Page 25 - Daggabay Magazine Issue 5
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Looking through their pricelist, it was               A few quick follow up questions later, and
       only on page 2 when I found my mouth                  I had ordered our little spoil! By the end of
       pursed  in  the  'oooh'  position  and  me            the day, a copy of the Waybill was sent.
       nervously  nibbling  my  fingernail....(  I           *i must say at this stage, I had all sorts of
       was at home, that's why I didn't have                 mixed feelings about Infused Vodka?

       my mask on ) ... When I realized I had                Some of my mates who I have already told
       mentally  marked  "taking"  on  half  of              about this, their first reaction was... 'eh, I
       page 1's items and there were 4 more                  dunno,  I  can't  smoke  and  drink...  I  get
       pages to shop                                         greenies!'

       I  dragged  in  my  involuntary  co-                  Sometimes  answers  come  easily,  Dankie
       reviewer,  'The  Hub',  cos  if  he  didn't           Tog this was one of those times....
       stop  me,  we'd  be  eating  end  of  the             "Sure,  But  with  Infused  Booze  ,  you're
       month salticrax within week 1!                        NOT smoking and drinking?
       We agreed to spoil ourselves with just                You just drinking?"
       3 items.                                              *big bonus for discretion BTW

       (limit me to THREE when there are 4                   So,  anyway  the  parcel  arrives  and  with
       pages... That's just cruel!!)                         unreserved  glee,  I  ripped  the  courier
       So we agreed on The Socks (cos come                   packaging off! I have no shame over this, I
       now...  Why  wouldn't  I?!?!),  a  Coffee             wanted my pressies!!

       Mug  for  my  Wake  and  Bakes  and.....              A  pleasant  surprise  was  included  in  the
       Hang  on?  Is  that  Infused  Vodka  I                form  of  a  little  sample  of  their  peanut
       see?!?!?                                              clusters.
       Me:  "Uhm...  OK  Boebie...  I  found  my             I friggen love samples
       3rd item"                                             Curiosity  and  excitement  not  allowing  us

       Him: "but you're only on page 2 skat ?"               to  wait  for  the  weekend,  The  Hub  got
       Me: "well? Then take it away from me                  straight  down  to  mixing  me  my  favorite
       before I bankrupt us!!"                               cocktail,  a  Bloody  Mary.  And  he  went  all
       I reached out to Jillian Green via their              out!  Cocktail  olives  and  celery  sticks
       FB  page,  and  within  minutes  I  got  a            included et al!

       reply.                                                *note to self - if there is a decorative item
       Now  normally  I'm  not  a  fan  of  voice            in your cocktail, you should ideally use it
       notes, but hearing the tone of the lady               to stir and remove.
       talking was one of pure joy and pride                 **But no, not Mel! First excited sip and I'm
       in their products!                                    left  with  celery  leaves  fanned  flat  across
                                                             my face!!
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