We went to Ikea today, driving all the way to Milton Keynes to do so.  Shows the lengths we will go to to get a funky bookcase (it's black with white snowflakes printed on it). K-chan has never been to Ikea before and was pretty stunned by the maze-quality and sheer level of crowds. However he did seem appreciative of the Weird Stuff(tm) being marketed and we found humour in those people trying to make their house look individual by copying everyone else.

On Saturday we went to London for the day with the intention of getting Fortnum and Masons coffee (K-chan's one addiciton being very good coffee, I cannot begrudge him this as I spent God-Knows-How-Much on books and manga) and heading  to Portbello Road to pick up and pay for our antique wall clock (a memory of K-chan's grandfather).

We found Portobello absolutely rammed with every kind of tourist, being fobbed off with all kinds of cheap tat(tm) and taking pictures of the "Don't take pictures" signs and the Clock Guy who wasn't terribly keen when we went in until we mentionned that we were serious and then he couldn't do enough for us. We have one compeltely cleaned and re-conditioned clock being hand-delivered next week and we sat in a bar in Kensington making Yorkshire War Cries at the price of the drinks we had.

And that's it really, our interesting life. Comes to something when the higlight of our weekend was putting our dvds into order of genre and ensuring that when two genres are next to each other the two films next to each have to be linked in some way. Actually, we did have on achievement in making what was, quite possibly, the best salmon fillet ever on Friday night. Yes, I know, total win.


Oh and we saw the Wolverine film on Thursday, my rating was about a 5 out of 10. Not bad with enjoyable bits in places but also accompanied by some quite appalling CG in places and nowhere near enough Gambit. We had one cool moment and then ... nothing ... plus the completely absent bayou accent that every little girl loved in the early 90s.