How do i do it ?

Happy Monday and good morning everyone, I hope this finds you all well.  From my side all are well and hopefully ready to tackle the rest of this month. Our weather is still mercifully mild with generally cooler evenings and the odd day or so which is noticeably cooler. Well, last week kind of passed rather fast which I had expected. Jelly Bean and I had a long awaited 'girls day' planned for Tuesday which was to incorporate some shopping on the other side of the Bay and then into Cape Town itself for a stop at the book store, guess who that was for ??? 👀 In a fleeting moment of madness two weeks ago I saw an 'ad' for a lady who does nails in Somerset West and decided that I deserved and felt like a little bit of pampering. After communicating with her regarding the products she uses and the method which were all the same as I use I booked the appointment for Tuesday morning and from there we were going to head off across town. Hmmmmm why do I do these things ??? As we pulled up Jelly Bean asked how long it should take and we both realized that I could have dropped her off at Poppet's house as she was working from home, one quick call and Poppet agreed to come and fetch JB, we were really close, so ...... after dodging two VERY busy and noisy dogs we entered the home salon and as I got talking so my doubts started mounting. This lady does use the same product as I do, but that is where any similarity ends. She did not know how to do the method I use, did not know how to do a French manicure which was the reason for my visit as I can't do it either. After some odd instructions regarding removing my jewellary and insisting that I had gel polish on - I did not and don't use gel, because I just peel it off, I mostly convinced her that it is acrylic with no gel whatsoever. So she starts buffing/filing and right away I knew I was in trouble. All this while the dogs are barking and the one kept dropping its soggy doggy toy in Jelly Bean's Lap who had decided to stand rather than sit because of the drooling, whilst waiting for Poppet. By the second finger the technician had filed the skin from both finger tips, I messaged JB behind me and said "regretting life decisions" she replied saying "can't you do something simple? By now we were on finger number 4 and all were raw so I asked how long just an overlay would take and was told two to two and half hours, I instantly added on an extra hour. We wouldn't even get to Cape Town much less anything else. Normally the Sharon of old would have just sat there, gone home and redone everything. I just could not do that and I pulled my hands away and said that I really felt uncomfortable with her level of experience and my fingers were raw. I was really nice and she immediately asked if it was because of the dogs, I said no but, they did need dealing with and tried to explain without hurting her self esteem that the picture she had posted was the reason I'd made the booking and I felt that she could not follow through and was not experienced enough. Oh my word did I feel terrible, but this time Poppet had arrived and was so confused to see both of us walking out together past the mounds of dog poop etc. I really tried to explain that home salon or not a certain degree of professionalism is required (her bed was not made and kitchen dirty, it is a bachelor flat) and that she should perhaps do a course or two or even watch some online videos. Her reply was that I was being very nice in the way I had worded it and thank you. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I organized payment via EFT and felt bad all day but truly I could not just sit there and not do something. I then followed the girls back to Poppet's home, although I could not understand why she was going the long way around until I realized that I was meekly following the wrong car 🤦🏻‍♀️😢 seriously 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ What can I say? We enjoyed a quick cup of coffee and were off to CT. In the midst of all this Hubby had called to say a watch face he was fitting had broken and I offered to get a new one in town, again I misunderstood thinking that he said the shop closed at 13.00, and nearly broke the speed limit getting there in time, I was there at 12.45 then saw they closed at 13.30. Not to be deterred we just reversed our planned order of doing things and went to the book shop, and while JB shopped and browsed I sat quietly and tried to collect myself with a cup of coffee and a salad. We did a little shopping before heading off to Wynberg with a brief detour to show JB two houses we had lived in before she was born. Then ......... oh my goodness we got to the Fabric Shop - absolute paradise. I have never been in such a well organized, well marked and easy to navigate fabric store. I immediately found the faux fur which I was looking for as I am remodeling the cat condo. I could have stayed there for hours but we still had one more stop to make and it was getting late. Last stop done which was to buy foundation and we were off homeward bound, in peak hour traffic YIKES, 14 km ph, no thanks not any more. We eventually got home close to 18.30, exhausted and happy. Wednesday dawned and I had to go into Kleinmond to the Clinic Sister for a cortisone injection in my hip before coming home and ........ you guessed it, doing my nails, such fun - NOTTT. As I was getting ready to go I took my new bottle of foundation and with a degree of excitement at the thought that it might make me look 20 years younger just because it was new, I even had a new makeup sponge, I gave it a good shake and the bottle flew out of my hand and landed on the floor with a crack, splitting in half and oozing out its contents - I nearly wept, honestly! After a good 40 minutes of salvaging as much as I could, using every thinkable utensil from the kitchen, a 👍🏻for the dough cutter, I managed to get the remains into another bottle. One thing I can say is this - the foundation I wear is water proof 🤣🤣🤣. That left cleaning the floor and the kitchen counter where I had worked, oh my. I am happy to say on Thursday I RESTED whoop whoop, and then Friday Hubby dearest and I took Jelly Bean through to the girls house as she house sat for them, I will go and collect her in a little while. We did some 'essentials' shopping before coming home to have a very lazy weekend. I have a funny story from that shopping trip as well but will save it for another week. My mission this week is to completely refurbish the cats condo 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Folks I have spent a lot of time describing a day in my life and hopefully had you smiling and maybe even a chuckle here and there, it's my pleasure #takesabow 😉😁. Due to my long story I am going to bid you all goodbye for this week. I wish a week of love, laughter and good things ahead for each of you, stay safe and stay well, Ciao Ciao 

 Stopped to drink coffee and enjoy the view on friday, Clarence Drive