Yesterday afternoon I went to Mirrors, my brother’s fiancé’s hair salon and got my hair cut, dyed and styled by my brother. My friend, David had sent me the money for me to get my hair done and because I only received it into my account yesterday, I made an appointment for that afternoon.

My appointment was at half past two yesterday afternoon with Alex, my brother’s fiancé but when I got there he told me that my brother will be doing my hair… I left the salon at around quarter to six o’clock that evening. My hair had to be cut first then dyed and then styled and thinned after that. Because I had thick hair I had to pay double for the amount of dye that was used. I think that he could have done all the cutting and then dyed. Then I would have had to pay less than what I had to… Anyway it came out really good; I shouldn’t have doubted my brother. He never cut my hair before so I was a little worried until I saw the final result. My hair is now thinner, shorter; definitely more manageable and black; my favorite color and I love it! The only thing that needs getting used to is my fringe. But all and all, he did a pretty fucking good job!

I had a couple hundred rand left so I bought a bottle of hair color protecting shampoo and conditioner for my hair. And a ceramic straightening brush that I can use with my hairdryer because I never have had one of those brushes before.

A little after six o’clock last night I received a big brown bag via courier. Inside that big brown bag was a credit card size Woolworths gift card; such a small thing delivered in a large bag… The lovely black gift card was sent to me by David and was to be used for grocery and necessity shopping! As Victor and I are trying to make it this month with the very little funds that we have right now, receiving this gift card was a really great gift and really made my day today…

Victor took me to Woolworths at Westgate to do the shopping. We went there because the Woolworths store at Westgate is much larger than the one at Key West which is closer to where we live. But I wanted a larger variety to browse and so Victor took me to the Woolworths store in Westgate.

This is what I had bought today at Woolworths using the gift card:

• Kellogg’s Special K cereal with Red Berries (2)
• Kellog’s Special K Bars with Red Berries (2)
• Woolworths 1kg breakfast muesli pack
• Weetbix
• Woolworths White Sandwich bread
• Woolworths Sweet & Sour Noodle Box (2)
• All Gold tomato sauce
• Popcorn kernels
• Woolworths Garlic & Herb seasoning
• Woolworths Spicy Barbeque seasoning
• Rajah mild curry powder
• Woolworths small sea salt refill
• Rice cakes
• Woolworths giant cookie tin
• Woolworths shortbread cookie tin
• Woolworths Hearty Vegetable instant soup
• Woolworths Creamy Mushroom instant soup
• Nutella spread
• Nola “Yum Yum” crunchy peanut butter
• Illovo icing sugar
• Woolworths 1kg white sugar
• Woolworths 1l long life custard
• Woolworths mixed berry yoghurt
• Woolworths can of whip cream
• Woolworths box of 6x 1l long life milk cartons
• Minute Maid Breakfast Blend 1lt fruit juice carton (6)
• Woolworths mixed berries 1lt fruit juice carton
• Woolworths dozen extra large, free range eggs
• Woolworths pears
• Woolworths Sabrosa strawberries
• Woolworths peaches
• Woolworths seedless black grapes
• Woolworths 4 sweet corn cobs
• Woolworths 250g white mushrooms
• Woolworths chocolate chip muffins
• Woolworths blackberry muffins
• Nesquik chocolate drink powder
• Woolworths Honey & Mustard dressing
• Woolworths Prawn Cocktail maize crisps (2)
• Woolworths wonton wrapped prawns
• Woolworths Peppadew™ chicken sausage
• Woolworths cheese viennas
• Woolworths Peppadew™ & feta topped hake
• Woolworths rump steak
• Woolworths beef spare ribs
• Woolworths cheese sausages
• Woolworths hamburger patties
• Woolworths Garlic & Herb butter
• Ziploc freezer bags 15s (2)
• Airoma Roses In Bloom air freshener
• Glade Lily of the Valley air freshener
• Auquafresh White & Shine toothpaste
• Gillette for Women Satin Care, Vanilla Dream shaving gel
• Listerine mouthwash
• Lillets non applicator tampons
• Woolworths 10pk toilet paper
• Vodacom R29 airtime voucher

I still have several hundred available on the gift card now and will be using it to buy things as needed, like bread, milk, eggs…

Woolworths has some really good food available. I really want to try some of the organic fruits…

This is the first time that my kind-of-little fridge is fully packed and I love fresh fruit in this summer heat. Absolutely divine! I have been craving fruit lately but haven’t been able to buy some until now.

Thank you, David!