Yesterday's shopping trip down town.

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Yesterday the weather forecast said rain. My Mum reckoned it was supposed to be sunny but with showers in the morning. She asked me if I really needed to go down because she didn't have much to get. So I was considering staying home. But I had some DVD and CD charity donations to take to the Oxfam book shop, and I also wanted to go to the Works to get some more points on my card before the scheme ends at the end of this month. I looked at my weather app and it said cloudy with sun at 10:00am, sunny at 11:00am, sunny and cloud at 12:00pm and 1:00pm, but it didn't say any rain until 2:00pm. I knew I'd be back by then, so I said, no! I'm not going to let my mother tell me what to do! I am going to go shopping! My Mum had gone out to deliver Easter cards to the neighbours so I had to wait till she came back before I could collect her Tesco club card and some money and go. I went round the top path round Stowe Pool again, and there were no dogs chasing ducks this week! It was a bit windy round Stowe Pool, and sometimes it blew the lid off my trolley! I did NOT go to the toilet by the Cathedral first, I went straight to the Oxfam book shop to get rid of my DVD and CD donations. Then I went to the down town Tesco and got 2 large pots of strawberries, some Alpen cereal with no added sugar for me, and I treated myself to a Crunchie Easter Egg for £3. I payed for that, only the cashier missed off one of the pots of strawberries and so charged me too little, so I had to bring it to her attention that I had 2 pots of strawberries! After that I went to the Works and got 2 deep square canvases for £3, a pack of 6 of the little canvases for £3 and some more of the thin 10" × 12" canvases for £4, so that was another £10 spend. I went to the till and payed for them, and got out my loyalty card and said, I was told this is ending at the end of this month. The lady said, yes, in April your points will be converted into a voucher, so you will get a voucher. So keep the card until June, and then we'll know if you've spent your voucher. So I've got till June to use my voucher after the weekend. I hope to use it sooner rather than later though. Because it was Good Friday there was supposed to be a March of Witness in the town that Churches Together in Lichfield had organised, but I saw head nor hair of it! (I was actually trying to avoid it but turns out I did that without trying!) Next I went to the toilet by the Cathedral, and then I headed off for home. It was still a bit windy, but as the wind was behind me this time it was nearly blowing me home! It was only when I got to the bottom of Stowe Pool and I had to.change my direction to walk passed the end that the wind caught the trolley lid again and started blowing it off! As soon as I went down the slope and crossed the road by St Chads Church that the wind was no longer a problem. When I got home I unpacked the groceries and put them away. My Mum was out at the home group that meets in the Church every other Friday morning. They were having communion because it was Good Friday. So I did some work on my Easter cards that I'm making for my Mum and step-dad, then I had some lunch and watched some telly. It was about 3:00pm before it actually started to rain! What have you lot been getting up to lately? I hope you are all well. Have a nice day and a wonderful weekend.