A wine search!

We had an hour to kill between dropping Mike off at college and taking Sophie to work so we had a coffee at Costa and then popped into Waitrose to look at wine. We need to buy two wines from a Mediterranean country with a price difference between them of least £5 for an upcoming evening at Sue and Paul's house.

We were going to go with a different country - one out of the ordinary - but in the end we decided to choose a French, Spanish or Italian wine. After dropping Sophie off at work we headed to Majestic and had a great chat with James who helped us choose. We settled on two Viogniers from France but we had briefly considered a Sancerre and a lesser Sauvignon Blanc from another region of the country.

While we were in the shop it would have been rude not to have taken advantage of their mix six discount so we bought three bottles of the Ned Pinot Grigio and a bottle of Californian Zinfandel which was on tasting!

Before heading home we drove around Brackmills and we were astonished at how big the new Stanley Black and Decker warehouse was. Back in 2012 the original warehouse was demolished and for ages the land stood empty. Now, however, it has a brand new building standing on it and I urged Keith to contact someone who still works there that he knows, so he can have a tour.

It's been a gorgeous day today with sunny skies and fluffy white clouds - a Florida sky, which is a bonus so late in the year. Our film at work this afternoon was Homeward Bound 2 and I set it up for Lisa as there was a presentation going on in the playground to name the new pirate ship that the children love playing on. It was given the name "The Treasure Hunter" and there were cake stalls where the parents and children could buy cakes. Every single child that came to film night (and there were only six of them) came in with a little cake!

After the film finished we all went out into the playground but the weather had taken a turn for the worse and the sky was shrouded in thick cloud. There was a chilly little wind blowing as well! I got away at 6pm and dashed off to get Sophie from work. Keith had driven me today because of the presentation so he drove down in my car and left it in the pub car park. I popped in to get the keys and then sped off to collect my daughter.

Dinner tonight was very simple - jacket potatoes for Keith and I and Tesco curries for the children. It made my job a lot easier when I got home!