Another Day, Another Meh

I picked bear up from school, after stalling spectacularly on a hill - tried to move off uphill in third gear. Didn't work.

It was interesting as I called into the shop, forgot some things, bought other stuff on impulse and generally tootled. And I realised that while buying just what I needed, just when I needed, was a great strategy, I need more strategies to avoid impulse buying. I know I can take in a list of things I need, but sticking just to the list is going to be tricky.

This is one way that online shopping has been so wonderful for me. It helps me keep impulse buying at least partly at bay. I mean, all bets are off if drink (or eBay) has been involved, but it keeps the price down. When I look online, especially on somewhere like Tesco, I usually find myself looking around my favourites or similar items to the things I'm looking for. I can't walk past a display of cutlery and suddenly have the impulse to buy forks.

Aldi is a particular hazard. It has awesome deals on great stuff, especially chocolate, but they have an aisle of wonder, where you can pick up chainsaws or scuba gear or paint stripper or lots and lots of really sweet yarn.

One of today's impulse buys was a car air freshener. I feel like have been under chemical assault.

Writing stuff - latest instalment from the White Hart is here. I had far too much fun writing it.

Photo by Ellen Melin on Unsplash

I also submitted a short story to a writing competition. It was quite odd, as I was talking out loud to myself about the plot as I drove to pick up bear, as if the car could give me plot advice, and I had to be careful not to carry on the one sided conversation while I was wandering around Morrisons. I may get a reputation!