It’s not just Hello Lady… it’s in a thick European accent and it makes my day. It makes my day because he comes bearing parcels. Parcels for me.
Not a week (sometimes a day) goes by that there aren’t parcels arriving at my door. And if they aren’t arriving at my door, then I get a sweet little note in the mail and I have to visit the post office and pick some up there.
Now I am regular at the post office. I walk in and they don’t even have to see that sweet little note. They just look for the parcels and hand them over. I can then spend up to half an hour having a little chat about anything and everything. It’s like visiting a friend. We’re that close.
So, I realised when I know the people at the post office that well (and it’s not due to posting a lot of mail) and when I’m close enough to the Hello Lady man that we go out of our way to ask how each others families are when we see each other out… well I might just be in a bit of trouble.
Trouble of the Online Shopaholic kind.
Shopping online is so easy. There are no change rooms with bad lighting that show up everything bump, lump and blemish. There is only browse, click, pay and wait. Easy. Ooohhh… I get all excited just writing that.
It’s all a little too easy really.
So I’m putting myself on a one month ban. Sure, February is the shortest month in the year. I’m starting small, okay? I’m not taking the easy way out. Promise.
So no eBay, no etsy, no online anything. No shopping at the mall. Nothing.
I can of course buy groceries, although banning that might also aid my weight loss… Hmmm.
Groceries are okay. Eating out is not. Hubby and I can do date night, but I can’t buy lunches out. That’s going to be hard. I’ll just have to be organised. Very organised.
Oh, I will miss that greeting… Hello Lady. I really will.
Good luck with the month of Feb. I’m trying the same thing too – my problem is eating out. It adds up, doesn’t it?
It does! I bet I get excited by how much I save… well I am trying to be inspired by that anyhow. x
Telle you might find that the postie will just pop into make sure that everything is alright if he is that much of a regular lol!
oh this is going to be a great challenge. Good idea – sometimes the best lessons are the hardest to learn. Did you get that book yet?
Krys – I wouldn’t be surprised. I might hear someone at the door saying… Lady! Lady! Lady!
Jen – No sign of the book yet. I will let you know when it arrives though. I might get to see the Hello Lady man again without spending a cent! Perfect! 🙂
This is a great challenge Telle. I too have a funny relationship with my delivery man. Good luck! xx
I have a great relationship with my postie too, though I suspect I’m not good for him…he often asks for recommendations for shopping online LOL!
LOL. I get mine delivered to work and so 5 different people know who I am. I wonder what will happen when I am on maternity leave and all my parcels will have to be sent to my house. I will have to meet new people.
Oh so I am not the only one! Good. 😉
I’ll live through you all for the next 28 days. I already want to buy something. I guess I have until midnight before the month officially starts! Right?
HAHA, I am another one who knows my postman and if I am out walking, he stops to chat to me. I know all about his life with his wife, children and even his not so great relationship with a cousin!
I bet you’ll miss him when you come to Oz. Might be time for a new relationship. 😉
I’m doing the no extras February too and I AM taking the easy way out choosing the shortest month….lol
Hey- they say it takes 28 days to create a healthy habit. Co-incidence that they are only 28 days in February?
I think not…
Elizabeth Saxe Coburg-Gotha is an evil woman, why do we slave away at work our whole lives for money with her face on