Since I’m now the ripe age of 25, you would think I would be used to being in the adult realm of life. Yet, there are still things that I suddenly realise I can do which completely shake my whole world and fill me with glee. The first time I realised that, as an adult, I could decide to have a takeaway, it absolutely blew my mind. As a child, this is very much something that your parents decide upon (or at least in my family at least), so it was a HUGE thing when I realised I could just go and do it without consulting anyone. Here, something that really thrilled me for a while was my ability to go to the supermarket and buy alcohol and, bizarrely, cleaning products. Both these two have now worn off now and aren’t quite so thrilling, but here comes a new one..
So a little while ago, Nolz treated me to a nice bottle of wine. I am still kitting out my little flat, and it’s not until moments like these, where you realise that things like a corkscrew, don’t just inherently come with a house. The absence of a corkscrew to open said bottle of wine was rather a problem and I concluded that I’d have to wait for Nolz to bring me the corkscrew from his house every time I wanted to crack open the snazzy wine. After a while, it dawned on me that I, myself, could just go out and buy a corkscrew. This was an absolute revelation to me. I had genuinely just assumed that when the occasion may arise for a bottle of wine with a cork in it, I’d have to wait for Nolz to come over and bring said corkscrew. This just seemed a foregone conclusion. Kind of ridiculous really!
After having purchased my corkscrew, I was very excited at this new supremely adult task that was now required of me. Time to crack open that bottle of wine. Oh boy. Who knew that using a corkscrew was so difficult?! Certainly not me. And I now completely understand why them posh places charge a corkage fee. Goodness me, what an effort! Who’s got time for it really? Best to stick to the cheapo wine and avoid the exertion in my opinion.
Well anyways, long story short, one youtube video and many messages back and forward from a very patient and supportive pal (shout out to you Chlo!), we did manage to open the wine bottle! And it was glorious. But a lot of hard work if you ask me…
Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of me standing victoriously with the open wine bottle so I shall leave ya instead with a pic of ya fave gal n guy 😝
P.s. remember – you can still buy my book! To find the link go to the Greater than a Tourist page in my menu and you can have a lil nose.
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