black dynashite

Ricky and i had the worst cinematic experience in history yesterday. Ok so this may be a tad exagerated but it was pretty darn bad. There were a number of mitigating circumstances which combined meant for the first time in my life i actually thought about leaving a film half way through!!!!! (the tickets were free so we didnt have anything to lose) however we stuck with it thinking things might improve - we were wrong. Things didnt start off particularly well when we turned up at Cineworld only to be told the film was at the Filmhouse - ooooops my fault for not actually reading the tickets - and we only found this out once we had bought our popcorn and were ready to go through. queue a very quick trip in the newly reinstated best car in the world (the polo that is - so happy to have him back) down the road with a very grumpy ricky cursing under his breath. i couldnt stop laughing, i thought it was really funny and anyway we did have plenty of time. so we arrive, popcorn still in hand (i wasnt giving it up for no-one) and made our way into the cinema to see what was possibly the most painful excuse for a 70s spoof i have ever seen. if you ever get the chance to see Black Dynamite i would insist that you pass. What made it worse though was the freaks that were surrounding us. i felt as though we were trapped in a crowded laughing hyenas den and some idiot had given them all microphones. i have never heard people laugh this hard or as loud at what was basically something which would make a two year old crack up - basic humour for basic people is what the tagline should have been. it was bad but hey at least i still got to eat my popcorn - to think we dragged ourselves away from the Cilic v Querrey game for that.

Anyway enough moaning, the week apart from that has seen us relaxing and enjoying this beautiful sunshine which seems to be gracing us at the moment. I love being in edinburgh when the sun is out as it means the parks are buzzing after work and i get an excuse to eat ice cream. it also means that megane bashing aside there is no excuse for me to not walk to work which although is not particularly good for the hair (i should pitch myself to companies as a tester for anti frizz serums) it is great for the old health. speaking of the megane, its been assessed by the garage so we are eagerly awaiting news from the insurance company to say whether or not they will fix it - the damage seems minimal so fingers crossed.

For those of you who asked, ricky carried out his best man's duties at the weekend with ease. he was a natural at the speech, and proved to be funny and sincere at the same time (this is definetly a personality breakthrough, although i dont think i can forgive him telling people he was thinking of trading in my engagement ring to pay for the repair damage on the car - the cheek) All the speeches were great and Zoe's dads was particularly touching and hilarious and added to what was a fantastic day. The bride looked gorgeous and the groom was so laid back, i thought ricky was going to have kittens when we turned up with an hour to go and ross hadnt showered, ironed his shirt or eaten lunch (you know how organised mr murray is) - but they still made it to the church with plenty of time to spare. Speaking of weddings we go and visit our first and front runner venue on saturday evening so fingers crossed its everything we are looking for. not going to say too much about it at as i want to keep it close to the chest for the time being but will let you know how it goes.

we are also not very excitingly going to be clearing out some stuff this weekend - we have some much junk its ridiculous - i know for example we have wine glasses, a rice cooker, a brand new griddle pan and lots of books as well as other useless items which will be going free to a loving new home called the tip unless anyone wants them - email me your requests and i will see what we can find if you need anything in particular - however i cannot produce antique paintings worth £20k that is just being greedy xxx