Ryanair... REALLY?!?!

So it's Friday.  And it's payday.  Usually an extremely good combination, I must say.  Particularly as my little bonus came through too.  After all bills paid, I have about £30.  And I've just been interacting with Ryanair.

You understand, that I was driven to this course of action because Matty is playing on the Xbox.  It's Assassin's creed again tonight, which is a good deal more preferable than the majority of games in the arsenal.  Mostly knife / blade kills, no bullet noise in this particular part of the game.  A love of climbing up tall buildings and then throwing the character off.  You know, day to day routines.

Back to Ryanair then.  The last time I flew with them, I swore solemnly that it would be the last.  The insistance on charging for every little detail is infuriating.  They are one of two companies going from Leeds / Bradford to Limoges, our chosen destination for a summer parental visit.  Jet2 is a far superior airline, but at first glance seemed a good deal more expensive.  So I chose my flights for me and Matt, and it came to £200.  Deal!  Select a bag?  Well, we chose one between us, £70 extra.  I navigated my way through the various different promotions, remembering each time that Ryanair insists on you clicking "no" and then stopping you, unticking itself and repeatedly asking you to re-select.  I assume this is born from the idea that eventually it becomes so frustrating that you GET the damn travel insurance, car hire, bags, text messages, extra blood and a skateboarding badger JUST to shut it up.  By the time I'd finished, the journey was £300.  OK.... I can live with that.   Click!!  Ooops, sorry.  You've taken too long.  Ejected to the front screen.  Start again.

Now I'm a patient woman.  I'm well known for it.  Famed for it.  I seem to have more patience than Mother Teressa herself did, in many situations.  But I'm close to snapping now.  Click, click, click ... a few well placed mutterings and expletives.... click click click... Done.  Same flights.  £300.
So how would I like to pay?  Mastercard please!  OK madam, we'd like another £24 then please.  Admin fee each way.

ADMIN FEE OF £24?!?!  Have I been taking crack, or has the world gone mad?!?!  I bet if I went down to the Ryanair head office and personally gave them a pile of cash, they'd charge me for wiping my feet at the door, the 12 paces up to the desk, 1 assault charge, a counting charge, a banking charge and letting me open the door for myself on the way out.  That'll be another £64 pounds please madam.

Deep breaths....

So on a lighter note, we had chilli for dinner.  I made it with the Scotch Bonnet chilli which was purchased from Morrisons last Saturday.  Good Lord, it's a hot chilli.  While stirring the food, the smell of it gave me a coughing fit and then a sneezing fit.  The cat collapsed and waved his legs in the air in submission.  Matt ran into the kitchen, rescued the cat and in the process set off his asthma.  The funny thing is, I'm not exaggerating THAT much!  A lot of yoghurt (soya) later, it was edible.  Just.

Weight wise, I've not had a good week.  I dont think I'm going to lose all that much.  I've tried very hard, and not eaten anything bad, done all of my weight watchers and been to the gym several times.  I'm not disheartened too much though, as today I discovered I've lost 2inches from my waist, 2 from my hips and various other places.  I feel slimmer and on my way, and I actually feel a good deal healthier.  I sat opposite piles of naughty food today (office birthday) and didnt touch a piece.  That would have never happened before.

Well, I'm now back off to look at holidays in Mexico and laser eye surgery.

G out x