Advent

Started out with a meet up with V in Portobello -after a bacon roll and coffee we walked along the beach and back. It was mobbed by dogs (including what seemed to be a group just for Dalmations, and an obedience class that clearly wasn't very effective!) and we chatted and laughed and gossiped the whole way.
Stopped off for some more Christmas shopping on the way back to drop K at the station-got L a great fairy dressing up costume.
Home to put decorations up, write lists and prepare for week ahead, then to dinner with European colleagues visiting for a workshop tomorrow