Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Happiness Pyjamas

30DBC - 21st Jan - Prompt: Tell us about your latest act of random kindness.

bear with me... I'm trying to think...

This is a tricky one. I kinda like to think I do kind stuff all the time, but it's just what I do... I don't do it because I think "ooh that's kind". I just do it.

I lent my friend some money the other day, just so she wouldn't have to extend a stupid pay-day-loan she has. I'm not sure that counts though as it wasn't particularly random. Nope.

In that case, I'm not sure. Maybe I'm never randomly kind. No, that's not fair, I am.

Okay, got one...

At Christmas my best friend had a cancer scare, and I went with her to the appointment. She's fine thank god.
I stayed over the night before the appointment and, on my way over, I stopped at a supermarket. There, I filled a big gift bag with things I knew would make her smile or laugh. For example, she stays at mine a lot and ALWAYS nicks my pyjamas. So, I bought her some PJs and the thickest, fluffiest, socks I could find. She loved it all. Then looked at me with a questioning smile and said, "do we have matching pyjamas?"
As an added extra I did, indeed, buy myself the same PJs because I knew it'd make her laugh. So, I pulled out my new PJs and said, "but, of course!"

For while she laughed, danced around the kitchen, and forgot everything else. All because of some PJs and a bag of bits n bobs no one else would've cared about but her