What a day!

I'm shattered! It's been one of those days, as those of you who follow me on Twitter may have picked up.

Dyna Girl was amazing and sent out some Rollasoles straight away so I could take them to London with me tomorrow. She even sorted out Special Delivery for me to ensure I had them to pack. So today I sat in all morning waiting for this Special Delivery (i.e. one of those where the Royal Mail say it will arrive by 1pm). I waited.... and waited...and waited.... Both Dyna Girl and I were tracking the package on the Royal Mail website and it said it was on time and on its way. After 1pm it said it was somewhere in their system. Humph! Dyna Girl was twittering and emailing me and she said her phone conversation with the Royal Mail had ended with them telling her it wouldn't be delivered until tomorrow due to disruptions caused by postal strikes throughout the country. I'd promised to take the children to Pizza Hut for lunch so at 1.40pm we went out. We only just got the buffet by 5 minutes! Phew. Staff there were so young! But lovely though.

We then did shopping and posted the prizes to all of the winners from my giveaway. (The Royal Mail staff need to learn to smile as the staff at the Post Office were so rude when I said there were 5 parcels for all over the world.) Finally, we got home after fighting our way through tons of teenagers battling police. We live in such a wonderful area (!).

Waiting at home was a little red card saying the postman had tried to deliver my parcel at 1pm but had to take it back as I wasn't in and it needed to be signed for. 1pm? You are joking, right? I was here until 1.40pm! Right, back out I dragged my poor feet, oh yes, and my poor children. Off the post office depot we went. I requested (politely-ish) a copy of the red card and a number to complain. I stormed home and rang up, fuming. Luckily for me there was the sweetest lady on the end of phone who was also cross the postie had lied on the card and said he would be reprimanded the next day he was at work. If anything happens with my post now I have my own unique reference number and can ensure it doesn't happen again.

Well, after all of that I got to try on my Rollasoles. Wow! So comfy - can't wait to try them out tomorrow night, treading the streets of London and the Tube back to the hotel. I'll fill you in about my trip away on Sunday.

A huge thank you to Louisa, Managing Director of Dyna Girl - please go visit her site or tweet her - she's lovely, and is holding Winter Sparkle later in the year - I'm going. Anyone fancy meeting up?