Overthinking.

Overthinking.

Each month of every year is holiday time.

For me, that is no exception.

Unlike everyone else, my holiday is different.

I go on holiday to TKMaxx. I don’t need to pay for hotel room, or insurance, or bed & breakfast, airfare, full-board, I don’t need to have vaccinations, or suntan lotions, I don’t need to pack any clothes or change holiday money rates. The excitement for a holiday is just the same.

I went to one of them recently, but everything was still expensive, the so-called yellow sticker reduction was not yet in full swing. That was ok, as I have a voucher given to us Christmas from work, mine I had changed into TKMaxx vouchers.

I still enjoyed looking around and bought other items, that were not in the sale. I made a note of things that, if they were to be reduced enough, I might buy.

As what seems to be customary now, after I have enjoyed myself at the store, I have a KFC chicken on the bone with small fries.

The Town that I was in, the TKMaxx is on one huge car park, with 4 hours free parking, there are many other huge shops, on this car park. I drove 10 yards, to the other massive car park, with even more shops and there on this car park they have many more shops and lots of nice places to use the drive thru, or to choose to eat in. I parked in this second car park and went into the KFC and washed my hands, I then went to their drive-thru to order my usual treat.

I ordered the two items and decided to stay in my car and eat them. I drove back to the second car park, where I had parked so that I could wash my hands, as the KFC car park seemed too small.

In the past, I usually have my take-away in my car, when I am in this second car park, but today as I sat in my car, with the nicest KFC I had ever eaten, hot, salty and just out of the pan, no salt or tomato ketchup was needed. I was a bit perplexed, as I saw many signs I had not seen before. They all said in huge letters £100 fine…. I thought, I really need to move, from here, and drive to the first huge car park, where it states clearly 4 hours parking.

But now I was worried, here I was enjoying my £3 treat, but was it too late, that I had parked here twice, albeit for a short time, once to wash my hands, then to eat.

On this second car park, opposite me was a huge cinema. At some places, when you go on their land, inside of the buildings, we have to, type in our car registration to show that we have registered, and therefore, will not be charged for the parking, of £100.

My mind was going into overdrive, I thought, I need, to drive back to the first car park, but how would I be able to rectify this?

I thought, I will move to the first car park, but how do I sort this? I did drive to the first one and continued to enjoy my treat. But my mind stayed in the second car park.

I thought, if I went into the cinema and explained to them, I wondered if I were to buy a cinema ticket, that  would validate me to be legal on that car park.

Then I thought, how much is a cinema ticket? Fifteen pounds? Twenty-five pounds? It would certainly be cheaper than paying £100! Then I thought, instead of paying that much, maybe I could be cheeky and just buy a child’s ticket, again I didn’t know how much that would cost, I am guessing £6? I don’t know. I then went through all the scenarios, over and over again in my head!

I had overthought it and didn’t know what to do, I even thought, if I didn’t go into the cinema now, I could ring up when I got home and book cinema tickets! That would cover me for been there, but it would not cover for that time.

Sigh.

With my thoughts going back and forth I finally drove off the car park and went home. I was still troubled; would this be the most expensive KFC that I have ever bought?

Oh, why didn’t I just go into the cinema and buy an adult ticket? I wouldn’t need to even say anything to the staff; I would then have my proof of parking.

Now I have to wait to see if I get a letter in the post.