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I’ve been duped! Well Ben has... opened the oil and vinegar bottles to fill them and the spouty bit on one doesn’t fit! That’ll mean a whole journey back into town, that will, just to get a new bung that will fit the bunghole. Bumholes!

Today’s card turned out to be pretty much as anticipated, the lazy little sod! Scribbled on the back of the bit of card with user instructions for the fat separator...

Mind you, got a luvverly cup of tea, in our little two cup novelty cow (funny how that came up after seeing the cow children yesterday... If I was a believer in ‘wooooo’ I might take it as some sort of warning... did I mention I’ve just signed up for next year’s bull run in Pamplona, by the way? ) teapot, with the small crystal milk jug and everything. He used one breakfast tea bag and one redbush as a ‘birthday blend’ and it actually worked very well. Just thought. That moocow teapot hasn’t been used for about two centuries. Hope he checked it for cobwebs and spiders. ‘Ben – did you check the teapot this morning for cobwebs and spiders? Oh.’ Ewwwwwwwwwwwww...

Right, off to a different park on the bikes this arvo, and then roast duck (hmmm, cherry or citrus or something more adventurous – will have to ponder and dig out the cookbooks!) for dinner... Can’t quite run to eating out for a birthday treat this year as all funds diverted to holiday spending money, but I’ll open a better than average bottle of wine too. Bought some lovely round courgettes (they’re about the size of a large pear) and thinking of ways I can stuff ‘em as a side dish. Definitely some sun dried tomato etc etc, but should I go couscous, rice, or puy lentils? Oh... got a hankering for polenta now (polenta and duck works well) but you can’t have rice/couscous/lentils AND polenta can you? Oh yes... it’s MY birthday. I can have whatever I want!

Back from park. Didn’t take bikes in the end as Ben wanted to buy some clothes and stuff. Could find NOTHING he wanted. I wouldn’t mind, but he’s only a ‘jeans and t-shirt’ type anyway, so it should be a piece of cake. Talking of cake, we found a half price Maison Blanc pear and ginger tart in Waitrose. I love Waitrose’s bargain bin – they do real price-cuts, not the penny-shaving you get with Tesco and Sainsbury. We had lots of healthy soft fruits lined up for pud tonight but they will now have to wait until tomorrow. Still, it’s my birthday. What can you do?

Got a nice spice rack from my sister and a few more cards and stuff, which reminded Ben of his casual approach to cardage this morning. He is now making me a proper card on his PC. He’ll be wanting access to the printer in a mo (it’s networked, but next to my PC) so I’ll have to clear out so as not to ruin the surprise.

Right, courgettes to stuff, a duck to cuck and wine in need of chilling. How thrilling! 

TTFN

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