Not every week end has to have grand plans to make it special, sometimes catching up with a friend for dinner can get your week end off to a splendid start. On Friday after work I met my dear friend Jill for dinner at The Merry Monk. Glad I booked a table, it gets busy in there. I walked in to be greeted by a big smile.... one of the students I worked with at college now works there behind the bar. It was lovely to see him, and how far he's come in the past few years. Jill is the sort of friend everyone should have, a special person who makes you feel better by just being around. Easy to talk too, kind and thoughtful, what more could you ask for in a friend. Dinner was lovely, and reasonably prices as we were able to order off the lunch menu. And even better, I was able to use my gourmet card to get 25% off. I had a lovely time and it cheered me up no end.I couldn't have asked for a better start to me week end.
On Saturday Mr Ivans and I went to Derby to look around the shops, I needed a little retail therapy. I found some books in the works. One of those books was the sequel to The Woman in Black - Angel of Death. I am reading that now, its not that creepy at all. I am looking forward to reading the other two as well. I also got some lovely stationery. Surprisingly, Clinton's, Paperchase and the works all had lovely stationery and at very reasonable prices. It would have been so rude not to buy some. Once we had done all the shopping we wanted to, we headed to Papaya Thai for lunch.....yum diddily! You can't beat a set lunch - for me Thai fish cakes followed by green Thai curry. Lovely treat for us both. Life's so full of stress and misery, sometimes you just have to let it go and live for the moment.
On the way home we stopped at a garden centre in Findern. I love garden centres, even tho I always think the merchandise is over priced. But we stopped, we mooched about and I took photo's of the flowers. It was fun! I loved my Saturday, we made the most of every minute.
We woke up to pretty awful weather on Sunday - rain, strong winds and grey skies. Really?? This is June? But you know, never one to be held back and kept indoors. We braved the elements, and headed into town. We went to the cinema to see San Andreas, great movie and one that needs to be seen on the big screen. I loved the movie, but cried as they flattened San Francisco. We have been there twice and love the city, the horror that this could actually happen one day is too much to comprehend. After the movie, we did a little shopping, I wanted to get Paul a couple more birthday presents.. Mission accomplished. It was such a miserable day we were glad to get home in the end.
As usual the week end seemed to end before it started, they are never long enough, and now I am faced with the horror of a 5 day week at work. Monday is always too hard to cope with, but who knows....maybe one day I'll wake up and find myself thinking.....ah Monday, it ain't so bad. Ever the optimist, that's me!!
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