BEB ~ Slainte Mhath!

Following on from the cola cubes yesterday, I wanted to continue the cubist theme tonight, with a slightly more adult... sweetie.

The cubes in the foreground and in the glass of my favourite tipple, are whisky stones. Designed to replace ice in your glass of best malt so as not to spoil the flavour with melting water, you stick these little Swedish soapstone fellas in the freezer for a while and then pop 'em in your glass. I'm not a big fan of whisky myself but they do just as well in my voddie!

The passport wasn't going to be part of the blip but I had to look it out anyway so, what the heck. Yesterday I mentioned that I was asked to "prove" that I had the right to work in the UK. Well apparently to prove this, only a passport or full birth certificate will do. Specifically excluded is a UK drivers licence. Strange! Anyway, the problem is that my birth certificate is over on the other side of the country - at my folks - and my passport expired in June. However, I thought I'd wing it and ask if this would still be enough. The answer. Yes! Apparently an expired document from the Passport Office is more valid that a current document from the DVLA. Go figure! What a security conscious country we live in, eh!

Three things that made me realise winter is on its way

I had to turn the heat on the shower up a notch today. It normally rests at 3 during the warmer months and up to 7 as it cools. We're up to 4 now and it's only going to get higher!

Also shower related, I've got to the stage where I need to warm the shampoo in the palms of my hand before applying to avoid freezing my head.

The wooly hat is now permanently stored in my coat pocket!