Fab day

Had a day out with hubby and the girls yesterday, a sort of 'birthday day-out' on account of not having done anything else to 'celebrate'. Anyway, we went to Pornic and it was lovely. Wandered around the shops wishing we were wealthy and I was slim (oh, the lovely 'things' and the lovely clothes...). Stopped for a drink outside a tabac/bar (ie not a glamorous cafe) - one large coffee, one glass of milk and one lemonade - 7,80€! Then had lunch on the harbour, which was actually very reasonably priced and then bought ice-creams for desert from an ice-cream place (one of those places with so much choice, you can't choose). Had a walk along the harbour and then got back in the car to find a beach. Which we did indeed find, and a very nice one too. The water was a bit rough and the girls got a few dunkings but they loved it! Came home and sold 60,00€ of stuff from the small ads (although they paid by cheques, so fingers crossed they don't bounce, but they tend not to over here. Anyway, I've got their addresses, so I can always send the kids round to sort them out).

The only slight downer was the late evening discovery that I had not quite shut the freezer door in the morning, so we lost a bit of food (mostly ice-cream, most of which had been left by guests, so not paid for by us). It's my own fault (and not just because I was the one who left the door open) because I had been complaining about a lack of space in my freezers - be careful what you wish for and all that.

Hopefully here are some photos, but goodness knows what order they will be in:

Isabella building a sandcastle on top of her towel.

Georgie.  The people in the background are the ones she chucked sand all over when she shook out her towel.