Learning to Read the Signs...

My Twitter status last night read thus: "I need to stop being a self-fulfiling prophesy. :("

This is because I stated in my LJ on my last proper entry, the birthday / London write-up, that because something nice had happened to me in the form of a tax refund, something awful was surely to follow... ( Details under the cut. )

I knew there were gremlins in the flat, because they keep stealing things: like the metal tape measure and my embroidery instructions. If they're going to start messing with taps, I might have to catch them and microwave them. Srsly.