Change of plan, Maidstone rather than London. We spent a long time in the big toy shop there and came away with Spencer 1 and Percy 1. I'm glad to see we would not have got them for much less on line than we paid, but the point was going to a toy shop and letting him choose a toy for himself. One was a treat for being such a good boy, but one was out of money he received for easter from Nanny and Bazzer, and Nan-Nan (great grandmother, my Nan).
We had a lovely lunch in Cafe Rouge, that's a really nice place. It's easy to be sniffy about chains, and I do have to have the same dish every time I go but we always have a really nice time when we go there. It's having a nice glass of wine with lunch that might be the key... I enjoyed my lunch so much (only hummus baguette and chips) that I'm making the same thing for tea in a minute.
I got my hair cut in Maidstone too, a spur of the moment decision, while I left Clare and the boys in a cafe (another cafe). Quite pleased with the cut, pleased with the price anyway. It was a new barber shop just opened doing a special deal to attract new customers. Jacob's, on Mill Street I think, they were very nice in there.
We got number two son a toy today too, a Firefly 1 he seems to like it a lot.
It's been a lovely day all round, and it's a nice sunny evening here too.
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Paul Clarkeʼs blog - I live in Hythe in Kent. Wed + dad to 2, I am a full-stack web engineer, + I do javascript / Node, some ruby, other languages ect ect. I like pubs, running, eating, home automation + other diy stuff, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.