Kinz and Shopping and Kinz :-D

We didn't go away, I think I was rather hopeful (of myself) to think we would. I just fail at being spontaneous nowadays. Plus I'm sleeping so much that it would probably be a waste to go away, for me just to sleep constantly somewhere strange.

We did go away today however, just on a day trip to Fort Kinnaird outside Edinburgh. It's a HUGE retail park, no ''Fort'' in sight, but lots and lots of shops. That to me is a good day out. We nearly didn't go, because I could barely get up, then I managed to stay conscious enough to get dressed and washed, then promptly fell asleep in the car on the drive there. It's about an hour there, so I got a good nap. It was one of those sleeps where you'd swear blind you were actually awake, as I'd randomly open my eyes and listen to music, but given Paul's description of him going the wrong way and doing a U-turn that made my head flap about, I was quite definitely asleep.

While I love shopping, I'm not really a girlie shopper. We didn't go into a clothes store or a shoe store, instead our first stop was ''Clintons Cards'' where Paul bought me NINE, yes NINE Webkinz. Well, seven webkinz and two lil 'kinz, but I didn't want to discriminate ;-) More about them later...! After that we went to HMV where Paul bought some DVDs, and got St Trinians (the new one) for me. Then we wandered through Game and just window shopped. Then to Boots, where I spent 10 minutes buying sanitary towels, and get this - I know it's TMI, but I bought fancy ones, right, and the first one I used, I never bled a DROP on it, then I went to the toilet and bled like a stuck pig. What, was the towel refusing to take my blood?? Anyways... I also managed to get a roll on, cucumber face wipes and a copy of ''Heat'' in Boots. Just magically appeared in my arms.

Then we went to heaven, commonly known as ''Borders Books''. I am a HUGE fan of books. Seriously, I must have about 1000 unread, mostly new. Buying books, much like buying Webkinz is a huge boost for me. I love books. I love the feel of them, the smell of them. So being able to run wild in a book store. Heaven. Ok, not so much run wild. More just admire the books and carefully choose a few to take home. I really shouldn't have spent anything. Seriously, but I'm an addict. So, after 40 minutes of wandering and fingering (ooo'er!) and scanning, I had 3 in my arms - all Sci-Fi, I like my Sci-Fi, but I'm fussy and finding the right ones is hard. Then I was settled and forcing myself to not pick up more, when I came across a double edition of a Sci-Fi novel I wanted. Two books for the price of one! It's a bargain, right? So that means I had to buy it, or I'd miss out on the bargain. Then we discovered a whole section I didn't know about, and boy, I could have taken the whole bloody rack home, in the end I just wanted 4, but no, I was good. I managed to walk away.

By this point, my patch was wearing off, and I was getting sore. But Toys R Us was there, and well, I've only been in a Toys R Us about 3 times in my life, and one of those times (and the last time) was in Spain. When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to a Toys R Us but my parents never took me. I know, I think it's child abuse. Toys R Us had Webkinz (!) but thankfully - given they were full price - they didn't have any of the new ones. I just know I wouldn't have been able to leave without a new one.

And that was our day out. I came back with my kinz and my books, and happy, tired - annoyingly sore as well. The patch had well and truly worn off by the time we got back to the flat, climbing the stairs - each lift of my right leg and it was *STAB* ah, hello Mr Gall Bladder, *STAB*. The patch took about an hour to kick in, but it's been working ok so far. Usually for the first day on it works like a bitch, sometimes I get no pain relief then I get enough for an elephant. But it's a bit more even today.

Ok, I keep wandering off, and coming back, at this rate, I'll never finish, so here's a run down of new kinz!

Sylvie - Yorkie
Chiquita - Chihuhua
Paris - (Lil) Yorkie
Flossie - Pink Poodle
Hermione - Pig
Tramp - Tiger

and to be registered from today's haul - Elephant, Lil Lion and Black/White Cat.

On ebay, I may have a few to arrive, which I was bidding on prior to today's haul as Paul said he'd buy me some, lol. Then another new arrival is the pink pony of the other day - now ''Pixie'' and as before, I still have a Bullfrog to be registered.

I'm all kinzed up! So addicted, sigh, but such good fun. They make me so happy.

I'll try and do a proper update soon, that isn't just about kinz and shopping. Although for me, that's actually relatively exciting. Oh, and as a sidenote - I got a new prescription, so checked the leaflet with my new meds, and a side effect of these is depression. So well, will keep writing here how I feel. At least that way if I go odd(er), someone can tell me. Still feeling down, but not as much, it's kinda random misery.