Christmas comes early

I stopped by Seven-eleven and couldn't find any Albirex friendly tickets on the system. But I did find some CC Lemon, the vitamin C enriched soft drink; essential drinking now I'm developing a cold.

When I got home I found a card from the post office sayin that they tried to deliver a package. It must be one of teh parcels my mum sent! I took the card, jumped in the car, did the business at the post office and returned with a shoebox-sized, brown parcel. My Mum had filled in the customs section and it read "Tea, two boxes; biscuits, three packets; Iced Xmas Cake, one; Lemsips, one box; Total value, £10". I have some comfort food from home! With this box and the crumble discovery from Monday, I could feel the winter blues lift a little.

As I unwrapped the parcel, something else caught my eye; the cost of postage. To send this box of everyday British tea, biscuits and medicines, it had cost my Mum 41 quid! That's four times the cost of teh items inside. Yet she still sent it. Regardless of the cost, she knew this box would make me happy and sent it anyway. How wonderful is that?

First thing I did was put the kettle on and have a cup of PG tips with some custard creams. Then a Lemsip. Custard creams are great, but they can't get shut of colds on their own.