Rusty old heap

The view from my kitchen window would be quite nice, if it wasn't for the rusty heap across the road. There is a footpath that runs across the front of the house that a lot of business people use going to and from the business park to the station, and I quite like watching people going by in the morning as I'm getting my breakfast ready. Sometimes, though, I feel a bit on show, and the other two houses in my row both have net curtains, but I don't really want to block the view. I will need a blind for the window once it gets dark in the winter, but there's lots of time to worry about that later.

I popped into the bank today to arrange an overdraft on my current account, as it couldn't be done when I set it up originally. I only thought it would take 5 minutes, but then the 'customer service manager' (aka 'the saleswoman') started asking if I needed any insurance or whether a different type of account would be of more 'value' to me. Before I knew it, she had got out a 50 page booklet and started going page by page through the benefits of paying £25 per month for a 'Premier' account. I stopped her at that point, said I'd take the booklet home to read at my leisure, and left rather quickly. Don't these people realise that we don't want to spend our lunch hour listening to their sales pitch!

Minor victory tonight. I finally plucked up the courage to pick up my new drill and put up a coat hook on the back of a couple of doors. I know this may sound stupid, but I wasn't sure what sort of fixing I might need - I couldn't tell if the door was hollow where I wanted to put the hook or not. And Google wasn't any help in finding the answer. In the end, I thought "Sod it, I'm just gonna have to have a go." So I did. And now I can hang up my dressing gown. Go me!

Now I just need to figure out how to hang the heavy mirror on the wall... My sister's coming to stay at the weekend. Maybe she'll know what to do.