Sticky Predicament xxx

How can something so minimal ricochet into such a domino effect? 

I’m talking about data. Not the Star Trek kind, but the mobile kind. 

Gosh, where to start?

Well, we’d been on holiday to Cornwall, but you already know about that. 

The boys appreciate screen time and I always have ample data so I set my mobile up as a hotspot. I want to be flippant about this, but I can’t, I was chuffed to bits with myself for working it out. 

However it drained my data in days. 

No worries, I splashed out £8.95 for some more to tide me over. 

That got drained too.

Wait, is this getting boring? I’ll move along.

Flash forward, or is it fast? I prefer flash! And we’re in Sand Bay Bus Terminal car park. 

I have an app for parking, several, cos I’m that kinda girl!

However it turns out it needs internet to work.

Oh poop, it’s sunny, I’m trapped in a car with two children and two yapping dogs ready for a walk.

I search around my car and accumulate 60p, result.

Off to the meter, will only take a minimum of £1 and cash only. 

Back to the drawing board. 

Can’t concentrate, boys a chatting and dogs a yapping. 

Send the boys to play with the monster trucks outside the car, divide and conquer. There was a grassy verge, I wasn’t asking them to play in the car park, they hadn’t annoyed me that much. 

Right, pay for more data. 

Can’t pay for more data as can’t get online to do it. 

Off I went to see our friendly ice cream man who has helped us out in the past. 

“Could you please help us out of a sticky predicament?”

He looked concerned and quite enthralled at the same time. 

“It’s nothing that exciting I’m afraid. Could I please buy the boys two ice creams and could you add 40p to the total so I could get cash back and have enough for a parking ticket please?”

He is so lovely and turns out the traffic warden is his friend and had just visited so suggested I might get away without one for an hour. 

“Whilst that is tempting and I appreciate you’re trying to help us, I’d rather teach the boys to do the right thing and not give up at the first hurdle. They get an ice cream out of it, you get some custom and I get a clear conscious.”

So that is what we did and the boys decided to treat themselves to Magnums, the most expensive ice cream on the list, they milked the situation for all it was worth. 

It was a lovely walk.

I think my moral today is false economy. I should have just bought more data earlier. I’ve ended up spending much more on this and other things than I would have if I could have just clicked into the internet. 

Hope you are having a delicious weekend. I was working yesterday so ours started last night with a Strictly Launch Party Pyjama Party.

I love Strictly! It symbolises Autumn and the countdown to Christmas. Plus there’s the glitter, the dancing and the razzmatazz! 

Love and hugs, kisses and wishes xxx