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Shes Really Not Joking About the Twiglets

Kate wasn't joking when she mentioned about complaining to customer services about the lack of Twiglets in our local Tescos - she gave the poor old cashier an earful, but had calmed down slightly by the time we passed the customer services desk on the way out.
Those of you who know how chilled out and relaxed Katy normally is would be amazed at the way she screws up her little face and stomps he feet when greeted with row upon row of empty shelf space where Twiglets should be. In fact the only other thing to get Kate as angry is congestion charging...

I have twiglets!

Just been to tescos and bought 3 packets of twiglets! I think they just dont provide enough shelf space for them, so they are all gone by the evening! But I have them now. So everything is okay!

Tesco Rage!

Last night we went to Tescos to get a few things and yet again they didn't have any Twiglets or Phillios Fogg nachos! Aaaaaaagh! This is really starting to piss me off as they haven't had any for the last 2 weeks! I am debating whether to ignore my embarassment and go to the customer services desk and complain but would that seem petty? Perhaps I should just go to Sainsburys! But they didnt have any twiglets either! Is there a twiglet shortage? The girl on the till said they'd get more nearer christmas! Its not good enough! Well thats that out of my system!
And the pigeons are eating our grass seeds! Bloody pigeons!

Another nice AA man!

My car is now in the garage once again! The car decided to stop accelerating on St. Peter's Way this morning, which is a bit hairy on a dual carriageway! Managed to coast into a layby though! Another nice AA man came to my rescue once again! ( I have called the AA out about 3 times last year because of my old car!) Hopefully the garage might be able to fix it this time. My poor baby!

Back again!

Sorry we've been away so long. But we're back now! Yippee!
Well you missed Jo's wedding back in August which was a great knees-up! I think I was on the dancefloor all night apart from stopping occasionally for a top up!
We've also been doing some work on the garden, of which there will be some photos shortly. We (well Duncan) shovelled 6 tonnes of dirt into the back garden (me with my wheelbarrowing skills!). This was to level the lawn and re-seed it. Now we are just waiting for it to grow!
I'm sure there is more stuff I've forgotten but we'll add some more soon!

Jo's Hen-do

I had a good time up in Nottingham at the weekend. Jo Vodden from school had her Hen night up there. We had a really nice meal at the Saltwater restaurant. Anne had made up a quiz for Jo on her future husband, and if she got the answers wrong she had to wear something silly like bunny ears! I had a slight headache the next day but that would be the cocktails fault! Then I had to drive home again! Not fun, but it was worth it!

Abba!

Claire, Caz, Deb, Sarah and I went to a Bjorn Again concert at the weekend which was excellent! It was at Claremont landscaped gardens in Esher which is an open air amphitheatre. Everyone takes picnics and champagne, its very civilized! We were a bit worried about the weather as it had rained all day but it turned out nice! Much dancing and arm-waving was had by all! Su-pa-pa, tru-pa-pa! Plus fireworks at the end, perfectly timed to James bond music!

BBQ Pics

As Kate promised, here we are in our hawaiian glory...(arty photo with pineapple taken by JP)



and the cooks, (who can't have done too bad as I didn't get food poisoning!).

More on the BBQ

I think Kate is talking up David & Jeremy's firefighting abilities. They were reduced to frantically blowing on raging infernos that threatened to start the Great Fire of Egham. (Not sure why blowing would work anyway - when you watch people lighting little campfires dont they blow on it to get the flames to grow and take hold? - Still, Im just an accountant, David is the fireman.)

Made the other mistake of playing with Helens twins. Now back to sleeping in the spare room, (especially as I recently made the mistake of telling about this.)

Deb's Hawaiian BBQ!

A good time was had by all at Deb's 30th birthday BBQ at the weekend! So of course I couldn't resist getting a grass skirt and a coconut bra! (Photos to come.) Duncan's Hawaiian shirt was also rather 'Magnum-like'! My home made birthday cake also went down well. There was loads of food being cooked by the very able David & Jeremy. The odd sausage fire was not a problem for them!