Older and Wiser?

 

Charity bags regularly fall through our letter box, and my favourite bag is from Age UK as they take just about anything!

Some only want clothes, shoes, bags etc, but Age UK take household items, bric a brac, toys etc, and that is what I am usually trying to declutter

I try to always fill a bag when it arrives ( around every 6 weeks) and this morning was no exception.

They are also the only charity collectors to pop a "thank you" card through the door.

 

 

 

 

 

Today was our first day back at Parent and Toddlers and we were delighted to see one of our old timers, whose school doesn't start till next week.

Not only was it good to see him and Grandma, she came armed with a toy kitchen they no longer needed!

Our Dear Old Friend had prepared the activity and despite her failing eyesight had drawn these delightful lion cubs for her jungle scenes.

 

 

After lunch Teen One drove us to her Uni campus as a trial run for next week.

Knowing that the telematics box takes note of any breaks taken in journeys, we decided to stop off at the local Home Bargains for one or two bits ( but of course came out with a laden basket load!)

However this little stop off didn't work too well in her favour when we checked the  driving status later.

She achieved 10/10 for everything...except the smoothness of the drive...that was 9/10.

Each journey taken is timed so we were able to see exactly when the rough ride occurred....it was in the shop car park, which has the most viscous sleeping policemen ever!

We will avoid that car park again for sure!

 

 

 

Back home we had a letter on the door mat from Dart Charge.

It was fairly good news, as this was our first offence we had one more chance to pay without the huge penalty, so long as we paid in the next two weeks.

I went online and checked the receipt for the payment we did make, with the reference number to hand so I could prove we had in fact paid.

However, having finally (yes the usual "please wait all our operators are busy") getting through to an operator I was told any payments made after the 24hour period of crossing the bridge can only be credited to your account and not used once a penalty charge has been issued, even in such cases as ours when we were only being asked to pay the £2.50.

Rather an odd rule wouldn't you say?

The original £2.50 will sit on our account until we make another crossing.

As it was only a small amount it wasn't worth making a fuss, and to be honest I was relieved we only had to pay £2.50 and not the £70 (or £35 for early payment) but I wonder how much money they must make by not crediting those of us who pay a day or two later?

Anyway, the saga is over and we are older and wiser!

 

 

Routine is returning to our life in the evenings, Teen Two has gone back to football training, and on my return from taking him Hubby had arrived home with some Bramley's from a colleague....

....yayyy....you know me and apples for the freezer!