Nightmare on Bougainvillea Boulevard
You know yesterday, when I wrote all about being forced by unscrupulous bankers to keep my precious holiday fund tucked in amongst my underwear?
Well, last night I had a very long and involved dream about coming home to find that all my worldly posessions had disappeared from my house. Of course, the loss of my laptop, my ipod and all of my clothes did not bother me at all, but the thought of my trip to Mozambique being filched from under my nose made me actually cry in my sleep.
Fortunately, the dream robbers found my underwear drawer rather unappealing and so my stash was still there, but in the process of moving it somewhere safe, they found me and took it off me at gunpoint anyway.
I am going to have to open a bank account if I want to get any sleep at all between now and December.
September 23rd, 2006 at 1:39 pm
And I thought Spain (bankwise) was bad enough….try stashing it in - oh god my imagination isn’t running wild - inside a book on a bookshelf. Don’t think robbers go for books. Except in nightmares…. Can’t help you with that. You see I’m still out there, Rachie, still reading you. (With pleasure)
September 24th, 2006 at 6:50 am
Just found your old blog through google. Did a search for ‘nose muff’. Hehe.
Where are the brownies? I want a brownie!
September 24th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
I don’t believe it: I have spent more time looking at Namibian banking products! Isn’t the answer to open an investment account? You can have them on call, you’ll get interest and there is no fee to put money into it.
September 25th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
HHmmmm, tricky one. I used to have pockets sewn into the inside of all my clothing garments to hide away money whilst I was travelling but I’m guessing this is a bigger stash and so more tricky to hide in that way. How about putting it into multiple packages and distrbuting them about the house and garden. You could put a fraction of it in a jam jar and bury it? How about behind the bath panel, that’s always a good one as you could screwed the panel back and make it harder to find?
September 25th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Blimey, with this many suggestions, I might be in danger of forgetting where I stash it, although I particularly like the bath panel idea - thanks Katharine!
Hello Granny P! I like the idea, but think I’d need to get a bookshelf first. My books are currently in a teetering pile on the phone table.
Barry - I was too discouraged to ask about the investment account, but I may try it. I’m not sure how much money you need though.
Boo Radley - the brownies are all gone. But if you come back tomorrow, I’ll make a fresh batch.