As we were getting ready to leave the house this morning, I dropped my perfume bottle on the fireplace. I may have screamed… Luckily, it didn't break, but there's a big chip off the edge of the bottle. (close call no. 1)
Moving on- to Asda for groceries!
We did get a bit side-tracked once we got there and started to buy a few holiday things for going to London on Wed. We've been so caught up in getting things done that we forgot it's supposed to be a fun trip :P
Once again it was sunny sunny sunny! And all the Scots around us are going a tad crazy. (Us included, we have missed that big yellow ball in the sky) However, as true Pakistanis, we managed to find the only shaded spot in the Asda car park and ate our lunch there… We may have got several odd looks.
Then, off to Primark, where I dropped my (favourite and only pair) of sunglasses- they broke :,( so I decided to go to Matalan before going home to get a replacement pair…
The 99p Store- where Mum managed to knock a few shampoo bottles off a shelf- Thank Gos(ling) they didn't hit her on the head.
And then finally, to Matalan, where as I was getting out my bag from the back seat, I knocked a bag with things from the 99p store and out fell a BLASS BOTTLE, WHICH SMASHED EVERYWHERE ON THE ROAD. Now seeing as this bottle contained a very red sauce, it looked as it I had stabbed the road. And so, being a complete klutz yet always a good samaritan, I proceeded to pick up every single bit of glass so it wouldn't hurt any little car tyres which may roll over that particular bit of road.
Without any more catastrophes, we reached home and I spent most of my evening sorting out the first thing on "The List" - CARDS. The printing company Meher has chosen is located in Islamabad and at first I thought we were having trouble getting in touch because of the time difference. But, no. It seems the card man contacts us when it suits him...
The card man (who I have decided to call DUMB BUM) finally replied to Dad's e-mails and has sent images of the inside of the card. A couple of weeks ago, when I first saw his design, it appalled me. The formatting was non-existent, the wording of the text was awful and the card was over-crowded and difficult to read. I fixed a few things on Photoshop to make it look more aesthetically pleasing and sent it back- asking him to use the revised version as a foundation for the final design.
The versions he sent back are (if possible) a step back from his original design. And so I spent a good few hours formatting E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G and intend to send him the files tomorrow and arrange a phone call so I can make sure he understands what is expected.
My worst nightmare would be if he decides to change anything last minute and mis-spells a word. A prime example of this was given to me by KP Uncle who said he knew of someone who ordered cards from a company in India. The cards arrived just in time to inform everyone of the happy couple's "Engorgement" (Engagement) Of course I couldn't breathe for laughing at the time…
But I do believe I may wake up in a sweat, breathless at the idea of anything like this happening to us.
Sun 20th April 2014
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