Today all three of us Development Assistants got a treat. We were sent to IKEA in Warrington to get some shelving for the Finance Department and some units for the Women's Project.
Due to the size of the stuff, we took our, much hated, horrible, white van, which fortunately seats three. Carol drove, on the motorway, for the second time in her life, and got really brave. She ventured into the middle lane and we all said she will be dashing up the motorway all the time now.
We had lunch in the restaurant and I introduced the girls to (supposedly) Swedish meatballs and salad. The meatballs were disappointing as they tasted of sausage meat and were quite yucky really. I was embarrased as I knew that they aren't suppose to taste like that.
Eventually, we did all our purchases for work and I bought a few little bargains for myself as well; a couple of tins of potpurri for 20p, a cookbook stand for 50p and some parcel wrap for 80p. We also came back armed with new catalogues.
On the way back we stopped at Freeport as Lisa needs a new coat, but she didn't find one she liked. However, I dropped on a bargain; there was a 1/2 hour half-price sale on, which included already reduced items. I bought some jeans that were reduced down to £3 for just £1.50. Incredible!!!
All in all, a great day had by us all. Now we got to look forward to putting all that shelving up..., never mind, can't have just the good, without the bad.
Due to the size of the stuff, we took our, much hated, horrible, white van, which fortunately seats three. Carol drove, on the motorway, for the second time in her life, and got really brave. She ventured into the middle lane and we all said she will be dashing up the motorway all the time now.
We had lunch in the restaurant and I introduced the girls to (supposedly) Swedish meatballs and salad. The meatballs were disappointing as they tasted of sausage meat and were quite yucky really. I was embarrased as I knew that they aren't suppose to taste like that.
Eventually, we did all our purchases for work and I bought a few little bargains for myself as well; a couple of tins of potpurri for 20p, a cookbook stand for 50p and some parcel wrap for 80p. We also came back armed with new catalogues.
On the way back we stopped at Freeport as Lisa needs a new coat, but she didn't find one she liked. However, I dropped on a bargain; there was a 1/2 hour half-price sale on, which included already reduced items. I bought some jeans that were reduced down to £3 for just £1.50. Incredible!!!
All in all, a great day had by us all. Now we got to look forward to putting all that shelving up..., never mind, can't have just the good, without the bad.
