Nice Things

It's been a lovely week...starting last Friday. Jane and Ken go halves in the crossword scratchies and scratched off $750. So, we had wine o'clock and Jane bought dinner...yummy fish 'n' chips. During dinner I mentioned that I wanted to buy a Christmas tree. I used to have real ones but in the interests of conservation, I decided to go fake.

Jane went to a couple of garage sales on Saturday morning and found a Christmas tree for me...for $3! I was rapt. She wouldn't take any money...it's a present, she said.

Then Jane and I won fifth division in Lotto on Saturday night.

Fred also rescued a baby galah that had been blown out or had fallen out of the nest before it could fly. He keeps it inside so that the crows or kookaburras don't get it and puts it out for the parents to feed. Below are the three galahs, with baby in the middle.

I finally got my Chrisco hampers today. I had received notification at the beginning of the month that they would be delivered on 28 Nov between 7 am and 7 pm. They arrived at 4 pm.

Three cartons of goodies

Freezer Hamper

Pantry Hamper

The third one contained sauces, marinades and dressings, but I was so excited about it all, I had put them away before getting a photo of what was in the carton...doh!

Finally, I needed some wine seeing as Jane, Fred, Roger (from over the back) and I drank the last of my cask on Sunday evening. Soooo, I tootled off up to the local bottle shop, only to find it closed for refurbishing.

Muttering dire imprecations, I drove the extra distance to the large discount bottle shop at our local shopping mall. I grabbed the cask I wanted and waited at the check out. There was a lady in front of me ratting through her purse getting the correct change. So I waited and then it was my turn. $8.50 said the check out chick. But the lady in front of me said she had won some money and paid for my cask of wine! Wasn't that just wonderful? Her daughter, during the week, had gone out and left small sums of money, with a little note, all over the place for people to find.

Random acts of kindness are meant to be passed on...so that's what I'll be doing, What a lovely week I've had.