More playing catch up and failing miserably with the added disappointment that thinking I would get a few things sorted after returning from work this afternoon whilst Alison was at work and Bethany was at nursery. I wanted to sort out a birthday present for my mam but despite being told that I could order over the phone they told me I could not, the branch in town had restrictions and the internet were charging an extortionate amount for postage. Tomorrow now means a trip to Northallerton to try to sort things out. While I was down town I thought i would pop into Binns to see if there was anything I could spend my House of Fraser vouchers that I got for my birthday on but that proved to be a damp squib and totally uninspiring so I walked out and went to the bank as I was after a little advice but obviously nobody was available, although I did end up with an appointment which seems a little excessive for what I was after and will no doubt feel embarrassed for wasting everybody's time come Wednesday. So after an hour of traipsing round I finally came home with nothing more than a couple of crappy birthday cards. There were a couple of better ones available but they seemed familiar in  the sense that they were the same "only decent ones" from the past few years and I probably bought them then.
   There is a slight extra rush as they are going to be away for the weekend as they go down to Somerset with Helen for Margaret's surprise 80th birthday which we were unable to attend so I need to get my mam's present to her for Thursday. Bugger.