this might be a girl thing. these are the pop socks that us ladies have to use when we try on shoes. nice. arranged like this they had a vaguely biological appearance.

my lovely pal shanghai madge was in town for a brief trip from china. we did a whistle stop tour of the retail delights of buchanan galleries including the classic H&M trip of walking in to the changing rooms with 20 things of varying degrees of eccentricity and walking out with a couple of t-shirts. the highlight was visiting this shoe shop which was full of old ladies buying comfy sandals. it would be flippant of me to suggest that shanghai madge fitted right in...

took a poorly carpetbiter2 to a birthday party but we retreated home in a taxi as his temperature began to rage again. he vomited blackcurrant squash over the back of the taxi and i piggy backed him home. we both slept on the sofa and i read an irritating book.

let the kids stay up a bit and then got cross with them for still being awake at 9.30. one of my parenting specialities.