It was a colleague's birthday party yesterday and I said I would buy the present on behalf of the lab. We decided to get her a purple umbrella.
I went shopping on Thursday (late night shopping), and after looking EVERYWHERE for an umbrella, I was just about to give up and say "Umbrella manufacturers are on strike!". I then came across a great purple umbrella at Target just before closing time - the very last one. I quickly bought it.
Yesterday - Saturday, I opened the umbrella only to realise that it was broken! It was nearly 4:30m then and I had to leave for the party by 5:30ish as the rest of the present was at work! Also, because I had looked for a purple umbrella EVERYEHERE on the Thursday, I didn't think that my chances of finding on in less than 15minutes was that high!
Along comes my mum... I said to her, "Quick! Where can I get an umbrella from??". My mum goes, "Oh! they have some really nice umbrellas at Price Rite! You should have a look!".
By this time I was all panicky. I wanted to message another colleague and say "The umbrella is broken. I will try to get a new one!". However, instead of messaging the other colleague, I ended up messaging the birthday girl! AIYOO! THEN, I had the added worry of spoiling the surprise - so my quick thinking brain sent of another message to the birthday girl that read, "Don't worry about the last message... that was supposed to be for my brother!". PHEW!
I then raced to the shops, managed to get another purple umbrella at Price Rite - just as they were closing, and then raced to Target to return the broken umbrella! After that, I had to buy my mum some paneer, so I drove to the Indian shop, got wet, bought the paneer and drove back home. Then I had to get changed and leave for the party!
OH WELL! All's well that ends well! :D
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