Twisted Kites

Been needing a new iPod for a while as the one I have now tents to live in the car. So now the new range has been released it makes sense to get one. Anybody actually tried buying one?! Impossible to find, although they have supposedly been released. Argos ‘OUT NOW!’ on site, ‘coming soon’ in stores and ‘out of stock’ when trying to reserve one. Went into Comet in Rugby yesterday, big board in the doorway with huge words on it ‘New iPod Range Now In Stock!’. Great. Went inside and found loads of old ones still on display. Asked the woman in there, she said she hadn’t seen them. Saying things like that should be illegal, surely it’s a form of false advertising.

Seems to me like they’re a huge myth, although in Currys in Victoria they do have one of them, the new 4GB silver Nano. Which is about as much use as a floppy disc drive. Might just buy one direct from Apple or something but the way things are going I’ll probably place an order and the thing might arrive in 9 weeks time, about the time we will probably see them.

I didn’t come away empty handed though, I did get myself a nice pair of black Skechers shoes from Brantano, like trainers but without laces, with grey bits and red stitching, lovely and comfy. Not cheap but I needed some decent black ones. Today I need to find a new kettle as mine has started leaking.

Went into Coventry centre today. Picked up a bunch of Euros of course. Found a load of good stuff, some of which were good bargains including the following:

Picked up some cargo shorts (hot sunny weather willlllll be here alllllll summer), one fairly standard pair from Debenhams at £15 (a few pounds of in a sale) and a Slazenger pair for just £6 from TJ Hughes. Also from TJs a new suitcase, super light, average size, large capacity, deep purple colour (easy to find on the carousel), down from 40 to just £16.

A charity comedy DVD down from a tenner to just 99p from a bargain shop. Also in the same bargain shop, a 6 pack of Guinness for £4.99, cans of D&B (hard to find these days!) for 23p a piece, 2 tubes ‘of XXL’ sized Pringles for £1.38 total, bottle of Marstons for 99p (£1.59 in supermarket) and a bottle of apple flavoured vodka mix drink (£2-3 in a bar) for 39p!

Stopping at United Footwear on the way home, found a pair of Base light brown suede shoes for £19.99, and a pair of black leather Skechers slip ons for just £5!

I do think I’ve done pretty darn well today.

Today I needed to pop into Central Six to get a pair of new work shoes, followed by a quick stop at Tesco.

Ended up with a nice pair of shoes, and also some Skechers sandals from Brantano and also a load of clothes and a few other bits from Next, TK Maxx and Sports World.

Decided, why not just make a start on my summer clothing, never know when the sunny weather might sneak up on us.

I also need to get my summer holiday sorted out; I have 9 days off commencing 9th June so need to decide where I am going and get something booked. Thinking of returning to Ireland, so many cheap flights from Birmingham Airport so there’s easy, just need to find a nice place to stay that isn’t too much (as I have to pay extra for being on my own of course, annoying). Possibly somewhere in Dublin as central as I can get, or a little bit outside but on the DART line. Or maybe a hire car, but might not actually need one as transport is quite good there.