I have had such a busy day. Started off with the clearance guy.. and got all that stuff gone that I mentioned before.. and he came an hour early which meant I could get out much sooner. It was pretty foggy, but I had to go into our market town because I'd been promising to get 3 small gold charms onto my bracelet for ages. plus I needed a little bit of an extension on the bracelet
ti was thinking it might cost about £30 to do at most .. it's a very delicate bracelet. with tiny charms..
The jeweller was clearly taking his time to tell me something.. and I said.. what's the problem.. he said. 'you're not going to be happy, like most of the customers who come in now when I tell them .... but this is going to cost about £150 to do.. because the High cost of Gold as well as Solder.. is what's driving the cost of repair
I gasped..I said but surely the bracelet can't be worth much more than that ... ( I've had it for at least 20 years never had it appraised ).. he said I can tell you exactly what it's worth , and he proceeded to weigh it....along with the extra charms.. and I nearly fell over when he told me it's Value.

. it was for a substantial amount..way more than I thought it was worth.. so I bit the bullet asked if he wanted to buy it, he iimmediately said yes.. and I left the store.. quite a bit more Finacially bouyant than when I went in..
I drove over to a large town in the next county... and I went to the bed store.. and bought myself a brand new Queen size bed after trying out a few..chose the type of headboard I wanted, and they said they can make the base colour and material of the divan ( with drawers).. to match the headboard... and I chose the colour and materials from a swatch
It will be hand-made and ready in 2 or 3 weeks, and they've agreed to dismantle and remove my current bed.. which is a large Gas Operated Ottoman bed.. only about 6 years old . . They explained it won't go to Landfill, instead they dismantle and remove every part of it ( headboard is leather).. and everything is used in the manufacture of something else..
I'm absolutely over the moon about the bed and getting the Huge surprise with regard the bracelet...and being able to pay for the bed with that tiny little bracelet of which this morning I had no idea of it's value...