Everyone has a list of things they want to do in their life and I am no exception.
When you leave school its generally things like get a job, learn to drive. These items have been crossed off my list for quite some time.
The last item I crossed off my list was huge, it was my trip to the Big Apple last year with Miss Emily Green.
On Friday last week I was having a typically bad Friday this is solely due to work and I was very much looking forward to the weekend and being able to chill out and on Sunday watch England take on Scotland in the rugby.
At about 16:30 the sales manager came over to my desk armed with what was to be a question to completely change my weekend.
Chris: Dawn we have a spare ticket to the rugby at Twickenham on Sunday, would you be interested in coming along?"
Me: OMG! Yes totally I would love to.
All the details were then exchanged and I agreed to meet him and the others at work on Sunday for a lift to the game.
At this point I have a question, why is it when you are so excited about something and have somewhere to be that things start to go slightly wrong. Now I had to be at work for 11:30 to meet everyone. I left my house at 10:30 as I had to get some petrol and being as it was a Sunday I figured it wouldnt take me long at all to get there. How wrong I was.
I got to the pertol station, there was a delay here as they were having issues with card payments declining, eventually I paid and was on my way..........only to get stuck behind every sodding Sunday driver in Gosport. A journey that should have taken 25 mins took nearly 45. I got to work bang on 11.30.
We got to the pub in Kingston about 1pm and all had Hog Roast rolls for lunch, there were lush but so big I had serious trouble eating it, there was certainly no elegance involved. At around 14:30 we started walking to the ground ready for 15:00 kick off. I could not believe how many people there were they seems to be streaming out of every side road.
We got through the gates and bag check pretty quickly and up the stairs to the entrance to the terraces. I did think at this point that I might cry with joy as the anticipation was over whelming. We got to our seats which were fab, on the corner behind the try line. An amazing view (I was later to find out that Matthew and James had tickets right next to the pitch, so close that they could hear the guys talking).
The first half of the game was not the best England have ever played but being there was amazing. In a game of rugby the half time break is only 10 mins. By this point I was desperate for the loo, part of my brain said dont worry about it, go later it will take ages if you go now. The other part of my brain said if you dont go now you wont need to go later as you will have an accident in your seat. So I decided to brave it and headed for the ladies, I was right the queue was huge. I rang mum to let her know I was having a great time and rub it in that I was there. Then the 10 mins were up and I was still queueing as they welcomed the teams back on the pitch. I was just about to get a cubicle when there was a roar from the crowd as England nearly scored a try. I can honestly say I think it is the only time I have been glad that they didnt.
The second half was much better than the first, I was shouting and singing at the top of my voice. Thankfully we managed to beat the Scots and this took us 1 game away from winning the Grand Slam. I can now cross off watching England at Twickenham from my list.
It certainly was one of the best Sundays I have had in a while. Now on to this Saturday when England play Ireland in our final 6 nations game! Come on England, we can do it!!
xoxo
Friday, 18 March 2011
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Nandos Madness
In my humble opinion Wednesdays have always been the best day of the week. I appreciate that some people will disagree with me and say that actually Friday is the best day as that means the weekend has arrived but I am afraid they are quite wrong.
Wednesday is the best day for a number of reasons, such as:
1) It is the middle of the week so that means Monday and Tuesday are out of the way
2) It is the middle of the week so it is down hill until the weekend
3) It is far enough away from next Monday
4) Gossip Girl is on ITV2 and I love Chuck Bass
5) Castle is on Alibi Whoop
More recently this list has been expanded to include:
1) Nandos, everyone loves a bit of cheap chicken
2) Orange Wednesdays, everyone loves a half price cinema experience
3) Ben and Jerries Ice Cream Sundaes - speaks for itself I feel.
Up until the move of house myself and Emily had been frequenting Nandos and Vue in Gunwharf for regular mid week entertainment. But over the last few weeks this seems to have slipped away from being so regular.
So last night we planned a trip to see No Strings Attached with a bit of Nandos dinner first. We got to Nandos at about 7pm and it was absolutely packed, we had to queue for a table and put our name on a list. I was shocked at the demand for cheap chicken. This was made up for when we were seated and my usual food of Medium Chicken Pitta, Chips, Coleslaw and sauce arrived. I was merrily tucking into mine while Emily sat there and watched eagerly awaiting the arrival of her food. She decided after about 5 mins and me getting half way through mine that she would go and locate her meal, the next thing I know she comes running back round the corner going "hes just picked it up, hes bringing it now". Eventually we both completed our meals and headed to the cinema.
