More fun and games

[andrewducker]

So, I picked up a load of tiles (going for the slightly more expensive ones, on the grounds that I'll have to stare at them for the next 5 years) and some grouting/sealant, and then phoned for a taxi (tiles being heavy as fuck). When the taxi arrived I got into the taxi and he passed boxes of tiles in to me. At which point my phone range, or rather I realised it had been ringing for at least a 10 seconds. So I continued to accept tiles with one hand (ow), grabbing for my phone with the other.

I just missed the call as the driver passed me the last box and checked my "missed calls" list as we drove off. It wasn't until I was carrying boxes upstairs that I realised I had no grouting. A quick call to the taxi driver ascertained that he didn't have it either.

Bugger.

As it happened, the plumber left me a note telling me he couldn't find the tap, which he'd need first thing tomorrow. So I rang Erin and we remembered that Ikea had always been out of the model we liked. So back to B&Q I went again (grabbing Hugh on the way for company), where I discovered that they'd found and kept my grouting container, bought a tap I could live with (£40 versus the £99 the one I liked was) and brought them all back home again.

Sigh, another hour and a half gone...

Comments

[allorin.livejournal.com]

Well, that explains why you haven't been keeping me amused ;+)

Yeah, tiles are a bitch to carry. I remember Si and I struggling back from B&Q on the bus with a load while we lived in the flat. Not fun.

Still, at least you didn't lose your grouting!

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have been productive while I've been asleep all morning...