motivation

once every couple of months or so it becomes necessary to go to town for a day. this isn't because we much like the madness of shopping on a saturday, but because we run out of things that cannot generally be obtained elsewhere and paying the postage for buying them online isn't worth it - for example ecover "professional" toilet cleaner which works better than normal loo cleaner, but is eco too! Brilliant! :-)

The shops we need are all over Oxford and so it requires a lot of walking from one end of town to the other. this is always a pleasure though as oxford has lots of nice buildings - and one day i'll be blipping them i'm sure - but it does get exhausting - especially with all those people milling about and a rucksack full of vegetables from the market and more things from the (only far as i can tell) wholefood shop in oxford.

we didn't manage to get a desk, but i did get some cookies - early on, right after lunch of pie and mash in the market - lovely! - and the thought of said cookies and a nice cup of tea where all that was required to motivate me around the shops, on to sainsburys and then home. mind you, a cup of tea is pretty much all the persuasion i need for just about anything - provided it is good and strong with not much milk!