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Week Dos - Just One Of Those Weeks

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It was a week scarce on action but none the less not completely uneventful.  There were few talking points but enough of the pretext, let's jump right into it. The week come and went with only 1 trip to Barracuda, this is completely unheard of and i'm pretty sure the owners will be wondering where we are, not the staff of course, as we never leave a tip they are probably happy to see the back of us. Now for the next bit I will give a bit of a backstory.  There is a shop in Watford called Situls, I once went in there to buy some fairly tasteless skeleton cups, around $80 worth.  I asked the manager/owner how much he could sell them for if I bought all of them, if there's one thing I learned from my trip to India it's that haggling is part of their curriculum.  Expecting some sort of negotiation process the man said he would sell for $75, this was a poor deal by anyones standards so I went in at $50, he told me quite bluntly that "A man over there is about to spe...

And So It Begins...

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Here it is, the long awaited blog I have been promising to write.  It will be a weekly catch up with all the highs and lows from the last 7 days.  All spelling and punctuation errors are intentional, obviously. The week started with the lure of a trip to Leicester and sleepovers at Dan's house, naturally I jumped at the chance. I jumped in Selina's car and we set off on our travels, stopping first as South Oxhey Tesco.  Selina "Oblivious to her surroundings" Topp swung into the forecourt and effectively blocked off a car from leaving.  As usual I had to run in and get the drinks so Selina started reeling off an order consisting of foods high in saturated fats and a bottle of water.  During this time the owner of the trapped vehicle returned, a woman around 85 years old, hunched over and barely able to walk, she politely tapped on the window and asked if Selina could move as her husband is gravely ill and she needs to give him his medicine, Selina responded w...