The advantage of ordering some clothes and underwear for the girlfriend at Christmas is that I now get emails from Bravissimo telling me that now is the time to “Spring Clean Your Lingerie Drawer!”.
Don’t mind if I do…
Oh, and I even get my own copy of their catalogue of lovely large-chested ladies modelling lovely lingerie delivered to the house. Win!
I just ordered one of these little Joby Gorillapod tripods for my video camera, to help out in avoiding camera shake as I’m filming. I don’t have the world’s steadiest hand, and every little vibration is picked up when you’re recording, especially in HD.
They seem a lot better than Flip’s own tripod offering, being more flexible and grippy. I’m looking forward to finding some odd angles to film from…
EDIT: For a great example of how one of these things can be used, watch this video.
Amazon has them for £11 at the moment, although they’re confusingly named the Gorillapod Go-Go. Ideal!
(Picture via the Joby website)
Whilst out doing my Christmas shopping this Saturday, I wandered into the Books Etc shop in the middle of Wimbledon, which was having a Closing Down sale. The shelves were already pretty bare, and the place was just a mess. Books everywhere, no semblance of order, and a completely random selection wherever you looked.
I noticed this book sitting on top of one of the boxes, and it seemed pretty apt for the setting.
Books Etc was a seller of new books, not second-hand, but at this stage in its retail life it looked like one of those shops where only the owner knows where to find a particular book. Of course, here there was just one bored till worker and no-one else around.
I walked past the shop again last night, and it was completely empty. The lights were off, the shelves were empty, and the doors were closed. Another victim of the recession, of the internet, of Amazon?
I’m a massive fan of Amazon (and its ilk), because I buy a lot of books and I like to do so as cheaply as I can. As much as I enjoy going to a bookshop and aimlessly browsing, I find that Amazon’s recommendation engine is a much better way of finding new authors and new books than randomly looking through shelves.
The only time I really use a bookshop is when they have 3 for 2 offers on. And if I paid more attention to the special offers section on Amazon, I’d probably not even do that…
I’m very pleased with myself for having almost all of my Christmas shopping done and dusted already. Usually, it’s around the 20th before I even think about it, and then I end up rushing around. Not this year, though, no.
My parents are off on holiday over Christmas and New Year, so they came up to London on Sunday for an early Christmas. This meant I had to get their presents sorted by then, and I figured I might as well get the girlfriend’s as well.
Saturday was thus spent wandering around the shops (hell on Earth for me), and I think I did alright. I had some ideas whilst I was out and then jumped online back in the flat to get the last couple of things. Organised, for once.
All that’s left is to get something for my sister, which should be easy enough. And then it’s time to put my feet up and crack on with some mince pies!
Spotted this in the supermarket the other day. Two guys took an empty suitcase with them in order to get their shopping home, which strikes me as both clever but also very sad.
And they still ended up carrying about five bags each as well as dragging the suitcase behind them!
My feet are cold and wet. I think it’s time to buy some new shoes.
I’ve recently started using ebay again, for the first time in a good few years. I’ve been looking for games for my Wii, and figured ebay was one of the cheapest places around to get decent second-hand games.
What I’d forgotten about was the rush you get from winning an auction, and the way your heart rate increases during the last half-hour as you constantly refresh the page to see if you’ve been outbid. It’s better than any buzz coffee or similar could give me.
But I’d also forgotten the massive annoyance that comes with being outbid with two seconds to go. Two! Bastard!
That’s what happened last night as I tried to get Mario Kart with a couple of the wheel controllers thrown in. I’d bid early in the day with a top price of £29.50, and watched as the price steadily increased as others tried to find my limit. It was sat at £29.00 with less than a minute to go, and then some bastard put in £30+ at the last second (OK, second-to-last second) and beat me. Grr.
It’s £35 new on Amazon for this package, and I want to save at least £5, so am trying not to pay over £30 for it. There’s loads of auctions out there, and they all seem to be going for between £27 and £33. I’ve got one finishing in 20 minutes, which I’m currently winning. Here’s hoping…
EDIT: Outbid with 18 seconds to go. Dammit!
Someone in my block of flats is having food delivered by Ocado. My Asda deliveries suddenly feel very inadequate.
Forty years after the debut of Monty Python’s Flying Circus rocked British television, the comedy crew is (mostly) reuniting for a musical version of their famous 1979 film, Life of Brian. The stage adaptation, Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy), premiered in Toronto in 2007 and will make a few U.S. stops this summer before the cast appears on stage together in London. My dad absolutely loves Monty Python, so I’ve just booked a pair of tickets for the London event. Perfect late Father’s Day present! I’m also a big fan, so I’m already looking forward to this. And it’ll be a pleasant surprise to give him the printed booking info when I go home this Friday. Thanks for the tip-off Ashley! Tickets almost completely sold out already, so be quick if you’re planning to go!
Reblogged from: ardenashley
Originally posted on: Khaki Wishes and Cookie Dreams
