A sign of my own stupidity...

trolley
Originally uploaded by sashinka-uk

See, this is one of those things you have in your car, which REPLICATES a pound coin. So when you get to a supermarket if you don't have a pound you can put this handy item in the trolley and shop.

It's slightly naff, so obviously I don't put it on my keyring. And anway, my keyring is full of... many keys I cannot entirely indentify.

This ... faux pound makes me feel stupid everytime I use it. Because? Because it cost me two pounds.

It's a cipher - a sign - of everything I get wrong in my life. At some point, I can't remember, I was clearly in a shop where I thought, hey, two pounds for a thing that does the job of a pound. That's a bargain. Or, hey, why don't I buy an unecesary item where I only have one of them, to replicate pound coins, of which I have many. That'll be smart.

And in having an additional belonging, I have to **do** stuff with it. I have to keep it somewhere. I have to remember where I kept it. I have to remember to get it back (rather than trading pound coins with a randomer in the supermarket). If I'm in a massive hurry and it's pouring and Zaphod (small child) is screaming, I don't think "oh, it's only a pound, leave it for someone else to find and have a nice day" abandaning my trolley with free cash in it. I think - that would be wasting two pounds, go get it.

So, short fom: my faux-pound makes me feel actually-stupid.

And also, the more expensive the supermarket, the less it works. Lidl - fine. Tesco - no. Sainsbury - no. Waitrose - I didn't even try.

Learn from me, people.

The Self-Storage Self

Somehow, as I recycle, declutter, unecumber myself of five years of tax records / phone bills etc, this article my beloved sent to me last year seems a little resonant: The Self-Storage Self - Storing All the Stuff We Accumulate.

Of course, I'm getting rid, as they say in Manchester, so hopefully it doesn't apply to me...

Oh, and now I can recycle the printout. Stuff. It's all about being able to find something again, and then you have so much stuff you can't. Aaah: the internet.

Current Status

Decluttering. Containerising. Selling flat (after a *very* long time living here). Moving (temporarily). Househunting. Redundancy (not mine). Working. Holidaying. Househunting. New job (not mine). All the yomtavim (Jewish New Year). Getting married (ok, to the same guy, long story). Busy. :)

Hack Things Better

Just discovered sugru - sounds like playdough for grownups (not that I'm complaining)... can't wait to get my hands on some.

Oh, and sorry I didn't blog in like, forever. You wouldn't believe what's been going on.