Making plans...

We awoke to grey skies this morning, and at about 10am, it started to rain heavily. I didn't hear any thunder, though, much to my disappointment. We had a lovely start to the weekend with granola, yoghurt and fruit for breakfast and an appointment with Saturday Kitchen Live, with guest Diane Morgan, whom I loved watching in Motherland. She seemed a bit underwhelmed by everything, though, and seemed to be exactly like the characters she plays!

At lunchtime, Sophie and I drove down to Riverside to go to Next. Olive was lovely and cool, and we still needed the aircon despite the rain. It felt humid and close. We had a coffee and chicken wrap in the Costa inside the store and, after eating, made our way downstairs to the Virgin Travel shop. We have been talking about returning to Florida next year, just Sophie and I, and we wanted some advice and prices for flights and a villa in Naples.

We spoke to a lovely woman called Kathy who had a good look for us, but said that Virgin no longer offer villas in Naples. She was able to quote us for flights to Miami, a two-night hotel stay in the city and a hire car so we could drive up to Naples. We may have to arrange the villa separately. We looked at lots of options, and even suggested a week in Naples, and a few days in Orlando visiting Universal. It has certainly given us something to think about!

Before we left Next, I bought myself some perfume, and then we drove to Waitrose at Kingsthorpe to buy two boxes of Little Moons Mochi, which had been featured on Saturday Kitchen Live this morning. Sophie had already enjoyed them before, but wanted me to try them as well. I bought a box of Fever Tree lemonade to go with a whisky this evening, for a change.

On the way home, we called Keith and suggested a trip to the pub as he and Sophie owed me a drink from the Wimbledon Men's Finals last week! We collected Keith and drove to the pub where a Sausage and Cider festival was in full swing, with most people taking advantage of the late afternoon sunshine and sitting in the garden. We chose to sit inside by the window so we could be nosy! After two drinks, we returned home and relaxed before a game of Scrabble. Our planned meal tonight was the Chicken Tangle pie, but we had no desire to do all the preparation, so we have postponed it until Monday. With nibbles and drinks, we had no desire to eat anything else!

Our viewing pleasure this evening was a 1995 film, Just Cause, starring Sean Connery. It was a great film with a neat twist at the end. Sophie and I had a fishfinger sandwich at about 8.30pm, followed by the mochi, which were absolutely delicious!