Late last night i put a bid on eBay for a 925 solid silver dragon bracelet i placed a maximum bid as well when i logged of they was still six hours to go and they had been also another 6 other bidders.

i really didn't expect to get any where near the final bid when i checked this morning i found out i had won it i reckon i have got it for at least half price what some of the others have gone for good old eBay the eBay shop i bought it from have had over 3000 sales with 100% positive feed back so i reckon there is no way its not coming to England via air mail in about 14 days time if I'm lucky.

Went to Reg Vardy Citroen delarship to look at C2's had a really nice basic c2 trouble was the seat height adjustment is not fitted so it would mean my wife would have to have a cushion taped to her arse so she could see over the steering wheel to drive it so we ended up buying a c2 Furio which as adjustable seats where you can move it forward and back and also adjust the height as well not much to ask for.

We took it for a test drive and it was adequate even though we went for 1100cc engine i would have preferred a 1400 not for the extra speed which wouldn't be that much faster just because of normal wear and tear i would guess the bigger then engine the better it would cope with the modern city driving of stopping and starting get stuck in traffic all the time during rush hour etc.

Anyway we was sold we paid the deposit and pick it up tomorrow afternoon we got £1500 trade in for our rover theminimumm trade in allowance was £800 anyway i was more than happy with the trade in offer and considered it more than fair.

These two little rascals can go to the highest bidder check out eBay special offers buy one get one free hehe just don't tell the wife happy bidding o/l joking of course they are priceless and not for sale for no amount of cash the wife on the other hand hehe will trade for a dish washer some one who likes music and dont watch tv every night and as a bit of a sex drive lol .

well its coming up to Christmas and i bet this year will be no different she will end up using every cooking utensil to cook and eat Christmas dinner, from every plate, pot, baking tray ,Yorkshire pudding tray and roasting tin the lot even the gravy boat will come out and the wine glasses why we cant just have a bottle each i don't know and it goes without saying its me who does the washing up which i don't mind as long as I'm by myself, alone no one interfering ie the wife o/j not.

what bugs me is when someone comes behind you and chucks items into the washing up bowl ie the wife ......Why am i not capable are you being such a big help you really think its assisting me in some why shape or form i do hate it i want to scream also i have got to rinse everything off with hot water before they go anywhere near the washing up bowl once i have washed every thing then its got to be rinsed off with hot water before i allow to stand to dry off and i definitely don't wont use tea towels .

The mechanic who fixed the head casket on our car a Rover 25 took it back to flush the coolant system out and re add the anti freeze and was surprised how much oil it had used in the short time we have had it back and considering the amount of miles we do he thinks its the start of major problems.

As a result of this he has advised us to get rid asp, Del boys Reliant Robin would be a better buy or even a car from Arthur Daley, so it does look like we are going to have to trade it in pretty sharp been thinking of getting a citroen C2 of course would like the new model corsa but the Citroen will work out cheaper to buy insure and and run etc .

so the first port of call will be the citroen dealership atm the are offering £1700 cash back if you do the deal before30thh November will have to hurry only three days to go not sure if i want to rush in that quick ummmmmmmmmm.

Have finally sold my other house we was expecting them to demand a reduction in the sale price due to the fact that the person buying it from us put in a offer five thousand over the asking price,why I'm not sure it was not worth more than the asking price and if the truth is known we was happy to reduce it even further to sell a vacant property which we was paying the mortgage on.

Even after the survey which must have found the electric wiring was not up to scratch and the damp coming in through the attic roof the original price held so we are more than happy to have this of our hands.

We now have a desirable amount of cash in our bank account more than we could have hoped for when eight years ago when we moved out of the house and took on another mortgage for the house we are in now, we would have had to have sold it for six thousand pounds less than we bought it for so much for investing inproperty and negative equity but saying that, even if we had broke even we would have been more than happy at the time to have had a buyer and sell it just to get it out of our hair.

Anyway we can now get on with the our plans for the extension to our house which is to include a porch to the front of the house and extension /conservatory to the rear of the property in all for the building work for both projects will come in at 20k the conservatory is going to have solid walls on each end with small open sash windows to the top of the walls.
the roof to be traditional double hipped roof with a box guttering to the rear.

The front to have traditional French patio doors to the outside and the interior doors hopefully it will be a big improvement all round will have to sort the Ariel out for sky and might have to tweak the wireless set up out again but can live with that hassle .

The interior brickwork is being left exposed without any plaster just pointing off the existing house wall will be plastered .

