Damp Squid?!

It was a gorgeous day so we planned to go to the beach after we had done some work. I had decided to dye some boots and looking for the white spirit to clean them, had taken out a quarter of the things under the sink to find it! I decided I'd started so I might as well finish doing the space clearing. It took me 4 hours!!!But now everything is stacked neatly and easily on the shelving system and trays I had bought to store things in. I then had to find somewhere else to store the car and garden stuff! This means space clearing the utility cupboard - but that is another mornings work so can wait for another day! I did take out 6 BBQ instant trays and a small barbecue to take up to the allotment shed in the eve when we were having an Allotment soiree with Vegan Jo and party girl. 
With the morning gone and both of us needing lunch we decided to miss the beach and go shopping instead! We headed to Waitrose and bought billy bargains in the kitchen ware section! Four more boxes with lids for my garden stuff at a mere £2.50! They will nicely on the shelf the BBQ trays had been on! The Exile had the brainwave of doing vegetable kebabs for the Allotment Soiree so all we needed were some naan breads to go with the veg I already had from the allotment! Quick stop at the aquarium shop to return the duff light. Well this caused some confusion as The exile dealt with it and bizarrely was given the money back rather than a replacement light! So I went and got one and went to pay for it with the money he had given The exile. The same guy who had served us looked at us oddly and obviously thought some scam was afoot but couldn't quite suss out what or how it worked! I was gently jigging around to the music that was playing and forgot I was paying cash, the guy seemed to be looking at the till so I thought he was waiting for confirmation of the sale. No - he was waiting for my cash! I did feel like a dotty old lady and it was made worse when I tried to explain why I had been standing there like a numpty when the other salesman said I had been too busy dancing to the music to respond with my payment! 
We had enough time once home for The exile to make the kebabs and me to make the bananas in chocolate foil packages and collect all the necessary bits for the soiree. Party Girl arrived just after we did and helped The exile erect the BBQ whilst I started the small tray for the bananas. Well, neither would catch alight! I fed them with dry grass cuttings as the other two then Vegan Jo who arrived 30 mins later swigged wine! I finally had to admit defeat and as Party Girl and Vegan Jo had already eaten and The exile was full of wine they didn't mind!
Party Girl and Vegan Jo were royally entertained by The exile and I good humorously carping about each others lifestyle habits for most of the evening! They said we were like an old married couple! She had been amused in the morning when I had told her I had a date, melon and courgette loaf for breakfast. It was the "a date" that had amused her - I explained it was a hugemongous date but it fell on deaf ears! 
The soiree moved to my house when the cold got to me and we finally had the kebabs and bananas - all except for The exile who crashed and went to bed! The rest of us stayed up till late chatting! 
The blip of the blue mini lobsters and 3 lizards who reminded me of The Three Stooges were in the Aquarium shop! I looked for the baby fish munching fish but still not in stock so the population explosion in my tank goes on as does cleaning of the tanks filters  twice a week!