Good Service

I have done this before, but a year or so ago.

Every now and again, you get good service. No, exceptional service. And that is a rare thing, so worth shouting about in my opinion.

I placed an order online for a few items from Aspinals. Quite a classy shop i think you will agree, and expectations of service were already high.
Order was placed, i was notified soon after that one of the items, a leather wallet, was out of stock. A phone call later, they offered to replace the wallet with a better one, and ship it quicker than planned to make up for the fact that my original item was not going to be in stock for some time. Apropos of any complaint or comment from me.

That is exactly how to get customer loyalty.

Well done Aspinals of London.

It's Not Xmas

Well not here anyway. As in my home. No decorations this year, no tree, no presents. It's odd.

But things are on the up.

Cooking a nice meal for Sunday lunch, a few good friends coming. All very impromptu.

Smoked salmon salad with horseradish cream.

Vodka marinaded steak with beans and sautee potatoes. ( email me if you want the recipe)

Blueberry and Raspberry Creme Brulee.

All washed down with some 15 year old St Emilion and a rather fine Pouilly Fume.
Oh and Bollinger to start.

Maybe this will be the start of something better.

2011. its been an odd one.

OK. So we all have our ups and downs.
2011, has mostly been downs, so let's hope i believe in the law of averages.

What I can draw from the experiences this year is this;

Trust. It's not something that is around every corner. Pay attention to those whose opinion you do have some faith in.

Honesty. Yes honesty is always the best policy. Except when it isn't. (see point above).

Know Thy Self. Think this is an ancient Greek saying. Been a big problem this year for me, not knowing what to do with myself for the most part. Spent alot of time with work, hating it early on in 2011, then putting efforts into finding a new position, which has now paid off. But work has just been the focus to take my mind of other things, and other people. You know who you are.

Solicitors. They are expensive. That is all on that one.

Think positive. Hmm this has been very difficult recently, seem to have lost appetite for enjoying myself to some degree. Thought about this last week and i am probably punishing myself more than i should, and Christmas is not a good time for feeling down. In fact it sucks being alone at this time of year. It's going to be a quiet one indeed, time to reflect in fact, and get my head together for 2012.

Decisions decisions. I have had many to make this year, and some to ponder over for next year. Chiefly, this surrounds the house, do i sell and move on, do i stick it out and stay (at great cost)? Which is tougher? Don't know at this point, but probably going with the latter.

Change. Need to think about areas of my life to change, because at this point there is much that i do not like.

Sorry is this is a trifle gloomy, but this is where i find myself right now. It's up to one person to sort this out though. And that's me.