At least it all wont commence before Christmas and will start mid January 2007 good time to furnish it with all the New Year sales on

Yesterday i had my first piece of Christmas cake bought one whilst shopping in Sainsbury's also bought my first bottle of Magners Irish cider which i have been meaning to try for sometime but always manage to forget it of the shopping list or it as always been sold out.

Had a KFC in the White Rose Shopping centre once the skin is eaten throw the chicken away got to admit do like KFC gravy full of fat so had a diet coke to wash it all down that was after we had been round most of the shops i did buy some black Lacoste trainers only because both of my white trainers bought in the summer look too grubby to go out in anywhere half decent and also for best a pair of black jeans from Topman for twenty quid .

Watched Pirates of the Caribbean dead mans chest which i feel asleep half way through and scary movie four which i thought was utter rubbish.

Went for the quaterly visit to the barbers which for some reason was closed so i had to pay double at a hair dressers got to admit i did end up with a better cut but who cares its going to grow again .

Got up and took my dog out for a brisk walk into the woods seeing as i,m not working this weekend still got monday and tuesday off yipee........ took camera with me it really was sunny morning with blue sky's and a nip in the air should have took my hip flask but i didn't neither did i take any music with me,which is something i never normally do cant remember the last time that happened,
took some good country scene type photographs.

Went home and lazed about watched unleashed (Danny the dog) and detonator again and borrowed sade" the best of "cd which brought back another era.
my wife and daughter went to Ikea for what I'm not sure then they was going to white rose shopping centre which is a bit scary with all them clothes shops dotted about .
Also there is a Currys so i think she will get my Son's Sony's PSP to put away for Christmas

The vacuum my wife bought from Tesco with her points from her clubcard was a total waste of time do one room and it needs emptying a warning light comes and and you have to empty it even though its not full so she is going to have to take it back and get something better with all the pets we have need a decent vacuum cleaner.

Also had to nip out and buy the gecko some new crickets and meal worms couldn't get it any fresh moss will have to go somewhere else for that my Son neglects to tell us when he runs out of stuff which no doubt piss the Gecko off it doesn't ask for much and is well easy to keep .

Made it into town stacked up on black primark hipster 100% cotton briefs will not need to buy anymore unless i live till I'm or put on 10 stone'
bought a pink i-pod nano for our Daughter and a playboy purse and a wicked looking diamond silver skull chain.
Bought ghost man eau de toilette gift set for me and Prada perfume for my Daughter and Euphoria perfume for my wife all from boots we bought my son a Hugo Boss gift set also and the first and second episodes box set of the series Lost on dvd from virgin records he still need to get his psp.
i also bought a raincoat from Next which is more like shower proof than stormproof.
had a full monty at spice mania just the 2 plate fulls all that walking around town and had the religious cup of white chocolate mocha from Starbucks .

It cost us nine pound to get the car out of bleeding hock from the NCP it wont be that long that it will work out loads cheaper to get it clamped and towed off...........Is that including a full valet i asked the attendant think he as heard them all before, he never flinched its even a machine that takes your money machines don't blush that's why.

Anyway when i got a home a nice Gentleman i know knocked on my door and offered me 24 bottles of Stella for a tenner which after a curry is just what the DR ordered so cya all l8tr i'm nipping out for a bottle of lime ..........................

Went to the Wokin Chinese buffet for dinner with another 11 work mates and totally pigged out .
its amazing how much food we all got through and how we all stayed awake and did,nt slope of home to sleep it off .We all had soft drinks and no alcohol was consumed just as well.
Break up tonight for five days i just know tomorrow my wife will want to go for a lunch time Chinese dinner cant wait...........Will have to try and convince her to go for a Indian instead .

Got the car back today my wife phoned me to tell me the bill was £198 i reckon for that price it cant have been a the head casket more like a seal will have to check with the mechanic tomorrow to find out the what caused the damage to the engine etc,anyway everybody thought it was going to coast the best part of £500-£600 so i can live with bill we have been presented with.

might now think about part x ing it asp just in case its the start of on going problems will have to check out on the cmon deals on the new vauxhall corsa at least with the meager miles we do a new car will last us 1o years no problem ..........

