April 27th, 2009 (10:20 pm)
Current mood: thoughtful
Current song: Tyr
Friday was pretty good but also pretty weird... it was like an extra day had been added to my week with my being at home for the night rather than being transported to Nottingham. Lol I suppose it was nice for Ben and Jem to get a Fliss free weekend for a change O_o
Woke up like a little bouncy puppy on Saturday morning. Went around Dudley and picked up almost all the GRRM books for Matt bar 3.2 ¬_¬ But even so, getting 3.1 and 4 was pretty awesome as well as the first Night Watch book to book. Unfortunately to check he didn't have the latter I had to ring him while he was asleep but thankfully he was pretty okay about it ^_^
Came home, ate and then took Milo out for a quick walk. He's finally settling in again now after everything which is awesome...
Drove to Brum and had to remind myself not to disappear off the motorway junction for a change lol.
Did SHOPPING OF ULTIMATE BARGAINS! While I was up there they were doing the St George's Day stuff so I got to witness a LOT of morris dancing which was extremely awesome. I love morris dancers, I have the upmost respect and love of them. They had the ones with the sticks and the ones with the massive hankies ^____^
Finally spent my Next vouchers from xmas on a pair of really nice Gladiator sandals that are brown and studded. Genuine leather. From Next. How much did I pay? About £2.40 **JIG**
Went into HMV and couldn't really see anything I wanted to buy with the £20 of vouchers from work without feeling ridiculously ripped off... so I went into Waterstones and after much deliberating I got Sword Song - Bernard Cornwell (can FINALLY read the series now), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (I saw it and couldn't not get it, it's even illustrated ffs!) and The Last Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko... er really need to read Twilight Watch before I get to that... The main point is I got it in the pretty edition so at least it matches my others **OCD** Also got a David Eddings book for nothing from the WHSmith clearance.
Wandered into Past Times, previously having bemoaned not getting a lovely labradorite ring I'd seen in the window ages and ages ago because it had been about £20+. What was the first thing I saw? The ring, now £10. Bought immediately. I was very pleased because the size I ended up being had the best stone out of the lot ^_^.
Waited about for teh viking and then wandered over the station. It was quite funny really given he only had one comment on his chain mail while we walked all the way back to Birmingham to get to the car. Had promised him Chinese alllll week and then what happened? The bloody place was shut because they were on holiday ¬_¬. Had to go to the chippy but it wasn't all bad, eating chips and watching part troll ^_^ Followed it with Plunkett and Macleane which Matt also really enjoyed. So chuffed at that, it's hard to get him to watch stuff he hasn't seen before as his DVD collection is pretty much mine.
Sunday was also awesome. Spent it watching Rob Roy curled up with Matt with chocolate and mead after a big Sunday roast. Walked Milo together so Matt finally got to see the ruins up close rather than being driven past them.
Bex pretty much scared the crap out of me and enraged my mom by deciding to text me saying the gig had been cancelled ¬_¬ Lol I did as predicted and phoned JB's to check, which caused the JB's woman to panic. Hmmm... The point was it was on and Bex, Pete, Dave and co were all coming along.
Walked through the park with Matt, Mom and Richard dressed like a pirate and with Matt in full viking kit complete with drinking horn. Amusingly enough only one person gave us a slack jawed look. People just aren't easy to amuse/freak out anymore.
The gig was AWESOME. It was one of the best gigs I've been to and what was better? I only paid a tenner for the ticket! Mwahaha! Tyr came on first and were just brilliant, best I've ever seen them. They blew their last performance at JB's out of the water and were just all round brilliant. I'm actually pretty interested in their new album from the sound of it. Just wish they weren't always so bloody expensive!
Alestorm were also really good. They played all their best hits and were just awesome with the audience. I love the fact that Chris actually picked up a beard someone had thrown on stage and then wore it ^_^
"DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE! DRINK AND SAIL!"
Nancy the Tavern wench was just... ugh so good! As was Wenches and Mead ^_^ Both bands were just ridiculously good and what was better was they were co-headlining rather than having some crap support band thrown into the mix /m/. Also got an Alestorm tee AT LAST. It isn't the one I wanted, but it's an Alestorm tee so I'm happy.
Then to top it the lead singer from Tyr came on with Alestorm and sang wolves of the sea with them. It was just brilliant ^_^
We hung around after the gig finished because they were playing Korpiklaani and other such good music. Suddenly we spotted the lead singer of Tyr so we mobbbed him and got a picture. Then who was suddenly there but the lead singer of Alestorm! So we got a picture. Then I clocked the hot dark haired guitarist from Tyr... Bex and I mobbed him and got a picture in which I'm looking very bloody smug.
Walked back home with Matt as mom and Richard had gone home ahead of us. He decided to go through the park at night and... well it was pretty magical tbh. There was just no one around and it was better lit than I thought it'd be...
Waking up to him this morning was all too good... but I hadn't been able to sleep for fear of missing the alarm and what time it was etc... Had to get ready for work and then leave him at the bus stop. Spent all day being mopey. Got another gold QA which is pretty awesome but it's a double edged sword as I got a file note from it for not reading all the scripting out... which is bollocks because no one wants to register a stupid number so you're trying to do it as fast as possible to stop them from putting the phone down. Ah well.
Roll on Friday plzkthnks.