We left the kitchen in not too bad a state. I’d forgotten about the roast potatos in the oven but aside from that there wasn’t too much mess.

Today was supposed to be a day of chores at the Ice Box but as L hadn’t started Christmas shopping (and showed no sign of ever starting) we decided to change priorities and see if Christmas could come completely from the local John Lewis store.

We didn’t do too badly. The crowds were reasonable, we got all we wanted (as well as a large sheepskin for in front of the fire) and no ones nerves were frayed in the process. The worst part of the trip was getting out of the car park which took an age. Longer if you are the person waiting to have a smoke and all that seems to be happening is you are slowly crawling past one no smoking sign after another.

After all that good food last night no one wanted to cook so we settled for fish and chips, a quick look at my work mail to see where I was to be on Monday and a trip back to the Ice Box for the night.

Needless to say the boiler was off but it does heat up faster. Hopefully we can get that fixed next week.