This morning I took Sophie to the doctor's to have her blood test and then we headed into town to grab a quick bite to eat before she started work at 10.30am. I chose the BP garage in Kingsthorpe which turned out to be a mistake as the food that Sophie wanted - a simple sausage bap - was unable to be cooked because the oven wasn't working. I enjoyed a pecan pastry and we took our coffees into work with us where Sophie asked Maureen to make her a sausage bap there instead. We both agreed it was another hiccup in a long line of little niggling problems that seem to be affecting us lately and it's very annoying!
I sat and finished my coffee and chatted to Sophie and Maureen and then it was home to the usual day of food shopping. In the afternoon, after picking up Sophie from work, we headed off to the Weston Favell Centre as I needed to sort out presents and cards for Keith's birthday on Saturday.
He is a very difficult man to buy for so I decided to give him cash and then he could spend it how he wanted. Sophie bought him some beer in Tesco and she also tried on a pair of jeans for work which fitted beautifully and were very comfortable.
We went to get Mike from college and then battled the early rush hour traffic to go to Majestic in town as we were looking for some Irish whiskey for him. They only had Jameson's so we decided to treat him to a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and a bottle of Gigondas instead. He loves these Cotes du Rhone wines and we have visited both villages in the past on our wine tours around France.
As well as the red wine I bought a bottle of New Zealand sparkling wine to start off the celebrations on Saturday night and, pleased with our choices, we headed home through even heavier traffic! It was lovely to finally get home and sit and play cards in the conservatory before a dinner of delicious curry!
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