Full Steam Ahead!!

Our electric kettle has been leaking for a while now. it dripped when you poured it, and for the last few nights there has been a leak from the base. It is a lovely looking kettle..one of those plastic body ones which lights up a beautiful blue when switched on. But, it drips, and Vin had a look at the back of it, and there were loads of little cracks in the plastic. So, unfortunately it had to go. So, that was this mornings job, to go and get a new kettle. Not so simple!! There are..big kettles small kettles, tall kettles short kettles, fat kettles thin kettles . black ones, white nes gold ones and red ones and purple ones. We went to Comet in Aintree, and spent ages walking round and round the aise looking at kettles. Discounted some immediately because they weren't in stock, and others because they had something or other about them we didn't like...wrong lid or wrong handle. Eventually we got it down to a short ist of about three, and came home with a russell hobbs Chrome effort that lights up a bit, and boil quite quietly. Not too happy with the way it wobbles on the base unit, but we have swapped it for the chrome one from the last kettle which fits very nicely, so it is better. So, that was the day really.let's hope this one lasts longer than the two and a quarter years we had the last one. While we were there vin also went to maplins for something which they didn't have, then he went to Halfords for something they didn't have, so he didn't have a good day. never mind, he'll get them eventually. Home for a latish lunch, and the cats fast asleep. Charming!1 You'd think they would be at the door to greet us! Tonight we are having: Chicken style drumsticks, little baked potatoes Butternut squash and sweet potato bread sauce and cranberry sauce.