Dismal

What a vile day! Cold, windy, rainy, miserable and generally bluuuughhhhh!!!
It didn't help that I had a terrible night having been struck down by a lurgy last night.
As usual with me one minute I felt fine and the next as if I'd been hit by a bus - aching, shivery, freezing, boiling, unable to breathe and generally like death on a stick!! I felt like I had flu for the first time since I was about fifteen. Uuughhhhh!!!!
I tossed and turned all night, half awake and half asleep, snotty, coughy and aching.
Luckily when I woke up I felt a bit better. Not flu just a stinking cold!
I went to Brown's in Milton Keynes at 11am to meet lots of mums from Miss L's school. Funnily enough it was the Year 4 Christmas brunch and I don't have a child in Year 4 at the school but I went anyway and it was lovely to see lots of my friends even if some of them didn't want to sit with me, hahaha!!!!
I had a glass of Bucks Fizz - which went nicely with my Fisherman's Friends!! - and a full English which was delicious. 
Then it was home to Archie and a walk out in the gloomy drizzle and howling wind!
I was a bit nervous letting Archie off the lead on my own for the first time, especially as I had stupidly forgotten to bring any treats to bribe him back with. But I wanted him to have a run so let him off and hoped for the best!
I needn't have worried. We met Bertie the cockapoo that Miss E's friend walks for her neighbour and he and Archie wrestled and raced about for about twenty minutes while I chatted to his owner who was very nice. 
I put our puppy training to the test when it was time to go. Archie was happily wrestling with Bertie and I used my best getting-his-attention voice and called him to me. He came, woohoo!!!!!!! Both of them trotted off in opposite directions so obediently. Brilliant!!!
On the way home we met a lady with a beautiful blue roan cocker spaniel. As usual Archie got a lot of fussing while we had a nice chat. I was so struck by how easy it is to talk to other dog owners. Its like a lovely club!!
More Etsy research and then it was time to go and get the Little Misses.
Chicken biriyani for dinner, the Westworld finale and that was Wednesday!