[ballingall]

I'm nowhere near as solitary as a lot of you, as I have a mon-Fri office job, surrounded by people. But, to give an example, for Christmas, once I finish my shopping (and I mean the last of the food shopping as well), my idea of heaven is not going to a shop for at least a fortnight. I might visit family or friends, so do go out, but I never venture into a shop, and I do love that!


I tell my colleagues this, and they are amazed!

[devonlady]

I detest shopping, especially supermarket shopping. I don't mind shopping for seeds, plants, books and chickens though!

[Lesley Silvester]

I'm with you there, Devonlady.

[cloddopper]

When we had the mammal farm we made  sure we had "Me time " away from it .. it kept us up to speed with all manner of things and often opened new doors .
 One of my favourite things was being able to go shopping at 00.01 hrs 03.00 hrs and not have to queue up & get the freshest of stuff that had not been mauled over during the day. It was also good to book a meal for 21.30 hrs  have it then go shopping .
 Because both of us were working the farm in the end we didn't have to have much of a set schedule. Some days I'd happily go to bed at 01.30hrs and be up with the local cuckoo down in cuckoo's hollow at 05.30 as bright as buttons , other days we could go to bed at 21.30 after checking the animals , doing the matings & feeding the stock , showering , watching a video or the news & weather .
We tended to gravitate to or with the local farming community & had great fun .
 We made the effort to join the local chamber of commerce  went to several business luncheons , did a few of their distance learning courses as well as some local in house ones.
We and also enjoyed quite a few of their bi monthly wine & dine evenings with some very interesting & entertaining after dinner speakers.

 I'm glad we made the effort to do it , for it has helped me to handle getting crippled for the second time & having to make major lifestyle changing decisions .