You know what it's like, we've all been there... you need a new XYZ (in our case a new hoover) a quick Argos later & there's only 1 you can possibly have; The Mother of all vacuums! It's amazing - over 200 rave reviews, less than 1/2 price & RED! #suckedin. Of course this vacuum isn't available locally, oh no, because it must be amazing & therefore, must be purchased! after a tense 3 or 4 days, there was a sudden ray of light... the Angel street, Sheffield branch had ONE in stock :) our unimaginable joy only slightly tempered by the fact that I would have to drive there. Alone.
There's a few points to make at this time. the iphone Google map app will tell you to go down Bus/taxi lanes & Carparks4u will tell you that there's a handy carpark nearby - Charles Street. It's not. It's actually 1/2 a mile away. In actual Charles Street (who'd have thought eh?!). Imagine if you will, a damp Sharon wondering mystified along the streets of Sheffield (read: City of many a smelly person & a lot of tramps (sorry Rachel!)) oooh the piccie was on my way, nice eh? thinking, how the devil am I gunna carry the hoover of dreams back? :( The answer seems simple(s) - "Just pick it up from round t'back" a lovely Argos assistant says (is it just me, or are all Argos staff lovely & helpful?)... a squishy trudge back to the car & then a hair raising 1.3 hour journey nearly driving up tram lanes, wrong way up one way streets later & bob's your mother's brother... *Aaaahhhhhhh [ethereal glow & trumpets playing]* the Hoover is lovingly embraced!
Now all I've got to do is use it.
Urgh :S
Now all I've got to do is use it.
Urgh :S