Friday

Had a look in a couple of shops on the way home, found nothing, I asked the shop assistant if the sunglasses were too big for my face and she said, ‘uuuummmmm’.

Went to Beyond India for Mchl’s birthday, there were like 16 of us and the waiter said it was the biggest table they’de ever had. What a load of rubbish. He was quite impressive though, didn’t write anything down, and remembered all our drink orders. I find this kind of showy waiter behaviour makes me anxious, it seems to me to be asking for trouble.

Then we went to The Archer for drinks. The bar guy was pretty nice, kept saying ‘I’ll give you three for the price of two on that’ and made us his special cocktail which was called a ‘sticky thigh’ or maybe a ‘sticky dyke’ not sure which one, either way, he felt the need to apologise for the name of it.

Moved on to Mojo, which has been sold to the cleaners, but will apparently remain pretty much the same. 80’s night and bgsy was in heaven on the dance floor. Got home and brtr was asleep on the couch. Couldn’t wake him, perfect opportunity to beat him in his sleep, but I was too tired. Left him there and went to bed.

Saturday

Lazy morning, finally got my computer going again, with new power supply and wireless action up and running. C came over to fix the NYE invitations and we sat around for a couple of hours trying to put something together and in the end didn’t manage to get anything done. Whilst looking for ideas, I looked up 2004 in wikipedia, go have a look for yourself, it's not pretty. Anyway keep the 31st free, something will happen.

Now my computer is fixed, I nearly signed up to partypoker, but managed to put it off. Have to think of a good poker name, btw ‘Pokerhontas’ and ‘Minty Lerew’ are not good, so if you are thinking about suggesting them to me, don’t.

Went to the worlds end to say goodbye to Rlnd and Jcnta, they’re off to Dundee where it is currently –5 degrees. Brrrrr. Then talking to Rlnd + friend about games and J goes ‘yeh, I just cant see myself playing a game for like 5 hours straight anymore’, so it seems that poker is no longer a ‘game’.

Too tired for supermild, so headed to CHS for poker. Finished up playing manilla which is like texas holdem but with a reduced deck and limit betting rounds. Very unsatisfying, every hand I folded would have won on the river. Limit just takes to long, and chips just seem to sneak away without you reallising.

Sunday

Yey, we got our Christmas tree up and it’s better than ever. It’s a beautiful sight complete with 3 sets of lights, paper mache reindeer and lots of gold bows. Within 5 mins M and I were covered in red lumps and sneezing, but it was worth it in the end. The whole house smells of pine now and the lounge has a very festive feel.
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