This afternoon I popped down to my storage room to see if the smart black shoes had ended up in there. I found a few things I'd forgotten I'd put in there but no sign of the shoes, so I set off for the garage as the last place left to look, at which point I discovered that some sodding delivery driver has clipped the Toyota when taking the curve of the square, putting a dent in the offside front wing and breaking the indicator lens 
I haven't got time to get it fixed this week, so I'll just have to leave it for now. I'm not parking near that corner again, even if it is the closest spot to the front door
Anyway, off to the garage, though I didn't hold out much hope, as I was fairly sure I'd only left stuff in there that one might reasonably expect to find in a garage. Sure enough, a couple of bags of stuff at the front had things like decorating tools. But then I spotted a plastic box on a shelf at the back whose contents I wasn't sure of - and lo! along with a couple of other things, it held a carrier bag containing a pair of smart black shoes!
It must have been one of the very first things I dropped off after getting the keys to the place, which is why I'd forgotten about it
Still not sure why I'd put it in the garage though
Anyway, that was that sorted out. They were a bit dusty, so I wiped them down. Then I realised I have no idea where the shoe polish is. I checked a few places, but no sign of it, so I'll have to pop round to the hardware store and see if they have any; I think they sell stuff like that? If not, maybe Sainsbury's do. In the interim, I remembered I had some beeswax-based stuff for treating leather that my Mum gave me years ago, which I've tended to keep safe because it's in a nice box. So I got that (I've barely used any of it) and applied it liberally, and left it to be absorbed by the leather for a day or so
Then back to work
With that out of the way, I realised that the absolutely enormous daddy longlegs that has been on the wall above the kitchen window since this morning was still there, despite me leaving the window open for it. So I found a container big enough to go around its massive legspan, with the intention of ushering it out. As it was right up by the ceiling, I got the small set of steps I originally bought to reach the top of the bookcases in the old place (which you'll recall had very high ceilings) and set them up in there, went to trap it - and it immediately flew off the wall, bimbled about for a second or two, and made its way straight out of the window!
So then I brought the steps back in here and put them back where they had been. As I did so, I realised that there was a carrier bag on the floor behind them (part of an assortment of stuff I still haven't got around to sorting out since moving in) of whose contents I was uncertain. Picked it up, and inside… the other pair of smart black shoes!
I haven't got time to get it fixed this week, so I'll just have to leave it for now. I'm not parking near that corner again, even if it is the closest spot to the front door
Anyway, off to the garage, though I didn't hold out much hope, as I was fairly sure I'd only left stuff in there that one might reasonably expect to find in a garage. Sure enough, a couple of bags of stuff at the front had things like decorating tools. But then I spotted a plastic box on a shelf at the back whose contents I wasn't sure of - and lo! along with a couple of other things, it held a carrier bag containing a pair of smart black shoes!
It must have been one of the very first things I dropped off after getting the keys to the place, which is why I'd forgotten about it
Still not sure why I'd put it in the garage though
Anyway, that was that sorted out. They were a bit dusty, so I wiped them down. Then I realised I have no idea where the shoe polish is. I checked a few places, but no sign of it, so I'll have to pop round to the hardware store and see if they have any; I think they sell stuff like that? If not, maybe Sainsbury's do. In the interim, I remembered I had some beeswax-based stuff for treating leather that my Mum gave me years ago, which I've tended to keep safe because it's in a nice box. So I got that (I've barely used any of it) and applied it liberally, and left it to be absorbed by the leather for a day or so
Then back to work
With that out of the way, I realised that the absolutely enormous daddy longlegs that has been on the wall above the kitchen window since this morning was still there, despite me leaving the window open for it. So I found a container big enough to go around its massive legspan, with the intention of ushering it out. As it was right up by the ceiling, I got the small set of steps I originally bought to reach the top of the bookcases in the old place (which you'll recall had very high ceilings) and set them up in there, went to trap it - and it immediately flew off the wall, bimbled about for a second or two, and made its way straight out of the window!
So then I brought the steps back in here and put them back where they had been. As I did so, I realised that there was a carrier bag on the floor behind them (part of an assortment of stuff I still haven't got around to sorting out since moving in) of whose contents I was uncertain. Picked it up, and inside… the other pair of smart black shoes!
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is strong in me this morning for some reason.
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