1. Farting when you have trapped wind
2. Soaking in a bath
3. Peeing when you're absolutely desperate
4. Hugging
5. Getting a smile from a complete stranger
6. Waking up and knowing you have nothing to do all day
7. Satisfaction of a job well done

Today we managed to do all our Yule shopping in one hit! A bit of a weird experience because we usually buy everything on the net, but had decided to do a MK run instead. One of the things on our list to get was a pair of fashion boots, size 6 (children's) for my neice. In her teens, Bekie (my other half) used to work in Barratts, so she is quite qualified to comment on this list. So in honour of our experience in Barratts today, I present this list of bad customer service.

1. The 'Sales Assistant' took ages to find the boots after we asked her for a size 6
2. When she finally emerged, she asked us if they were for purchase - Umm, what else would they be for???
3. Whilst waiting we watched the manager, one senior member of staff and one sales assistant having a barney on the shop floor
4. After the 'Sales Assistant' took the shoes to the till, she wrote 96 on the box and then disappeared, never to be seen again
5. The manager, still having barney, complained that members of staff were standing behind the till earlier and not serving. Just like they all were at that exact moment!
6. The Manager looked like he'd been in a fight the night before and certainly shouldn't have been on the shop floor
7. Eventually when we did get served, Bekie found that one of boots was not zipped up

1. Mayfly - Brings new meaning to the phrase 'treat each day as if it were your last'
2. Male Black Widow Spider - For the obvious reason
3. Koala - Bugger of a diet
4. Male Emporer Penguin - Mustn't drop the egg, mustn't drop the egg
5. 'Lonesome George' - the last remaining Pinta Tortoise
6. Naked Mole-Rat - About as ugly as they come
7. Salmon - All that energy to get back to the spawning ground only to die shortly afterwards

1. Being woken up by the cat throwing up on the floor next to her, and that being the first thing she had to deal with
2. Deciding that she was going to make this a '7 things list' and the realisation that would mean that 6 more annoying things would have to happen (5 now)
3. Having an image of a trussed up turkey flitting in and out of her mind throughout the day
4. Being constantly reminded of NTL:Telewest due to their spam mail having not been put in the recycling yet. In fact this list was jotted on the back of it so it still isn't there yet
5. Realising that she had to roll tons of cigarettes... again
6. The cat flemensing (clem coughing up flem) across the sofa, the fleece blanket and anything else within range for the 2nd time today
7. An annoying piece of tissue stuck in the top of the lighter

Today's list come to you courtesy of Jules, one of my readers. Thanks Jules, you just saved me having to think up another one ;)

1. Room dividers for hamsters
2. Pooper scooper
3. Candle coaster, place under candle to get cool reflections
4. Shove one under a wobbly table leg
5. Grind them up to make fake snow
6. Glue loads to a black body suit to attend next fancy dress party
7. Practice throwing stars for young ninjas

1. Coffee
2. Vanilla
3. Chinese 5 Spice
4. Frying Garlic
5. Myrrh
6. Freesias
7. Nag Champa

Have had a really annoying headache most of the day, not helped by the the cat waking me up at the crack of sparrow fart, congested sinuses and deviantART crawling like a centipede at the moment.

Meh!

1. I think there's a particle accellerator in Germany.
2. You're snowing!
3. That blue alien is back in there again.
4. You tried to run your fingers through my hat.
5. I didn't want a coffee until I saw you with one.
6. You hit me in my eye with your ankh!
7. That dongle's in my slot again.