Weather and a posh do

Well here we are on a damp old Monday lunchtime...one of those days when it never really does anything properly. The sun looks as if it might just appear but never quite gets out, it rains a bit, sort of, but not so you get wet, it's not really cold, still warmish in fact. But in the supermarket just now there were people done up for a winters day, anoracks, hats, boots you name it,.... and then theres a guy who looks like he's off to the beach!! They say the British are obsessed with the weather, but really, are you surprised!?? On Saturday evening we attended a fairly formal poshish kind of a do, (not something we do all that often). Now, I'm well known amongst family and friends as not being too successful with food and drink....(in a tidy eating kind of way), liquid seems to plop from my glass when I've hardly moved, and food leaps recklessly onto my chest with out a second thought. I can't help it, I don't mean it to happen, I'm not clumsy (no really), I think I probably try too hard to be careful and end up making it worse! So there I am, we've arrived late (traffic) everyone is seated so all eyes are on us as we are invited to sit in the only remaining seats next to the Main Man and his Wife. Mark is looking nervous........... But no matter, the duck pate and toast is a breeze, no crumbs disappearing down my cleavage.... 'red wine madam? ' yes please, not a drop spilt, marvellous, ... chat chat . Later comes the wonderful spead, a COLD BUFFET, no problem, the main table, that's us, must go first,... away we go, oh so polite. I know I must be careful, high heels and shiny floors can be a bit dicey. My plate is gradually filled with delicious morsels, a little of this and just a small bit of the salmon, ( oh I like everything), the nice waitresses are so happy I'm not the picky type. Until the very last dish that is, buttered new potatoes, I think no, I don't need any more, but the waitress is having none of it! You've had everything else you'll have my spuds! So on they go, oh well never mind I've done okay so far there's just the LONG WALK back to my table. Oh God it's a long way with a full plate.. ... You know how people look and watch when it's not ther turn, seeing how much you got....so head up, walk gracefully across that slippy old floor, half way then PLOP, a large BUTTERED SPUD goes careering across the dance floor, leaving it's buttery trail behind. Oh really! I'm mortified , why me, why not the skinny cow with two bits of lettuce and a few prawns?? Now I have to work out how to bend down , in high heels and holding a groaning plate, pick up the said slippery spud and get back to my table in one piece. Mark is looking a bit funny which makes me want to laugh. Luckily AFTER I've nearly crippled myself retrieving it in an elegant manner, a waitress scuttles alongside and rescues it, I retreat to my seat and eat SLOWLY and CAREFULLY.

Surprises

Well now, what a busy day.......here there and everywhere, a day full of surprises! Went for the said contact lens tests, it was so funny..... i had to put my chin on this little chin shelf.... but, bit of a problem... short neck and big boobs = can't get near the stupid thing, it gave me a fit of the giggles and that set the nice optician man off too. In the end i had to hang on to the sides and stretch my poor little neck as far as possible, squashing boobs and not being able to breathe! Anyway it turns out I'm suitable for lenses, thank god, I don't fancy doing it again.. I had some pictures of my georgeous grandaughter today, she'll be 2 next week and is very sweet. Enough, it's very late and I have an early start to another busy day

Friday already AGAIN!!

Well here we go again...can you believe the clocks go back Saturday night? That means it'll be dark by tea time.....gloomy in one way but kind of promisingly cosy as well. Do you have that in the States I wonder? It was nice to hear from Marietta this week, also love Mollys ballet shoe pics. Busy day today, appointments all day AND........ I'm going to see about contact lenses this aternoon as well. I've never tried them before but I reckon they'll be good, so quite excited about that. Had a bit of a disaster yesterday, spent a good hour doing an inventory, then I had a tiny wrong twitch of Peter Pointer and deleted the whole thing, so I did swear a bit! ..........good job Mark wasn't around (he's on a no swearing week) ..ho ho So onwards with the day, it's just about light now and guess what ....Raining Again, although yesterday was fabulous and sunny. Have a good weekend everyone out there in Blogland

Tuesday

Another amazingly wet and windy day here........ spent the morning tidying my office stuff, it was getting just too awful.... out for 2 jobs this afternoon. Will be watching enders in a mo, love it..

Sunday afternoon

Well I love this time on a Sunday, we've had a really nice weekend and still have the evening ahead. The sun is just going down and the lounge is filled with light, it's still warm too. Went shopping in Crawley late morning, bought 2 gardening books, I'm planning to make the garden at our new house really special. We should be moving in a few weeks......we had coffee and generally chilled... Saturday I had 4 jobs but Mark came with me, so we spent the day together.... in the evening I went for drinks and a Chinese with some of my girlfriends which was lovely, I hadn't seen some of them for a couple of months. They all work in admin at a private hospital, (I worked there for 2 years) so the conversation is always about the consultants and hilarious ........ So I think we'll probably wander out tonight for a while, then onwards to another week........

Friday already

So here comes the weekend again, out tonight, Mark wants to sing or find a band to watch, or both. Weather is crap so hope it dries up tonight, I hate getting wet! Not much work on today, unusual for a Friday, most people tend to move at the weekends, so I will be packing stuff for our own move. Does anyone else out there think that conveyancing is money for old rope? What do they do that takes soooooooo LONG?? .... No offence to any conveyancers reading this! I just wonder.

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hi , this is my brand new blog! my name is jill and i'm just about to find out how to do this stuff, so more later!