Day 34

Still feeling crap with this darn cold, except my throat's not quite as sore, thankfully.  Would even go so far to say I was quite lively when I woke & even got ready in plenty of time, shock horror.

The hounds were toasty when I got up (before them) as I'd put their house coats on them for the first time, they spent a little longer in the garden, they're obviously feeling the cold now.  Better sort out their fleecy PJ's at the weekend for when it gets colder.

So, the usual stuff at work, finally caught up with some finance stuff.  Had to dash out at lunch time to find something for a new colleagues 40th birthday tomorrow that had been dumped on me.  So what do you buy someone that you barely know for their birthday (she's only worked with us about 5 weeks)?  The answer a 40th birthday champagne flute & a bottle of Prosecco, the boss thought it was a good purchase so that was ok.  The afternoon consisted with a bit of faffing & this & that & managed a peek at a colleagues holiday snaps from Nevada, oh I wish I could afford a break.  I can't even afford a wet weekend in Brighton.

So home for dinner & hound time, tonight's culinary delight, egg & chips, my appetites still not great, but never mind I could do with losing some weight.  A trip to Asda followed to get fuel ready for tomorrow's trip, so twat had twisted the pump nozzles, so the diesel pump whacked my car when I took the unleaded one out!!  Can't see any damage, inflated my tyres too, can't believe how much air they lose.  Went into the store to check if my coasters had arrived to realise I must have dropped my receipt whilst faffing about with the fuel pump, but never mind, they allowed me to pick them up by confirming my contact number, all good & they look brill, I'm really impressed.  Treated myself to a bottle of Bombay Sapphire with last year's Christmas money, I'll save it til I'm feeling better so that I can savour the flavour, also picked up a ticket for the big Friday draw on the Euromillions & cashed in my scratchcard that I'd won a tenner on a couple of weeks ago.  Keeeerching!!

That's all for today.