Can you believe the weather right now? This is just the perfect stereotypical bank holiday weekend – blue skies, warm breeze, birds twittering in the air.
Saturday morning James & I had a glorious lie in until lunchtime – wonderfully lazy! It was lovely to have a good restful morning after such a hectic week – especially after the trials & tribulations of the dental hospital, as well as a few bad headache days.
After we ventured up & out, we headed to our lovely new Cotteridge Co-Op local shop and did our weekly shopping. The verdict was a good one, the fruit & veg are lovely and fresh, with a really good selection for such a small store. The prices seem to be about the same as Somerfield – so less than Sainsburys which is our main supermarket in South Birmingham. I think we’re going to use a combination of ASDA online shopping & trips to the Co-Op in future, the cheapest option & the most convenient option combined. Oh, what a boring subject for a blog post – my weekly shopping! Moving on.
We packed up a picnic & headed to the park for lunch, where we proceeded to pick a spot & people watch/talk/play with the dog for four hours in the sun. It was such a lovely day we just lay on the grass and chilled out – a thoroughly fabulous experience. We even had ice cream – how do you beat that?
The sport of people watching
Don’t you just love it? People watching is a fabulous way to pass the time, I adore it. I can happily spend hours sitting in a cafe or in a park and watching people go by, interact with each other, etc. It’s fascinating at times.
Teenagers in particular are hilarious to watch. In the park on Saturday, there were packs of the interesting species, watching the other packs from a distance. Any interaction between groups, such as kicked a football back to the lads playing, or walking past each other as they moved basecamp, merited giggles (on the girls side) and furious blushes (from the lads). The lads spent the entire time skateboarding/rollerblading/playing football to the best of their respective abilities, while the girls watched & critiqued from a safe distance. Meanwhile the lads were puffing out their chests and glancing in their direction every time they managed a trick, or kicked the football especially well… a goal score in particular was a big event; the victorious teenager would strut around his mates whilst the girls giggled their appreciation and even occasionally got up to kick the football back.
Productivity is the name of the game
Sunday was spent being very productive, but in a strangely relaxed & comfortable way! We got several chores done, and then had a relaxing meal outside on our patio – our very first one at this house! By the time we got the garden furniture after we moved in last year, the weather was too chilly to eat outside. Which is maybe why the garden furniture was so cheap – it was the very end of the bbq season! Fresh pasta in carbonara sauce & garlic bread outside in the sun with a nice crisp glass of apple juice (or in James’s case, a cool bottle of beer). Mmmm.
So far, it’s been a very good weekend – I hope everyone is enjoying their bank holiday weekend just as much 
