The Brand New, All Singing, All Dancing Grumpy Meme as created by Me.

This is my 100th Post, I had planned to post a positive piece about blogging and the blogging community but I'm far too grumpy today (don't worry those who have emailed me quotes to use, I will post it next week).  It's just been one of those days, well week actually. You know, where nothing in particular has upset you, just the world at large is a screwed up miserable place and the grass is greener elsewhere etc...

Anyway, I've been reading a lot of 'what makes you happy memes' which of course has made me even more grumpy, so I've decided to create a new meme.  *** Warning, there will be swearing***

How's Your Blood Pressure?  7 Things This Week That Have Made Me Grumpy

1. The Price Of Things in Spain.

 In an attempt to cheer myself up I went to a fabric shop to purchase some lovely new shiny fabric, actually it wasn't shiny but you get my drift.  All their printed cotton was about €14 a metre.  For fucks sake €14, that's over 12 quid!  Even all the off cuts were carefully measured so you paid the exact effing price from a €14 a metre roll.  It's not even Cath Kidston.  I then went to look at laptops just to see how much they are.  There were 3 models in the supermarket, an Acer, a Packard Bell and I forget the other one, but they ranged in price from €600-700!  Seriously, do they realise there is a sodding recession?  How can they charge 40% more here than they do in the UK?

2.  Orange (the Mobile Phone Company not the colour)

T'husband's Sim Card decided to stop working.  I went to an Orange shop to get a replacement, but they tell me 'no can do', I needed to do it on-line as the phone was purchased on-line.  OK, go on-line, no joy as there doesn't seem to be any options to purchase replacement Sim cards.  Ring Orange, guess what?  I need to buy a replacement card in an Orange shop.  *Sigh*

3.  My PC

Does anyone else have to routinely hoover out their computers because all the components get so blocked with dust that it stops the fans from cooling the computer down?  Leading to the huge piece of junk computer randomly switching itself off every time it gets too hot, usually when you are in the middle of something important.  No?  Just us then!

4.  Woman working at Toy Shop

I was outside the local toyshop at 10 o'clock this morning, waiting patiently for the staff to finish opening up, when one member of staff flicks her half smoked fag over my head before heading into the store.  I was quite stunned.

5.  My Weight

I'd been relatively successful in my campaign to lose weight and had lost 5 kilo, then I went back to England for a few days and have put 2 kilos back on.  I really want to lose another 5 before we go to t'husband's best friend's wedding in mid May, but I doubt I'll be able to do it.

6.  Mango  (the clothes shop not the fruit)

I. AM. NOT. A. SIZE. 14!  In every other clothes shop in the universe I am a 12.

7.  Friday

Usually I love Fridays, even though I only work a few hours a week, it still has that start of the weekend feel for me.  I love going on twitter on Friday evenings, it's a feel good time where everyone is popping the corks for their first glass of weekend wine, or sipping their first gin & tonic and chatting about their plans.  Tonight I will be at a joint 4th birthday party, in case you don't realise how much I dislike children's birthday parties have a look here.

I am going to tag the following miserable sods lovely bloggers to vent their spleens at the world at large.  However, if you feel the need to share your misery then consider yourself tagged, you know what to do...

notSupermum
2 Boys and a Dog
Gappy @ Single Parenthood.  Tales from the Front-line.
Bubbleboo @ The Thought Bubble
Emma In Bromley
Insomniac Mummy