This morning Keith and I spent far longer than we planned sanding down our windowsill in the living room as there were two suspicious bulges in the paintwork and I wanted to put things right before I glossed it.
The bulges were due to the wood swelling because of condensation so Keith used his electric sander on them and then left them to dry out a bit. I was annoyed to see that the windowsill was made of MDF and not solid wood as I'd imagined. Hopefully we can get a wood filler and make the surface all nice and smooth before I paint it! We also took the curtains down and the rail so the room now looks really bare!
At lunchtime Sophie and I went over to Milton Keynes for a bit of shopping. Sophie had a lovely little pyjama set to take back to River Island which Mum had bought for her for Christmas. The bottoms were too big and the top too small but sadly they didn't have any more in stock so she was offered a gift card which she used to buy a pair of jeans and some shoes.
We had a good look around and stopped for a coffee in Starbucks which was over-priced in our opinion. A Flat White was £2.60 and was served in a tiny cup! The shopping centre was very quiet and as well as River Island we had a look in Accessorize and New Look where Sophie bought three beautiful tops to wear with her new jeans.
From the shopping centre we went to Las Iguanas for a very late lunch and the restaurant was empty. At first we thought it was closed but we were shown to a table and enjoyed a bowl of nachos with chicken for a starter. Sophie treated herself to a cocktail (a Caiprinha) and received two as it was Happy Hour.
For our main course we ate delicious chicken burgers served with fries and coleslaw and finished the meal with Churros, two of which we saved to feed the crows that live in the multi-storey car park! We walked back to the car just as it was starting to get dark and when we arrived on our floor we called to the crows who swooped down to grab the bits of Churros! Word soon got round and as we left there were about ten to twelve crows all pecking about! It was like something from The Birds!
I decided to go home via Newport Pagnell this afternoon and I was glad I did because the motorway was a bit congested. Newport Pagnell still looked very festive with all the Christmas lights still twinkling in the streets. I turned off at Tyringham and as we drove through the impressive stone arch we saw a herd of deer drinking from the flooded field. Sophie was delighted to see them so we stopped to say hello and they all turned to look at us!
The journey home was lovely and much better than sitting on the crowded M1. We drove through the gorgeous town of Olney which also still had its Christmas lights shining and then rejoined the main route through Northampton. It was heaven to get home though and sit and relax for a while before it was time to take Mikey to Army Cadets!
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