Shopping for Windows

The glass guys have a good thing going! Not only are they friendly, efficient and quick, but they go the extra mile (vacuuming all that glass I couldn't get to, washing ALL my windows etc) - AND they have a deal with the next-door coffee shop. While you wait, you're entitled to one free soft drink or coffee! Nice...

So, while I waited, I plonked my substantial behind onto a seat in the wonderful little courtyard at the back of the coffee shop. You'd never say it's right on a busy main road. It's been enclosed and paved with stone and tiny plant, there are little birds that stop by, hanging out on the birdfeeder, in the trees or along the water feature. From the road, you'd never know this little haven existed - but now I know, and I'll be back.

With a bit of extra time to spare, I headed down the road to Cheese With Charles, a small boutique cheese shop that doesn't seem to get many customers. They stock locally-produced cheeses in amazing varieties, with home-made jams and stuff too. I sucked up my frugal tendancies and bought a minute slice of Goat Gouda - at R110 per kilo a tiny slice is all I'm willing to go for. It's got a wonderfully creamy smooth taste, slightly cheddary, and is very white. Get me a goat or so, and I'll make my own! I was, in a past life, a cheesemaker, and I don't think I've lost my touch.

The window was done pretty quickly, but I wasn't going to head back to work for 10 mintues before lunchtime, so I made a quick stop at the fish & chips shop for "slap chips" ("slup" as in "sloppy", also known as nice thick french-fries, South African style) for lunch, and another in-and-out stop at the fabric shop. My sis-in-law has ordered cerise throw-cushions for Christmas, which I need to find fabric for.

Got home a few minutes early - enough time to hang out in the garden, deadhead a few roses, pull a few weeds and enjoy the view before the child arrived home from school.

I quite enjoy shopping for windows!

(but the garden services guys owe me R350 - the excess that insurance doesn't cover)