You see, the bus back up Kingston Hill is fine but that walk up the hill, down the hill and up the hill again to home is a killer at the best of times and if the shop has gone awry, well, it ain't pretty! So today, I was ready with my small-ish, well-planned list and on the way, I knocked on J's door to do the neighbourly thing and find out whether there was anything he wanted me to pick up for him.
Well...his few items grew and grew until his list WAS bigger than mine. But it still all looked do-able so off I set, list in hand...but milk, orange juice, pasta sauce and soup (just to name a few) are not exactly light so let's just say there was a bit of mental f-ing and blinding going on as I walked from Sainsbury's to the bus stop and from the bus stop to home.
Next time, I might stop being so bloody independent and 'I can do it' and get him to take me. We could have a date night at the supermarket! Or not...
We'll see...
2 comments:
Yikes. I wouldn't like to contemplate life without a car on the other side of the Pond. It's one of the things I like about England, the ability to walk to places. Not with the neighbour's shopping, though... maybe you should consider doing a joint online Sainsbury's shop!
That is one of the things I love about living here is that you don't need a car. While the vast majority complain about the transport system, it is streets ahead of most others cities... besides once you get to grips with the buses (and that there are both 24-hour AND special night buses), you realise that the 'last train' rush from the pub/bar/restaurant/
theatre/club just doesn't need to figure in your plans at all...what a great city!
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