We bought some new garden furniture with the help of Sue’s Aunty Joan who gave us money instead of Christmas and birthday presents. A couple of weekends ago we found a good deal that allowed us to buy a table with six chairs, an umbrella and stand, a bench and an occasional table and we arranged for them to be delivered on a Friday (they didn’t do weekend deliveries). Later that weekend though our washing machine packed up in spectacular style by blowing the fuses, so we looked around and ordered a new one. Being smart we arranged for it to also be delivered on Friday but, as is so often the case, things didn’t go to plan and the company tried to deliver to the wrong address. So they are going to redeliver this Friday instead. After we received the garden furniture and assembled it we decided to get some bits in for the weekend as my Aunt and Uncle were coming over. We ‘popped’ into a garden centre just to have a look and ended up buying a BBQ to go with the new furniture.
It was Jamie’s 21st birthday on Friday and we sent him an emergency rations delivery from the supermarket (including beer, fizz, cake, chocolate, eggs, bacon, sausages and bread) and rang him to wish him all the best. He is in the middle of exams at the moment and is planning to come down next weekend to see us and we hope to christen the BBQ – it will probably rain.
My Aunt and Uncle come over on the Saturday and we spent the next couple of days eating, drinking (luckily we had taken the previous empties to the recycling), and visiting some local National Trust properties.
We visited the nearby Polesden Lacey, the quaint little Oakhurst Cottage, and the musical collection at Hatchlands Park.
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