) good fun. And I stayed awake for both
films.....
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