Another year older

My plans all went wrong because we didn't get finished in the potato packhouse until 7.00pm. I had intended to travel down to Warwickshire to stay with friends and then visit the Royal Show on Tuesday. I ended up aborting this plan on Monday afternoon. By the way, it's a shame that they decided to cancel the show just because I couldn't make it.

I was quite relieved as in turned out - we are still fitting new equipment and it is proving a difficult installation. I spent a fair bit of Tuesday with electricians and refrigeration engineers.

Anyway, back to my birthday (which was on Monday 2nd July, you remember?) You can imagine how I felt when I got home on Monday night to find I hadn't got any wine or beer in the house. I have had a few weeks "off the sauce" while there is so much going on and I find it much easier if there is no temptation in my way. Actually I have felt 100% worse since I stopped drinking - I feel dizzy and I look haggard around the eyes the whole time. If you are a longtime imaginary reader, you have probably noticed how much duller and less whimsical these entries have become. That's only partly down to the weather.

So I decided to break the rule, being as it was my birthday (Have I mentioned that already?) and went to Tesco to buy an expensive bottle of wine. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! It was a perfect end to the day to find that Tesco had been blown up by lightning - clearly the Almighty is a Sainsburys shopper.

So I had no option but to go to Asda which is hardly birthday,birthday, birthday is it. The fanciest bottle of wine that they had was £6 and they didn't have a broadsheet newspaper. Listen Asda, there's more to life than bargains you know. What about special occasions? (Incidentally, I do think that Asda's rebranded Extra Special range is a hit).

Will have to organise myself better for my 35th birthday next year (this is also going to be on 2nd July, get that it your diary).

BTW I was too tired to even open the wine.