It’s the week before Christmas and Di has posted the questions for Share Your World.
Here are this week’s questions:
1. How organised are you in either your working or private life?
Not as organised as I used to be when I had things to do and places to go.
2. Do you remember family birthdays or anniversaries and send cards?
I used to always send cards for birthdays and Christmas especially the latter. I used to receive a lot too. But gradually people seem to have stopped sending cards so in the end I stopped too. I used to enjoy the tradition. I liked going to the Charity Card Shop to pick out cards for friends and family. I can’t do that now, there isn’t one here and even getting to the post office has to be planned. So it’s easier to send eCards and I do that except for the two or three people who always send a real card to me. I admit that I don’t always remember birthdays now. I remember them beforehand but then I forget to buy a card and it’s too late.
3. If you see something in a shop that is an extravagance but you can afford it, do you buy it?
Not as often as I should. Mum always used to say “If you are really meant to have it then it will be there when you come back.” I’m here to tell you that is not true. If you see something and you like it but decide to think about it and come back later it is almost guaranteed not to be there. So if I can afford to buy something I want I ought to do it but I don’t always because I have to justify it to myself.
4. Are you looking forward to the New Year?
Not really. We don’t really do anything for New Year’s Eve and haven’t for years. We do sit up. I wouldn’t go to bed before midnight on New Year’s Eve. As for am I looking forward to 2023 I can’t say I am. I thought 2020 would be better than 2019, it wasn’t. I thought 2021 would be better than 2020 and it wasn’t really. This year has not been amazing. I lost Cindy, Polly hasn’t been well. I got Covid, I haven’t been anywhere. I’m not going to get excited about next year. I’ll just wait and see what happens.
Gratitude:
What simple thing warms your heart? I love to hear the laughter of young children.
It’s so genuine and unrehearsed.
Random acts of kindness. When I hear about people going out of their way to help a stranger that always warms my heart.
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Nice post. We used to see something we liked but decide against it, then next time it wasn’t there, so depending on what it is, if we see something and it is useful or needed, then we’ll probably buy it. We bought a couple of anoraks with detachable inner vests and were glad we did as we got 65% off. They were back to full price the next time we saw them.
Thanks for joining in this week.
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Not buying something you really like when you can is like planning to come back another day to take the photograph. The pictures won’t be there nor will the item be available. I rarely regret what I’ve done, but frequently regret what I should have done.
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Mum didn’t want us to impulse buy and be spendthrifts I suppose but sometimes you miss out if you don’t act at once.
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