Saturday - me day

I left earlyish this morning for a three-and-a-half-hour training morning which is compulsory every three years to renew my teachers registration. It was great to be out without the kids, and I even bumped into Lisa, who I recognised but couldn't place at first. We were at uni five years ago studying to be teachers! She's also at home with two small children.

So, I had two and a half hours to kill before my staff meeting. I decided to go to The Parade in Norwood, our old stomping ground before we got married and moved to the hills to have children. I spent most of the time in a bookshop. My plan had been to go to a coffee shop with my journal but the bookshop was even better. I found books for the children for Christmas (an educational activity book for Tas, a Thomas-the-Tank Engine book for Angus) AND a book to teach me crochet. It took ages to decide...another prettier book had instructions for granny squares in it, but I "maturely" decided it was more important to master the stitches first and not judge a book by its cover! I also found a Dummies book for the latest version of my exact camera model (Canon 500d) which I'm going to look for on Amazon. There were a few others in the art section that caught my eye but we have to stop somewhere...


There's more. After the staff meeting I wasn't ready to go home so I popped round to visit Manda and baby Delilah. I had decided to go to a local cafe to have dinner BY MYSELF! to complete my solo day but Manda and Mike were keen to join me. Fantastic! So we went to a local pub we love and had a wonderful night. I was home by 8.15 in time to watch Spooks with my honey. Who was very good about leaving him alone with the kids all day.