Yesterday, Nigel returned from a mooch round the charity shops flushed with pride and success, bless his little cotton socks.
He was already robustly aware that Darrell had all but completed his incredibly detailed spreadsheets and plans for his festive shelf displays, but when you’re faced with an absolute “steal”, that would just look plain rude to turn your back on, what’s a young monkey to do …….
……….but make a considered, if everso slightly hesitant 20p purchase, knowing that he’d have to run it past Darrell’s exacting taste monitor the second he got home.
Admittedly, Darrell did go very quiet and serious for a few seconds after Nigel showed him what he’d bought, but then he broke into a huge smile …….. two exquisite, ceramic, Santa tealight holders for just 10p each, still in their original boxes, the little fella “dun gud”, very, very gud, excellento in fact!
Darrell would certainly find them a prime position in among his festive tut shelves and they would be used for the intention they were made, with appropriate, seasonally scented tealights placed inside them, to be lit in the evenings to add to the festive ambience of The Towers.
Nigel was soooooooooo proud, it was emotional, very emotional. 20p? That boy has a gift for mooching!
Well done, Nigel! Great job! The charity shops must be on first-name terms with Nigel and Darrell, by now.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how you store all of the Christmas, Halloween, Easter etc. festive "tut" in The Towers. Where do you find all of the space? Did Doctor Who leave his TARDIS there, and everything fits in there?
What a fantastic bargain! Well done to Nigel on finding such a great Christmas item.
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WoW boyz - you are soooooo good at these bargains. They will look splendiferous with festive glow. Janthefan x
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