Day 54 - Discovered Westfield :)

Hi All

Had a really enjoyable day today - absolutely unexpectedly.

Started off with a weeny lie-in as not working & no kids to drop at bus-stop :)
Had breakfast around 8:30 - banana, clementine with Crunchy Bran and semi-skimmed milk (it was a great recommendation as 42g of cereal is a good amount & it has a good effect on 'number 2s'!!). Also had a large glass of squash before going upstairs to strip beds & change towels - I miss Betty :0(
Noticed how disgustingly filthy carpet is in our bedroom and brought up Dyson but no time to do it so left until this evening.

Quick run out to deli to pick up order & some other bits (including Israeli salad - love it just can't be bothered to make it - & beetroot salad) then came home to pick up boys for dental check-up.

Since the family split (a very long story  that I'm not going in to now but if you don't know you are probably best not knowing!!) resulting in our loss of dentist (Andrew's brother-in-law) we've been going to Radlett. Lovely dentist - ghastly parking - anyway this morning I got parked easily & escaped without any fillings, as did Dom but not Toby, who also got a lecture about not cleaning his teeth properly. As he now has a brace (& his already weak enamel) he has to go to the hygienist - that'll teach him!! So we are going together in 2 weeks - hate the hygienist (not personally you understand just what she does!) even more than the dentist.

Then dropped Toby home, filled up car with petrol & blackberries (oh how times change - it would have been chocolate!) and off we went to Westfield.
What a revelation - if you haven't been you should go!! Such a lovely way to shop - only real disadvantage is the costly parking (£7.50 for three hours). Even so we got everything Dom needed and had a lovely lunch - pannini for him & a fabulous mixed salad from a veggie Italian  - without a cross word from me or a strop from him & usually he's a very stroppy shopper!!

Afterwards we went to Hampstead to get him some sandals - poor child has size 12/13 feet (takes after his mother) and there's a specialist shop I use there (Magnus shoes). He got the sandals & I got two pairs of shoes (well I only bought a couple of bits of Clinique and a necklace/earrings set in Boots for myself at Westfield). We also decided that men's sandals are very ugly - whatever the brand/style!
As I got parked there too (relatively even more expensive than Westfield) I decided to walk down to the M&S food store to top up on fruit and salad. Now normally I do this with the car parked in M&S's car park so I forgot how heavy all that fruit & salad is to schlep back to the car!! Note to self - take son with next time instead of leaving him in car listening to the golf. Mind you the exercise was good & I didn't get to the gym today.

After that we came home, I made the beds and hoovered my bedroom - nothing lovelier than getting into a freshly made bed with clean sheets - I know, I'm easily pleased :)
Then had a coffee and read my magazine in the garden before getting dinner ready.
Tonight we had roast chicken, broccoli, sugar snap peas & boiled new potatoes, followed by cherries and grapes (freshly schlepped from M&S).

And now................I'm finishing my blog and playing FB Scrabble with Andrew.
All is peaceful here & I hope it is with you.

Love
Lx