I don't like the self-serving pettiness of shops. If you tell a shopkeeper your budget for a particular thing is £150, they will try various tactics and manipulations to get you to spend £170 to £200. If you mention one you like that's £140, they suddenly become all coy and inert, as if their feet have been glued to the floor and they can no longer go and retrieve that one.
Looking for a watch for my mother. I'm surprised by the preponderance of ones with metal link straps and clasps. I thought that was more of a man's watch thing.
@matigo Oh, 'foreigners' usually use the American style of English nowadays. It wasn't always the case. In the seventies, Scandinavians often used British English. In Charles Aznavour's 1973 English rendition 'What makes a Man' he sings 'mum' rather than mom. But even British, and more so Australians increasingly use American English anyway.
I'm tempted to spell sceptic the American way because it's less French and more Greek but my upbringing won't let me.
I hope the snow fully melts before I need to go out for something. Don't like slush.