Yesterday, anniversary. Nice morning. Nice lunch. Friend in cafe had taken a flower from their display and placed in a vase on our table. Aww..
DH back to work, I headed for shopping centre to buy some birthday cards. Passing Sainsbury's had a thought - why go all the way to the centre when I could pop in there and be back home early. Turned out Sainsbury's is getting extended. Building work in full swing though shop is still open for business. Parked the car and hopped out. Immediately I started to walk towards the shop, I started coughing. Stopped and thought about it. Only a wee cough, so keep walking. Two car lengths further, I'm coughing fit to burst, eyes streaming and can't get my breath. Like I'm trying to swallow and throw up at the same time. Nip back to car pronto. Inhaler out and sit and see if it passes. Two puffs and its about the same. What am I doing sitting here? Start the car and move it about half a mile up the road. Better. Sit and go through some more inhaler puffs till feel ok.
Start up the car and head for shopping centre. Park outside M&S. Head into store and oh! no! heavily scented fragrance. Whether from the flowers or synthetically through the air conditioning, I don't know. I'd picked up a few items on my way through the store to the pay desk. Cough, cough, choking again. Oh not again. Thought if I can only hold it together, there's only a wee queue in front of me after all. But no. I'd to put down my messages and head for the door. One of the staff asked if I was ok. I spluttered Asthma. The other girl with her said Best go out in the fresh air. have you got your inhaler? I nodded yes and said its the fragrance in here! To which they both nodded and as I rushed from the store, heard them behind me agreeing the perfumed air was a bit strong.
Shot outside and sat on one of the brick benches to try catch my breath back with inhaler. No sooner had I taken first puff than a couple of young lads came out for a smoking break. Oh please no! They caught sight of me, blue inhaler in hand and moved over and away from me. Got my breath back after about ten minutes. Took my way slowly along to the other door as no way was I going anywhere near M&S, got the few things I was out for, had a further seat in the car before driving home.
Felt like a ragdoll by the time I got home and all I wanted to do was sleep for the rest of the day. But of course can't do that on one's anniversary when DH has been working all day plus its not the time for worry by reciting one's shopping 'experiences'. Asked where we should go for dinner, suggested as we'd had a bigger lunch than usual, that we go to favourite Starbucks and have a coffee and a bun and a seat with our books to read or just have a chat.. Turned out DH had a busy day too and wasn't really looking to go out to dinner either. So back we went to shopping centre plus suggested the multi story carpark for nearness to Starbucks (and, whisper it, well away from M&S).
So that's two shops I'd best avoid - not that I'm in them much anyway. S'burys I can probably go back to after the alterations etc have been finished for a few months or so. Maybe I should be writing to M&S? That was the nearest I've come to needing any assistance when I've been out and about.
Of course today, I'm about as useful as a wet dishcloth. Managed to hide it by doing not very much plus, fortunately, the rain came on very heavily, so our planned walk around the town was cancelled. 
I want to go but today the house is too much let alone trying to get to the car, so chips from chippy for tea went down the drain, had a sandwich instead.
Twice a week rule for inhalers? 
Confused!
What happened? 
