Decisions, decisions!

We awoke to blue skies and sunshine today, which was a relief after all the grey gloom we've experienced lately! Keith and I headed out at about 10.30am (we caught the second Popmaster contestant on Ken Bruce's show who scored nul point, poor thing!) and popped to Waitrose in Kingsthorpe to get some new potatoes for tonight's meal, and some olive oil for my Mum who has a poorly ear.

Waitrose now has a new cafe called Waite & Rose, so we'll have to give that a try one day! It looked very swish and the seating area was hidden behind a screen! Perhaps next week we'll go!

From Waitrose, we drove to Benchmarx as we were determined to get the tile problem sorted today. We asked if we could borrow one of the cabinet doors from our kitchen range so we could match the colour of the tiles. They were only too happy to oblige, so we drove to Topps Tiles at Brackmills who were having a closing down sale. 

There we spotted a "mist" subway tile that went with the door and provided a contrast to the worktop which is a mixture of whites and greys. They had six boxes left and they were on offer. The only drawback was that it was a bit boring!

As Sophie was two minutes away by car we suggested meeting for lunch so we could show her the tile and door. We bought a sample and waited outside her building until 12.30pm. She emerged, looking a bit frazzled, as she'd been in a webinar for the last hour and was dying for something to eat.

We popped over the road again, to Cafe 900, and she tucked into a Caesar salad, Keith had a sandwich while I settled for a berry muffin as it hadn't been long since I'd had breakfast!

Sophie liked the tile but agreed with me that it was a bit boring. We dropped her back at work and headed over to Tile Giant next door to Benchmarx. There, I spotted some beautiful tiles, but the one I really liked wouldn't have gone with the worktop, but we thought we could insert them into the wall to break up the grey.

We bought one to take home, and ordered samples of some other square tiles as well before taking the door back to the kitchen showroom. Both of us had decided to buy the grey subway tile from Topps Tiles as the price was very good indeed, and we knew that the colour would be a match.

This time, the tile showroom was busy and the poor girl was running about trying to serve different people. While we were waiting I spotted some lovely tiles that I thought could be used to break up the grey.

There are four different patterns and reminded me of Spanish tiles!

They were also on offer so we snapped up a box! The cost of all the tiles was very good indeed, and we really think we got a bargain! We put them in the back of the car and headed to Jones's as I needed some bird food, and boxes.

Keith managed to "liberate" some cardboard boxes from a trolley, I bought loads of bird food, and we headed over to Kettering to collect Mike from work. He was late out, and on the way home, I dropped the olive oil into the care home for Mum.

Before being able to relax, I packaged up all the books we are sending to Ziffit and labelled them. Each one had to be individually wrapped, so it took a fair while! I couldn't believe it when I looked at the clock and it was past 5pm!

We changed our meal tonight as the weather was so beautiful and decided to barbecue instead. Keith had marinated some chicken, and we popped asparagus, baby sweetcorn and new potatoes into the oven to roast. Tonight, we were able to sit in the garden with Keith for a while as he cooked the chicken and chipolatas on the grill. It was lovely and relaxing, but the weather for the next few days is set to be more unsettled. Oh well!