Being all black and shiny we decided it was defiantly a boy, and have named him Vox. To say it has made a bit of a difference would be the understatement of the century! Even buying food has suddenly become massively better. We go so carried away in the big supermarket last weekend the bill nearly hit three figures, opps!
Something else the car allowed us to do was go on a trip to Glasgow. Now i know one or two Scottish people read this blog so i apologise for what is about to come but.... Glasgow is a horrible place! The people were miserable and mean, and the town is scummy - even the bank was scummy! How anyone can even think its can compete with Edinburgh is beyond me. The only good thing about it was contemporary arts gallery in town, which was pretty interesting. Me and Joni being sad arty types we enjoyed looking at the British Art Show there, which we had already seen in Nottingham. It was interesting to see is curated in a different place - to see which pieces looked better, and which didn't work as well.
So it was sitting in an art gallery in Glasgow that i finally got the call from Argos about the bed being delivered (yes, the one i ordered 25 days previously!) and i missed it! But i called them back straight away only to be informed that the reason they were calling was to tell me that a part was missing from the bed and it wouldn't be delivered until the 7th August. To which i replied in a calm and straightforward manner, no it won't. I bought it under the agreement it would be delivered by wednesday so it would be delivered by wednesday. Unsurprisingly the guy got quite confused. So i yelled at him. A Lot. Lucky he was quite nice and passed me over to a manager, who also lucky was very helpful. She informed me that the only missing parts were the lights and so consequently i was sent the rest of the bed on wednesday, as originally promised. Still waiting on the lights... (in reference to the previous argument with Argos, i sent them another letter, telling them to dam well not fob me off. Im awaiting a reply).
So bed arrived and flat scrubbed to the cleanest its ever been Joni and I played delighted hosts to our first ever non-family guests! Beth is one of my best (and most riotest) friends from uni. It was amazing to have her and Sam stay - one of the best weekends we've had since we moved here. Helped in no small part by the glorious weather. I am sunburnt! Sunburnt from a weekend is Scotland! Amazing!
We did lots of fun and exciting things - wondered for hours around Edinburgh, and St Andrews, and Tentsmur beach. And we discovered a new place - Loch Leven, which has the coolest little castle on an island in the middle of it. Very awesome. I was super sad to say goodbye to them both. I hope that Sam enjoys his amazing trip in Mexico. Im not sure I have the heart to tell Beth that this is exactly what happened to my Dad - Offered a summer placement in Africa and 4 years later he was still there, digging up rocks. Hope she enjoys Mexican food!!
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