This weekend I…

• had dinner at Chop Chop with Mark, Kristen, Alexander, and Kristen’s mum (as recommended by Shauna — good food, but pricey for the size of the portions)
• had a quick drink at a pub on William Street
• went home and shared a bottle of wine with Neil while channel surfing before bed
• finished sanding down the final panel of the chest of drawers (Neil was ripping out a kitchen cupboard — I helped later on by throwing the discarded wood onto a pile outside)
• went to Livingston (B&Q for paint, varnish, and drawer handles; Neil ordered 30 rolls of loft insulation), dropped by Frankie & Benny’s for dinner (calamari and a mushroom pizza; Neil ordered potato skins and a 15-inch pizza that defeated him, although he made a really good effort) and would have done the weekly shop if we hadn’t then been invited to join Brian and Carene for the evening (when a quarter of your wardrobe is in the other house, half in Singapore, there isn’t much choice left when it comes to going out)
• had a drink at the Solid Rock Cafe
• was horrified at the Cathouse (the music was fine — there was one particular young lass who chose to wear a corset-type top and low-waisted pencil skirt, which would have been quite hot if her pot belly and love handles hadn’t been hanging out with a vengeance)
• watched (and helped a tiny bit) Neil brick up the fireplace in the front bedroom (I supplied him with a drink and water for mixing the cement, and also looked for the right-sized bricks from the pile out the back that had come from the old chimney)
• sat in the car and talked to my mum on the phone while Neil broke up the kitchen cupboard for disposal (it was pretty blowy outside)
• had dessert and tea (Neil had coffee) at Livingston
• did the weekly shop at Asda (we hear a new, 24-hour Asda will be opening soon)

• 22 Oct 2007

• Thinking