We had a charity fund-raising bazaar at work. Demelza was one of the organisers, so I spent most of the afternoon helping her man her stall, enabling her to pop out for the odd fag break (and I got lent to the tombola stall when Denise went for lunch). Demelza's stall sold odds and ends, including a number of DVDs. We did OK, and Demelza ( Read more... )

My Wembley ticket arrived today.

Or rather tickets - I've received two, since they've sent me one for the booking that crashed as well as the one that went through (and charged me for both).

Rang TicketZone customer service, who said to send the spare one back tomorrow, special delivery, for a refund.

Just surfed onto the fan forum Hob Nob ( Read more... )

( Five-a-side )

Out walking round the shops at lunchtime, saw a beautiful 1971 WV Beetle in excellent condition parked on Stoke Road <3

Home to relax with a Stella Cidre over ice and the Women's FA Cup Final. I was cheering Bristol Academy, but there's just no stopping those Arsenal Ladies...

After an hour and a half of being bounced back to TicketZone's 'Waiting Room' page, getting through to selecting my row every so often (and at one point getting as far as the payment page) only for the website to crash, getting sent twice to the homepage offering me the delights of Peter Andre or Dom Joly, all the time constantly dialling the ( Read more... )

The first exam paper was a toughie, and on today's second one I ran out of time and had to skip a few parts of the last two questions, but I think I've done enough to earn a plain pass. Will be a bit of a disappointment to Richard - he had me down for a credit if not a distinction - but it'll do.

Oh, and ... WEM-BER-LEY!!

Last night was my cousin Gayle's 30th birthday party, fancy dress - come as something beginning with G. I wore my Roter Stern Leipzig T-shirt and hoodie and went as a German, but one of Gayle's friends had trumped me and done it properly with lederhosen. Gayle herself was a Greek goddess. Arriving, I met my cousin Rob and an unfamiliar female both ( Read more... )

On study leave Thursday and yesterday, busy revising for the RSS exam, with occasional breaks for Waiting For God or Dear John on Gold ( Read more... )

Hooray, miracles do happen - LOVELY YOUNG ANNA MADE IT TO THE FINAL!! *AIRHORN* *blows mwah mwah* My other favourite Hungary got through too ( Read more... )

Briony and I launched our Eurovision quiz at the office this morning, with a warning to people not to go looking the answers up on the Net. Her daughter had done a fine job making cakes, and her son a brilliant job doing the little flags of all 43 countries to stick in them. A few cakes sold (all proceeds to MIND) during the day, but by two in the ( Read more... )