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Graduation dilema, shop or no shop, or am I still ahead of the game!!

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Graduation Degree My step son has just got his masters PHD and his graduation ceremony is next week. Not sure what to wear, and I didn't want to wear what I wore at his degree. Just couldn't remember what so  I looked back at Facebook and there you have it. Black with lace trim.....well thats annoying as thats what I was going to wear this time. I'm certainly not going shopping (remember I hate shopping!) for something new so I may wear the first dress I brought for his Brothers wedding which was the wrong colour..... Am I still ahead of the game? Could I be that lucky!! .... Long story  Click here for   Part 1 ,  Part 2 ,    The wedding finale , and  Ahead of the game -  for some light hearted, head slapping entertainment. Guan Ying Now I'm off to check the dress still fits as I cant help but notice my washing machine is shrinking all my clothes!! But first I will continue with my latest commission 'Guan Ying' while I decide ...

SHOPPING ARGH!!

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I think I have explained enough how much I hate shopping, and to shop for something specific is my worst nightmare. Well we needed a new mattress so the thought of weekends going shop to shop and  bouncing around on beds of various styles is just too awful to think of. So think of my joy to see a site which offers you a 100 day trial of a mattress in your own home, and if you don't like it, you can return with a full refund!  So we are currently trailing an EMMA mattress that received the WHICH best buy 2018. It seems to be mainly foam, I thought it was meant to be special memory foam but I'm not sure where the memory bit it. It actually reminds me of sleeping in a caravan on the tacky foam seating as a kid, certainly not worth all the money for this supposedly high tac memory foam, you don't sink into it at all and just lie on top of it. Well we have another 98 nights to go and I'm hoping I like it more as the days go by, but I'm not holding my breat...