The Gift Voucher

Having birthdays does have its bonuses. Not sure what to get me, send me an Amazon voucher.

They keep me occupied for hours. 

So, there I was happy with a birthday Amazon voucher ready to peruse a Sunday afternoon away.

Funny how you want so much when you haven’t got cash, but when it’s grasped in your hand….something's always not quite right.

Today’s shop - just for me - was to be a heart silver funky pendant on a leather necklet. It sounds easy - but, no, it's not. 

I got men's necklaces, I got kiddies. I found that 'silver-coloured' is not silver: it's steel; it's titanium; it's silver plate; but it's not silver. 

So I refined. 

I tried to sub-categorise and still the naff things popped up – no I really don’t want a solid steel skull on a chain that would only do justice to holding a bath plug. 

Finally there it was, quite funky, quite nice really – and it had only taken me 2 hours !

I was well impressed – this is it, funky, a little different, only £30.99 plus postage, hang on postage is almost a fiver, and wait a minute, its only silver and gold metal…..but its sooo nice! 

Maybe I’ll just check the feedback/reviews. Hmm: no reviews. That’s not what I wanted to find.

Is it my bad taste, or has everyone else thought, 'Oooh £35 for a bit of metal and a leather string is a little on the steep side'?

Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow, maybe I’ll find 10 items from China for £30 that I've needed all my life?

After all we may be the only house in the street that doesn't have a bath plug on a skull metal chain.

But will I miss not having one?

Judge for yourself.