Friday 27th October

Still halfterm. Had to run around the shops again with SJ and the girls. Had to take the kitchen bin back to Argos...second one that's broken in less that a year. Got a different model this time.

Went to B&Q. Bought TV areal cable so that we can swap round living rooms now that the summer is over. Took note of the wind turbine and solar panels. Would really like to go down this route (definately getting greener as I get older). Thinking about business opportunities and wondering if the government will ever legislate for all new homes to have alternative power installed.

Went to Morrisons for some vegetables and had lunch there. Four of us ate for £11. I felt stuffed all day after eating the All Day Breakfast!

Cleaned and tidied the house etc. in the afternoon as we're planning to be out all day Saturday at the Imperial War Museum.

MONEY SAVING: Signed up to swap telephone line back from NTL to BT. The switch (which I've signed up for their little known 3 month contract) will save me around £6 per month, but more importantly will allow me to switch to a BT line based bundle package after the 3 months is up.

MONEY SAVING: Got the Tesco pet insurance confirmation through the post today. Had a real bonus. For signing up they have given us 1000 clobcard points. So, not only did I save a few quid we've got enough airmiles from the 1000 points for the four of us to go to Legoland for FREE!

Musing: Why didn't Madonna and Guy adopt a child from the UK?? I'm sure there are plenty of children living not 100 miles from them who woul benefit from being adopted by Madge. Still, suppose it's not trendy enough.