One thing that does make me chuckle and very much annoy Emily is the fact that you can buy your tickets from the counter inside the cinema where you get the food so there is no need to queue up for ages outside at the box office but you can guarantee that every Wednesday the queue will be practically down the stairs with people waiting just to get tickets - its just silly. So as we had already bought the tickets we skipped past the fools and off to the ice cream counter.
Thankfully this time the ice cream was purchased with no incident, mainly helped by the fact that Emily paid on her card for hers so there was no temptation to rip a £5 note in half. She handed the tickets to the ticket monitor by the screen, we were pointed in the right direction and headed towards the door when all of a sudden I heard "SPLAT" and yes you guessed it Emily's Ice Cream Sundea was laying on the floor. I was instructed to get a seat in the screen while she hurried off to get a replacement.
I got into the screen to find it was packed, I ended up having to get a seat at the front of the upper tier of seats. The down side to these seats is people come in looking for seats and stand right in front of you with no regard for the fact you are trying to watch the screen. The up side being the leg room is great and no one is trying to push past when they need to go to the loo mid way through.
What surprises me is how annoyed people get when they arrive to the screen 15/20 mins after the picture has started and complain they cannot get a seat.
We watched No Strings Attached and in my opinion it was very good, I have no idea what makes the critics slate a film when it is funny and can clearly draw plenty of money from the box office. Plus Ashton Kutcher getting his kit off helps - phwooor!!!
And this is why I believe Wednesdays to be the best day of the week!!
xoxo
Wednesday is the best day for a number of reasons, such as:
1) It is the middle of the week so that means Monday and Tuesday are out of the way
2) It is the middle of the week so it is down hill until the weekend
3) It is far enough away from next Monday
4) Gossip Girl is on ITV2 and I love Chuck Bass
5) Castle is on Alibi Whoop
More recently this list has been expanded to include:
1) Nandos, everyone loves a bit of cheap chicken
2) Orange Wednesdays, everyone loves a half price cinema experience
3) Ben and Jerries Ice Cream Sundaes - speaks for itself I feel.
Up until the move of house myself and Emily had been frequenting Nandos and Vue in Gunwharf for regular mid week entertainment. But over the last few weeks this seems to have slipped away from being so regular.
So last night we planned a trip to see No Strings Attached with a bit of Nandos dinner first. We got to Nandos at about 7pm and it was absolutely packed, we had to queue for a table and put our name on a list. I was shocked at the demand for cheap chicken. This was made up for when we were seated and my usual food of Medium Chicken Pitta, Chips, Coleslaw and sauce arrived. I was merrily tucking into mine while Emily sat there and watched eagerly awaiting the arrival of her food. She decided after about 5 mins and me getting half way through mine that she would go and locate her meal, the next thing I know she comes running back round the corner going "hes just picked it up, hes bringing it now". Eventually we both completed our meals and headed to the cinema.
One thing that does make me chuckle and very much annoy Emily is the fact that you can buy your tickets from the counter inside the cinema where you get the food so there is no need to queue up for ages outside at the box office but you can guarantee that every Wednesday the queue will be practically down the stairs with people waiting just to get tickets - its just silly. So as we had already bought the tickets we skipped past the fools and off to the ice cream counter.
Thankfully this time the ice cream was purchased with no incident, mainly helped by the fact that Emily paid on her card for hers so there was no temptation to rip a £5 note in half. She handed the tickets to the ticket monitor by the screen, we were pointed in the right direction and headed towards the door when all of a sudden I heard "SPLAT" and yes you guessed it Emily's Ice Cream Sundea was laying on the floor. I was instructed to get a seat in the screen while she hurried off to get a replacement.
I got into the screen to find it was packed, I ended up having to get a seat at the front of the upper tier of seats. The down side to these seats is people come in looking for seats and stand right in front of you with no regard for the fact you are trying to watch the screen. The up side being the leg room is great and no one is trying to push past when they need to go to the loo mid way through.
What surprises me is how annoyed people get when they arrive to the screen 15/20 mins after the picture has started and complain they cannot get a seat.
We watched No Strings Attached and in my opinion it was very good, I have no idea what makes the critics slate a film when it is funny and can clearly draw plenty of money from the box office. Plus Ashton Kutcher getting his kit off helps - phwooor!!!
And this is why I believe Wednesdays to be the best day of the week!!
xoxo
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