Catching up.

Work was much quieter today and I even sneaked out to see Sophie who was going to the gym with a friend!

At 2pm I left and drove to Manvell Farm Park, which has a lovely tearoom. I'd arranged to meet Lisa and her daughter there, to catch up and have a cup of tea. The place was packed and I found it difficult to park!

We all sat outside as the weather was beautiful and enjoyed tea, hot chocolate, a milkshake and cakes. It was great to catch up with Lisa, hear all her news and find out about the two women who are taking over the after-school club in September.

We were there for an hour and Syd amused herself by feeding the ducks the rest of her cake. We were surrounded by them! I drove home, picked up Sophie and we went to do the weekly shop in Aldi and Tesco. We have decided to cook the Hairy Bikers' Japanese Chicken meatballs on Sunday but we couldn't find minced chicken anywhere! In the end we had to settle for turkey thigh mince so I hope it's going to be OK! We also had to buy some Shitake mushrooms which were dried in a jar.

Back home we unpacked, took Keith to the pub and relaxed for a while before preparing dinner. Sophie made the curry tonight and instead of cooking it in the slow cooker as we usually do, we used the large frying pan on the hob. I have to say it tasted a lot better that way as it wasn't cooking for so long!