Seems like a Spending Spree!!

Firstly we went to Dobbies to see what they had in their sale, and to get our last free coffee for the month! On the way Vin said he was running short of petrol so we stopped at the BP garage, and that cost me £40..not that I mind all the running around clinic appointments he does for me. Called in at the tyre depot on the way because he wanted to price up two tyres for his MOT coming up. £50 each, which is quite normal he says, because he has had a few quotes. Then tracking n top which is up to £29 !!
Diversion on the way to Dobbies which as usual takes you "round the mountains" added about ten minutes on to the journey. Had a bit of a look round when we got there..unfortunately no wooden seats only benches that we don't want. I want one of those tete-a-tete benches with a little table in the middle. They had some in the other garden centre that we go to, but they weren't on sale yet. Got our coffees. Vin has a "Flat White" and I have an Americano. Great big SALE signs all over in big red and white letters sayibng buy me buy me! Mostly resisted till I spotted a nice regatta chech shirt for Vin at %50 off a good £10.He muttered a bit saying I've got enough shirts..but I said I ironed one for him the other day and it was so thin you could practically see through it. So we got that. Then he spotted some new table mats that were proper Melamine and most important for him made in britain. We currently have Portmeirion on the table but they have become very wrinkled and worn so did need replacing. Since these were %50 off as well got those. So..the free coffee turned into a bit of a spending spree.
Called in at Waitrose very quickly on the way home to take back a box of crackers. I had opened them on Saturday for our lunch and they were all crumbled and broken. Since you do pay over the odds for Waitrose stuff we decided to return them, and we got double our money back which is very nice. Got the few things we needed and came home for lunch.
Very pleasant lunch, we had the remaining salads from last nights meal and half of a cheese and onion quiche between us that Vin had spotted in the reduced section. Lovely.
Went really dark here this afternoon, looked like it was going to thunder etc., but went over and cleared up. Cool though.
Vin is up in the loft again...titivating!! He says he is checking things and sorting out some more rubbish etc.,

Looks all ship shape to me anyway.
Talking of ship shape. There is a little gem of a programme on BBC4 on a Wednesday night at 8-30. Timothy Spall and his wife Shane taking a barge..The Princess Matida around the coast of the briti Isles. Last week the programme was about Liverpool and up the North West coast. He had a look at the Anthony Gormley statues just up the road from us.

They are beautiful. Really make you think. Anyway, yeaterday they were on the Isle of Man, then went to Ireland then to the beginning of Scotland. Wonderful programmes. Even the Queen watches them!!

Tonight we are having:
Cheesey kievs
Mixed gree vegetables
Potato croquettes.