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Date: 28 January 2009 18:02:26
I actually feel quite pleased with myself.
The car developed a very expensive sounding clunk at the weekend whenever I released the handbrake, so I took it into the garage and they promised to sort it out. They informed me later that I had taken it in just in time and saved myself a far greater expense! :) But that's not the reason I'm pleased with myself.
I'm pleased with myself because, instead of catching the bus, I walked home from the garage, and walked back there next day to collect the car. One hour and forty minutes of brisk walking in each direction. And I didn't even get out of breath!
Only trouble was, I was waylaid on the way to fetch the car. I couldn't help it. I had no option. I was forced to break my diet by the accidental ingestion of some Eccle Fechan Butter Pie.
What happened was that just as I was passing one of my favourite cafes, I realised that I was very very thirsty. I mean, it's not good to dehydrate during exercise, is it? Any sensible person makes sure they take in plenty of fluid. So stopping at the cafe was my duty. Trouble was, I hadn't any money with me, only my bank card.
They accept bank cards there, but not for just one drink. You have to spend a bit more than that. And the fruit, sadly, was far far too cheap to make up the minimum charge. But there, smiling at me from the top shelf of the cake cabinet, was some very healthy looking Eccle Fechan Butter Cake. The lady next to me in the queue was fascinated by it and desperately wanted to know what it tasted like, but hadn't time to eat a slice, so it was clearly my Christian duty to sacrifice my diet and test it for her.
So I did.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - de - li - ci - ous :D
P.S If you're a wiblogger reading this, could you have a go at doing a link in your next blog, so that Chris can see whether it's a problem all of my own or whether I share it with others. Ta muchly.