Spend your way out of the 'ten per cent blues'!

Well, it's been a tense few days out here in the sunny pastures of Pensionland, as we waited for our April payslips to see what the damage was. After a bit of pencil chewing and calculator prodding, Invisible Woman can proudly announce that despite a 50% rise in income tax, she is no "low pay loser" - no, from a total pension increase this year of £306 I have been permitted to keep £88, or £1.69 a week!

I decided this should go on little treats - I'm worth it - and you would be surprised what £1.69 will buy, out there in Websville: Delphinium seeds, an inflatable parrot, bent nose pliers, a samba whistle, a Linda Barker Dream Mug, a policeman's notebook, a beechwood lemon reamer, a ball of proper jute string, a black flock cowboy hat, Venetian style glass beads, a half-inch female Swivel Bent Connector, an old gold tarnished horn, Shrink Plastic Shrinkles Cream, a packet of pasta rabbits, a Dormy Reliable Dater, a heavy duty soft grip stripper/scraper, a Pontiac Firebird headlamp socket, a thousand staples, a tonic for birds in the moult, 75 ml of Vinyl Matt, a packet of embossed hearts iridescent confetti, a non-abrasive scrub pad, a masonry bit, a car window St. George's flag, a concise guide to American Aircraft of WW2, 200 gr. of tamarind powder, a collective pitch rod, one person's share of a St. Patrick's Day Irish Eyes party pack, a hygienic woven plastic wicker-look basket, A Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese Struggle of Chaos card, a roll of Ilford black & white film, a Hi Fin Platy fish, a self-adhesive Fire Door Keep Locked sign, a US Basic Harvey cap, and a John Player Cigarette card of Lieut. the Hon FHS Roberts from the 1914 Victoria Cross Series.

And I'll e-mail Gord every week and let him know what I've bought. I don't want him to think I'm ungrateful.