Be Happy

What an amazing weekend I had. Truly one of the best I've had in I don't know how long. ( If you read my post Decisions, Decisions back in July you'll understand my joy at this post ) .

Saturday I finally went car shopping. I'd noticed Friday I was leaving a trail of coolant as I was driving and decided I could no longer prolong the process. I had a male friend offer to come with me. Which I was very grateful for since my knowledge of cars is zero. I had an idea of the car I wanted. So, off we go to the dealership. My male friend was very useful. The salesman was giving us his speech and telling me I needed all this crap. Which I honestly had no clue if I needed or not. My male friend spoke up saying I didn't need all this stuff just the package that contains the remote start. I'll need that for winter. So, 4 hours later I'm leaving with a brand new shiny car. I've never owned a brand new car before. I was so excited. Bonus was I didn't need to put as much of a down payment as I thought and I was able to keep a couple of thousand back for a holiday. Yippee. I'll need to take the holiday before Christmas I don't want to go too close to my grand babies delivery date.

 Sunday, I got up early. I made scalloped potatoes, with bacon, fresh chives from the garden , cheese and my delicious sauce. Put a nice salad together and then put it all in the fridge for supper. Then I phoned the Berry Barn and booked an early lunch table for the family. I needed to give the car a good run and since it was a beautiful day that's a lovely place to go. We had a fabulous lunch and a nice walk after to finish it off.

 

 

When I arrived home I took my book, a nice glass of Smirnoff Sangria and went to sit in the sun. My book is so good it's very difficult to put it down. ( The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters. ) I did at some point fall asleep though. I woke up when the cat decided to jump onto my lap and nearly scare me to death . After supper I had a nice luxurious bath and then settled down to watch the last two episodes of season one of The Last Kingdom. I must admit I do have a thing for Uhtred.