Ear...Ear...

We had to get up this morning because I had an appointment at the hearing aid centre in Southport. It was for a civised hour 11 O'Clock, and there is no waiting, so quite pleasant. Oh were all the hospital appointments like that!
We took my broken one along..that naughtly little Rusty knocked off the work surface onto a tiled floor and cracked. He had a look at it, and said he had some new stuff that might fix it. Otherwise it would be a send off to the repairers for a new shell at £150 !!.What an expensive cat. Anyway they get a good service, clean and brush up, and we had a chat about newer models. Since i paid just over £4000 pounds for the pair last time I wasn't keen to spend as much as that again, but they have got cheaper. Probably to do with the competition from Specsavers, who offer a very good package.NHS are out of the deal because theirs are over the ear ones, and I'm not going back to those again.
It's horrible being deaf really, especially when you are ageing, because people shout at you, or treat you as if you are a bit daft. VT is very patient, and constantly repeats himself for me, which must be very wearing, he is a little saint really. I still get irritated by the use of.."Are you deaf" in dramas etc,. or.. falling on deaf ears, which is still used a lot. I wonder why?
Very drizzly day this morning, which turned into a quite wet day. We had parked in the Sainsbury's car park which is just opposite the centre, so we had to go in afterwards to spend £5 to get our free parking. That was easily done because we bought some cat food, so they will be happy.
I had thought yesterday about going from the centre into the middle of Southport and have a look at the shops, but it was so wet, that we decided to go to the Dunelm Mill place to get a coffee. VT has to have his morning coffee or he isn't happy. Not a place we go to very often, but they actually have some quite good stuff. We got our last duvet from there..Siberian Goose down, and it is truly wonderful. Certainly kept us warm all of this cold winter.
Weather has cleared up now, with a little bit of sun poking through the clouds, not for long though!
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with a sauce,
Asparagus and mushrooms,
A little bit of garlic bread. And, an even littler bit of grated parmesan.