{"id":1045,"date":"2009-11-30T21:39:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T20:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/2009\/11\/shopping-spree\/"},"modified":"2009-11-30T21:39:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T20:39:34","slug":"shopping-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thosenoisydogs.co.uk\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"Shopping Spree (?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not really a spree. It was quite well planned, really.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-gRM1H6Qa\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"Books\" title=\"Books\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1042\" \/><\/a>From top to bottom:<br \/>\nThe Girl Who Played with Fire (Stieg Larsson)<br \/>\nThe Men Who Stared at Goats (Jon Ronson)<br \/>\nThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stief Larsson)<br \/>\nLa&#8217;s Orchestra Saves the World (Alexander McCall Smith)<br \/>\nThe Complete Notes (Bill Bryson)<br \/>\nThe Angel&#8217;s Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t buy these. <del datetime=\"2009-11-30T20:08:10+00:00\">I stole them<\/del> I had vouchers! There is a policy at work by which people can nominate other people for vouchers, if they think you&#8217;ve done a good job on something. Providing the section manager approves, of course! I was so surprised to get mine, but very chuffed! I still don&#8217;t know who nominated me (it&#8217;s an anonymous system) but I decided to spoil myself and asked for HMV\/Waterstones.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have chance to spend my vouchers until this weekend, by which point I&#8217;d already spoilt myself <em>again<\/em>, with this.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/car.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-gRM1H6Qa\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My Clio!\" title=\"My Clio!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1043\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Meet the car that I can&#8217;t drive yet! I still have a provisional license, but when I heard about this car I could not pass up the opportunity. It&#8217;s the exact kind of car I would be looking for in 6 months time; small, decent engine, MOT&#8217;d, taxed, and cheap. Cheap because the back seats have been removed and a big custom-built dog cage has been put in &#8230; now, who would want that?!<\/p>\n<p>I just couldn&#8217;t pass up on that kind of opportunity, so mum is going to use it on a day-to-day basis until I pass my test. If you see someone with L-plates in a silver Clio driving towards the M62 in the early hours of Saturday morning, that&#8217;ll be me.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, my missing back-pay also came through this month, which covered the above puchase and meant I could still buy the one thing I&#8217;ve been hankering after.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/camera.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-gRM1H6Qa\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.undermybed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/camera-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"Pentax K-x (case, 2x filters, SD card, eneloops batteries, 55-300mm lens)\" title=\"Pentax K-x (case, 2x filters, SD card, eneloops batteries, 55-300mm lens)\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1044\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I am head-over-heels already. Kim is too, because whenever I pick it up she strolls over and positions herself, ready for her photoshoot. As far as she&#8217;s concerned, this is <em>her<\/em> Christmas present, and she should therefore be the subject of all shots. How can I disagree? I&#8217;ve used it for all of 15 minutes this evening and I can&#8217;t wait to get out and take some shots in daylight. I might just sleep with it next to my pillow (something I can&#8217;t do with my car, sadly!)<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the Clio and the Pentax were both exactly the same price, and so are equally the two most expensive things I have ever bought in my life. That&#8217;s a thought that is kind of terrifying &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not really a spree. It was quite well planned, really. 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