Curtain catastrophe!

I went with Sophie to the gym this morning and sat in the car while she did a half-hour run. She had promised me a smoothie when she came out, and it was delicious. Virgin have introduced an incentive so that if she goes four times in a week, she gets a free drink, either a hot drink or a smoothie. It's certainly making her attend almost every day! She chooses a peanut butter smoothie, and I can understand why she goes now!

We returned home, and we noticed that the living room curtain pole was leaning at a weird angle! I had pulled on the curtain yesterday, and must have pulled the bracket away from the wall. We took the curtains down, and Keith had to drill new holes and attach the brackets again. It wasn't really what I wanted to do! This, of course, made me have a look at the curtains, which needed washing, and I hoovered the area above the curtains, which was cobwebby, and then I noticed how shabby the two lampshades were! One small thing leads on to many other jobs!

I had asked Sophie to make Mary Berry's panang chicken for dinner, so she prepared all the vegetables and the chicken while I helped Keith, who was balanced precariously on a ladder and drilling holes. With the curtains down, the whole room felt so exposed!

In the afternoon, Sophie and I went over to Tesco, and I bought my Mum some toiletries and chocolates, and we both bought our wine for an upcoming Wine Night next Saturday. We were given instructions to choose a wine with an off-putting label. I chose an Australian wine called "Greasy Fingers"... yuk! Sophie chose a Sauvignon Blanc with Gary Barlow's name emblazoned on it! I also bought a bottle of Grenadine to use in a cocktail tonight.

We visited Mum for an hour, and she was delighted with her toiletries and chocs. It was then home to relax for a little while until cocktail hour! Sophie made us both vodka blushes, from the novel and film, Rosemary's Baby. She added some egg white to the mix, and the result was delicious! We played cards before Sophie cooked dinner, and it was as good as always, with enough left for lunches on Monday.

Our viewing choice this evening was an Indie film called Martha Marcy May Marlene, about a young woman who escapes a sinister cult, and finds it difficult to go back to normal life when she reconnects with her sister. Keith wasn't impressed, so he sat on the computer, but Sophie and I enjoyed it, even if the ending was a little abrupt!