As you may know, I'm pretty rubbish at buying presents for people at expected times like birthdays or Christmas. But giving at unexpected times, that I love! It's random acts of kindness week, and whilst I don't need a set week, it's always good to be prompted. I've done various things so far, such as the mundane but quick to do picking up of someone else's dog poo. My favourite tho was thanks to a fortuitous offer at my local supermarket. I'd gone looking for cut price daffs as I often do for springtime sharing. Top tip for all future years tho is to seek post Valentine's day bargains. These beauties were down to just 30p each. They had 88 of them but I could only carry 8 at a time even when I nabbed a cardboard box. I might go back tomorrow to see if they have any left as I only managed 2 trips (then a final one for some actual shopping). I get such a buzz from this kind of thing and really encourage you to give something similar a go! I only had 2 refusals, one couple explained they were on a long walk so didn't want to carry it. The other person maybe found it a bit too random. I did remove all the tags calling them Valentine gifts, I didn't want to provoke any jealousy, I'm just trying to spread a bit of love not cause friction. The highlight for me was the repeated questioning of a mum by her young daughter, "yes, but why?" I'm really hoping that the possibility of being kind to strangers sticks with her :-)
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