Sunday

LMS tried on her suit to show Mr Messy and Drama Teen and decided she hated it! She looks gorgeous in it, it really shows off her slim figure, whilst also looking professional and businesslike, but she hates it. She isn't used to wearing formal suits and has decided it is too angular, it is actually a very softly tailored, feminine looking suit and that she hates the boots and the blouse too. This put me in a foul mood, as I had obviously wasted a full day and a fairly large chunk of money on clothes that LMS hates. I told her to leave it all here with the receipts and I would return it, and that she is welcome to go shopping in University Town for an alternative outfit. Then I yelled at everyone else and was generally moody for the rest of the day. I don't suppose my mood was helped by the fact that LMS was returning home that evening either :-(

A couple of LMS's friends arrived to visit her, one of which has only recently passed her driving test and was very pleased with herself for managing to get all the way here without killing herself or anyone else! And she EVEN managed to park her car nicely too :-) Mr Messy decided to take me and Drama Teen out to town shopping, Little Prince decided he wanted to stay at home with the big girls and as they were happy to have him, we let him stay. Just as we were leaving the house, Handyman arrived in his big van to clear all the rubbish from the drive that had been thrown there while he was flooring the loft. I had to get out of Mr Messy's car, move my car to make room for Handyman and ask if he still needed me to help. Luckily (for me!) he had brought a labourer with him so I wasn't needed. I also arranged with him that he would come back here on Tuesday morning to finish fixing the lights in the bathroom, replace the mirror and do a couple of other small jobs. That means I won't be nagging Mr Messy to get the jobs done, so it works out brilliantly.

We finally set off for town, where we bought Drama Teen some hair straightners, even though her hair is totally straight anyway!! She had her hair cut and recoloured (her roots were starting to show) on Saturday while I was out and she isn't that sure of her new, shorter, hairstyle yet. It really suits her and makes her hair seem a lot thicker, but I think its taking her a while to get used to it. We stopped off in a coffee shop for a drink and snack and looked at a few other shops, and I now have a few more ideas for Christmas presents, before heading back home.

We weren't home very long before it was time for me and Little Prince to take LMS to the train station so she could get back to university. Little Prince was sad that his sister was going back again and complained a lot about it. We went to the platform to wave her off, but hadn't realised that Little Prince hadn't brought a coat with him and he was very cold and shivering! I wrapped him up in my coat which cheered him up a little, although he was quite upset at having to watch LMS leave.

When I got home I got Little Prince ready for bed while Mr Messy went to visit our accountant to discuss the business plan for his new photography business, and pick up a cheque to pay the deposit to the Graphic Designers. Apparently the accountant is very impressed with how enthusiastic Mr Messy is about this new business and also how seriously he is taking the setting up of it all. As I still haven't done any food shopping we ended up having yet another chippie tea! I did the grocery shopping online, while Mr Messy and Drama Teen watched X-Factor that we'd recorded. Drama Teen already knew who was kicked out this week, as it had popped up on her MSN, so that spoilt the show for her. So instead she went to her room to watch Hairspray. She has been watching some of the recent reality TV programme, where an ordinary school put on the show and thinks the music is great. We have also had quite a few chats about the messages of the show, and the historical context of when it was set and about segregation laws in the US. It has been a great way to introduce a pretty heavy topic, without it being forced or pushed on her, and she seems to have a good grasp of how the issues could affect both Little Prince and Ethiopia MeiMei.

During the evening we got lots of frantic phone calls from LMS. The train journey was turning into a nightmare for her! There was all sorts of trouble on the lines she was supposed to travel on and it ended up taking her over 7 hours to get back to university :-( She did eventually send us a text to let us know she was back safely, so I could get some sleep and stop worrying about her. I was so relieved to hear she had made it!