A different Saturday

A slightly different Saturday to that which we would have normally.  The weather was wet and windy (again!) and Sara took Thom up to the shop to pick up his newspapers for his round.  She also bought nice fresh crusty rolls for breakfast.  Sara and Mary went off into Salisbury quite early and spent most of the day shopping - Mary has quite a bit of money to spend on clothes in the fashion shops and so wanted to hit the stores.  I worked in the study catching up on paperwork including writing up the minutes of the last meeting of Sarum Lodge earlier this month and sending the draft to the Worshipful Master.  I also wrote some letters.  This afternoon Thom and I kept a close watch on the football games with Saints drawing 3-3 at Stoke.  At half time they were winning 1-3 but found it hard to keep the lead as Stoke came back hard in the second half.  Nigel Adkins counted it as a point gained rather than two points lost. Unfortunately with a convincing win by Wigan at Aston Villa (0-3), Southampton slip back into the bottom three.  Reading also won and QPR play tomorrow.  Tonight Si and Ilona came round with their two children for a buffet tea - chicken fajitas and lemon syllabub with cheese and biscuits also.  Sara is feeling very unwell tonight and slept downstairs on the sofa as it was much warmer in the lounge with the wood fire having burnt for most of the day.  Quite cold tonight but at least the rain has stopped.