Sweetie Birthday

I am writing this my Sweeties, another year older (and quite possibly wiser?) as last weekend was my birthday and I am now the grand old age of 27! Scary!

Fortunately Saturday happened to be the one day of the weekend it didn’t rain so I can imagine Ian breathed a sigh of relief when he woke up and looked out the window as he had booked us a boat trip up the Thames in Windsor. He is so brilliant with surprises and gifts! Aside from the planned day’s activities, he bought me this gorgeous little (but very heavy) Westie door stop which to be honest I had been dropping massive hints about for months following seeing it in the window of an antique shop! (FYI, yes Ian did apparently go in and ask “how much is the dog in the window”). I absolutely love west highland terriers and have done for years so I really couldn’t resist this, particularly as we have just moved house and have a very irritating door that needs propping open all the time. It was like fate!

Another thing I have been banging on about for months but more so as an idea for something to see at Christmas, is west end show, Wicked! This has been on my must-see list for years but I have just never had the chance to go and see it so you can imagine my excitement when Ian handed me an envelope with tickets in for October! Even better, Ian booked them for when he is away on a boys trip so the tickets are for Mum and me to go as she is due to stay that weekend and help me do some wallpapering. Can’t. Frickin’. Wait!

The day itself was perfect. After patiently waiting for me to get ready, we walked to the train station in town and travelled to Windsor which is a mere 6 minutes away. As we are very new to the area, I anticipate Windsor will become my number one favourite place to spend a nice day in –have a coffee, mooch about the shops etc. And on a sunny day you really can’t beat it, it’s a lovely little place… with a big castle in the middle of it!