We have been arguing what kind of Christmas dinner we will have this year. Bored with a usual turkey dinner, nothing special about a roasted chicken, my big girl not being fussed about a beef joint and not being sure about lamb, my wee one not being entirely happy about a vegetarian dinner, etc. My next-door neighbour suggested salmon fillets, but that fish is not anything special for us... I'd like something new and exciting.
Went out for a grocery shopping just before lunch time, and went into the butcher's when spotting a "Christmas turkey order now taken" sign. After paying for meat, I asked "What kind of meat will you sell for Christmas? Apart from turkey and ham?" The answer was, "Anything you'd like: pork, lamb, chicken, beef..." with a smile. I asked, hoping to be able to narrow down the choices for dinner, but he was kind to be cruel... After coming home, my girls half-jokingly told me to choose whatever he would have for his Christmas dinner. But if I asked such a question to him, I guess either he would be completely freaked out by me (surely he already believes that I'm crazy) or/and I would probably end up cooking a boring turkey dinner...
Went out with my wee one in the late afternoon, to get some vegetables at the town market. When we got to our front gate, 2 local young men (late teens or very early twenties) were approaching to us, saying to each other loudly "Here's Chinese..."
I never recognise them, and thought "Here comes BNP members...". But they just asked me where the nearest off-licence was. Of course I told them where it was, and they were just civilized boys.
Told my big girls about this when I went inside our house. Her remark was: "Yeah, they asked you because you looked that you knew too well about off-licences". Cheeky monkey!
I shouldn't tell her that I had bought a bottle of wine earlier today...
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