2nd January 2016

Day 2 of the new year and after finally falling asleep at 3am, I woke at 9.30 and then shortly after that,my brother knocked on my bedroom door.

We were taking Nan out for a couple hours, and when I say couple hours, it was more like 5. It started off with a trip to Dunelm Mill, she had a voucher and Paul needed new bedding. I bought myself a new duvet and pillow case set called 'Gatsby' and Nan bought a new dining room light fixture with her voucher.

Curry's was next for Paul to buy new headphones. I, mind you, played on the Rockband they had set up to play. It was short lived. The controller kept losing signal. Also when playing the drums and then having to get your foot going on the peddle at the same time, that's very difficult.

After Curry's we decided to pop over to Ryde and to BusyBee for a quick browse at their January sales which turns out there really wasn't much of a sale. So proceeding to the café, it was us grandkids treating with 2 teas, 2 large hot chocolates, 2 fruit scones (BusyBee scones are delicious by the way) and a lemon meringue pie. Oh before Christmas, Dad and I went to BusyBee quickly and noticed a real cat sat on top of a fake reindeer. No jokes here, it was a totally real cat sat on a fake reindeer in the middle of a shop. And guess what, the cat was still there today, same exact spot. Paul being the childish person he is flicked the cats ear and it jumped. It was definitely a real cat.

Tesco was our next stop, I won £1 on a scratch card, had a sample shot of prosecco, and bought a caramel chocolate tasting game which we played after we had had a roast dinner. You basically had to just eat the caramels and try and guess the correct flavour. It was 10 minutes worth of entertainment for £1.50.

Dropped Nan back off at her home with her shopping then to watch the Minions movie which I got on DVD for Christmas. Nearly managed to see all of it but my track record for watching films in 2016 and not falling asleep half way through is already failing.

Junior Monopoly was the game of choice tonight as Mum wanted a simple game and Paul wanted Monopoly. I lost.

Carrying on from last night, I added/changed a few bits on Grampy's Order of Service and then his Newspaper announcement. Put my new duvet and pillow set on my bed, got in bed and then watched a couple episodes of Grey's Anatomy (episodes 6.03 and 6.04 to be precise) and then eventually fell asleep not that long after 3 am.

Productive day wouldn't you say.