UK shopping list for next time…!!

What’s going on in the Kitchen……Eric and Gill came for the weekend from Port Solent and as we were invited to a Halloween Party it was time to step up to the plate and make use of those abundant pumpkins from the garden

We made three and we sent one to Marianne and Ray’s to prepare for their ghoulish party. I promised to make an aperitif dip and at the last moment I had to ring my Mum to remind me what needed to be done but I can’t tell you or I will have to kill you, it is now a very closely guarded secret, only Ann and I  know about it over here in France.

I have a very strict rule about fancy dress, OK, go ahead and play along but don’t go Ugly so Mike went in his tuxedo, nearly Dracula, and I just hung fluorescent skeletons from my earrings, not too ugly then. The rest of the guests came looking ugly, scary and I don’t know how I slept that night. I got a mail from my mate Shirley who wrote “dear funny fanny and James….It took me a minute to decipher the code but she was referring to us, arriving all  suave 007 and fab and them looking like they had just fallen off  Jackson’s Thriller film set.

As always our visits are over and it is time to send our guests home, Eric and Gill were one of our first visitors four years ago and although we have seen each other every year in other places we were pleased to welcome them here and what a difference they have seen. There was lots of ohhing and ahhing and you all know how much I love that!!

And lastly…Mike needed to buy a halogen light bulb for his spot lamp. We are planning our bonfire party and he wanted to light up the Willow tree and throw some atmosphere about. We looked on the Internet and found a company in the UK who sold them for £1.67 but would not post them because they are delicate. I then went on the hunt here in France and, WOW, I found a supplier in St Lo, only problem is, they cost  16€   …HOW CAN THAT BE…..so it’s halogen bulbs  on the UK shopping list for next time…!!