Easter Holiday Happenings

I'm really enjoying having Little Bird at home for the Easter Holidays.  Days have taken on a relaxed feel.  I'm managing to have a few lie ins with my current book 'One Hundred Secret Senses' by Amy Tan.  I am so enjoying this book and find the insights it gives you into another culture and it's belief systems completely fascinating.  I may even manage to finish it by the end of this week.

Anyway, I digress.  As I mentioned, I'm really enjoying being at home with Little Bird, pottering, catching up with jobs, just being with no set routine, other than the morning dog walk. 

Yesterday, we ventured out to our local mall, ostensibly to get Little Bird's hair trimmed.  When we got there our first stop was Waitrose - not a place where I shop very often, but as I just needed a couple of items for our supper that evening, I popped in to see if I could get them.  Whilst in there I decided to do the majority of our Easter Egg shopping to save my making a trip to another supermarket to do it at a later date.  The prices seemed comparable with other supermarkets and I needed to send some off to Australia for my sister and her family, so wanted to finish buying them as soon as possible.

When I got to the till I was asked if I wanted to join the Waitrose Loyalty Scheme.  I'd read good things about it, but had never bothered before, but when the lady on the till explained that I could get £3 off my Easter eggs, a free cup of tea to take to the hairdressers and drink while we waited, the Waitrose Food magazine and the day's Daily Telegraph (all free), I thought why not?  Let's face it I have all the other loyalty cards, what's one more?  One that gives me free refreshments to boot.  To be honest, they won't get much information on me except how rarely I visit.  I was, however, very impressed by the excellent service I received, so who knows I might start to visit a little more in future.

Aside from the essential groceries, the Easter eggs, the haircut, some bias binding for me for a project and a birthday present for a friend of Little Bird's, we didn't spend any money.  I was quite surprised at our restraint, especially Little Bird's, who had been given some money by her Auntie when she visited the other week, which she was determined to so save up rather than spend.  I was very impressed by this new resolve.

I'm not sure what the rest of the week will hold for us, but I am enjoying having no plans and just doing as we please.