This week my word of the week is: Plans!! #WotW

This week my word of the week is:

Here we are in October already! I am really looking forward to this month. October always feels like such a busy but fun time of year. We’ve got so many plans lined up already with days out, visiting people and of course half term for Ellie from college and then there’s the little matter of someone getting a tattoo, it's not me before you ask!

Last Friday I had zero plans for the weekend and for this week but I have been quite busy. Friday evening rolled around and Ellie and I suddenly decided we needed a day out on Saturday. Sometimes the best adventures are the ones you don’t overthink. We hopped on the bus, had a wander around the shops and just went with the flow. We had a McDonald’s for lunch which reminds me I won on the Monopoly game and I still have a ticket for an apple pie and a McFluffy, we mooched around B&M and TK Maxx and then treated ourselves to a stop at M&S Foodhall. Their snacks and treats are just amazing, so fancy. I also picked up one of their Christmas food catalogues which I of course went through as soon as I got home. There are some stunning things in there but I had to laugh when I saw a Handcrafted Turkey & Stuffing Pie for £50. It looks incredible but it only serves six! For that price I’d want it to feed more than that and still have leftovers. lol

Saturday evening was supposed to be chilled but life had other plans. My food delivery turned up and the milk had leaked everywhere. It's not the first time it's happened, the seals are definitely not sealing. Normally I’d be grumbling while wiping everything down but this time the driver told me not to worry because he was going to refund every item that the milk had touched. That meant all of my chilled food which added up to about £40. I wasn’t complaining!! He mentioned that the drivers are refunding more to try and prove a point to the supermarket that something needs to change and I say good on them but I'm sure they said this a while ago and nothing has changed.

Now Ellie’s tattoo plans. She’s been talking about getting one for years, it's not something she's just came up with since she has turned 18. I know tattoos divide opinions and if I’m totally honest it’s not something I’d be rushing to do myself but I can either stick my head in the sand and hope she forgets about it (which she won’t) or I can be involved, making sure she’s going somewhere reputable and knowing that she’s safe. So off we went yesterday to chat with the tattooist and get her booked in. She is absolutely over the moon about it. I’m still not sure how I’ll feel when she’s sat in that chair but at least I know she’s thought it through and isn’t just picking something random that she’ll regret when she’s 40, she has been thinking about it lots!

Tuesday was meant to be a quiet one but Becky had other plans and suggested lunch out and I wasn’t going to say no to that! It turned into one of those catch ups where you not only eat but also end up making even more plans. There’s now talk of us doing a bottomless brunch, visiting a new place just to mooch around the charity shops and even catching up with a friend. As much as the girls are busy with their own lives I really love that I still get included in their plans sometimes. It feels so special.

Ellie broke the news to me that she won’t be seeing the New Year in with us. Cue the tiny violins. hehehe She’ll be going out with her friends which is fair enough as it’s all part of growing up. Stu and I thought we’d make the best of it and plan a night away but then we realised the flaw in our plan. There are no buses on New Year’s Day so if we went away we’d have to stay two nights which would clash with Ellie’s own arrangements so it’s back to the drawing board. Thankfully, Becky has stepped in like a hero and offered to spend New Year’s Eve with us instead. Bless her, she saved us from ringing in 2026 looking a bit like abandoned puppies. lol

How has your week been? I hope you've had a good one. I am of course linking up with Anne who blogs at Raisie Bay to join in her Word of the Week linky!