A very nice man called to the house to pick the car up and hopefully fix the head casket within the next few days.
Break up Thursday for five days off,Friday no doubt will be doing some Christmas shopping round Leeds for the kids and family see the lights and hopefully have dinner somewhere we haven't eaten before.
Going to get a Sony psp with a couple of games and films for my son and my daughter wants a pink I-pod nano and case and a set of pink speakers to do with it.
Not sure what my wife would like maybe some new earrings or necklace perfume or a new Kipling bag or two a women can never have enough handbags.

I'm easy anything for the PC external writer external hard drive etc etc would like a new wrist watch or mobile phone i suppose you don't need a watch if you have a mobile with you a nice silver dragon bracelet on eBay shop Acazii does some really nice silver jewelry and as 100% positive feed back.

Saturday got to go see about getting the extension/ conservatry getting finalized and the building work beginning don't think we will bother starting it until the new year anyway but got to pay the deposit so the manufacturing side of it can start.
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Sunday want to check out the local car boot get some dvd/cd discs and any other bargains usually paperback books,software programes and films not official out yet depending on the police being present or not .

monday or tuesday want to go and get inked in ,the tattoo i have been planning on getting for the last nine months will take best part of 4 hours at a rough guess the result is always worth the pain as been in the best and best of all the guy who is doing it can draw shade do any type of art work required and is a true artist but if you saw him i doubt if you would want him painting your garden gate but he truly is a great guy if you want a hell of a tat creating.

Finished working on Sunday at 3 0 clock when i was driving home and the head casket went on the car made it home and i knew something was up when the oil warning light came on its just been fully serviced so i expected the worse either it was losing oil or it was burning oil .

the the engine warning light came on by the time i got it home there was smoke also appearing from under the bonnet when i lifted the bonnet after it cooled down, that's when i saw the oil had gone into the water reservoir thats when i knew i was gonner get a huge garage bill.

never mind gonner get some chocolate fudge cake and double cream it wont make the bill any less but at least whilst iam eating i wont be thinking about anything else hehe...........................

All the dogs and us humans are totally getting fed up with the fireworks going of its like living downtown Iran,no doubt some people will have saved some for Christmas and the New year celebrations ...........cant wait.

Got new camera taking some pretty nice photos no doubt will get better once i rtfm .
Booked some pre Christmas holidays off 1817th,18th,19th,20th,and the 21st of November will have to get the Xmas shopping done and dusted will try and get Over to York if possible see the festive decorations if they have them up will take camera and get some piccys regardless.
Ordered a spare battery and camera case of eBay, robbing old Jessoooops wanted £29.99 for battery on eBay £4.99 plus £3.99 postage and £3.99 for a leather panasonic case Jessooops wanted best part of £25.00 so it just goes to show what mark up jessooops are working on no wonder they had plenty in yeah i bet you did plenty in at all your shops no doubt.

work still haven't got the repair bill for the van i slightly damaged will let you know when i get to find out should run a book really a pound ago with a prize for the nearest to the estimate hehe any one out there interested let us know.....................

Worked over last night and was really late getting in i feed my dog which is a Jack Russell and is the most friendly dog in the whole of the UK .

Other dogs will bark at it,and it just wags its tail near children its joyful and lick lick licking.

When it eats it goes out for a walk to near by woods fields depending on what time and how dark it is ,we just got out of the drive and a loud explosion went off it was of course it a firework it was no where near the dog but she hates them and the noise terrifies her even if it is obvious no where near us i guess dogs must be able to judge distance when they hear and she must know its not in the vicinity and no immediate threat, but every time she does a roundabout turn and heads for the safety of her bed or home

No amount of comforting petting or kind words will get her to carry on with her walk.This was about 9:00pm midnight i am sat in bed and realized i never took her back out i had no choice but to get dressed and let her go for a walk she was suppose to go on earlier.

I also found out tonight that a old guy down on the allotments had fireworks thrown into his pigeon coup this man who is well in to retirement and lives for his pigeons he attends to them daily is down there at first light letting them fly feeding them and mucking out and general digging, planting, reaping and sowing and another 101 things in the day to day up keep of his allotment plot this is in sun rain wind hail what ever the weather.

Now the idiot or idiots thugs delinquents who did this might have shortened a old mans life no doubt he is in terrible shock, and from what i have been told a few of his birds have died as a result of this action so why cant fireworks be banned and if people want to celebrate the act of a terrorist then let them at official displays.,

His biggest worry now is this going to happen again this year if not next year and so on he cant live down there 24/7 and he knows as soon as its unguarded then there is a window of opportunity for it to happen again.

If we do ban the sale of fireworks ,mini bombs perhaps no more cruelty to animals or pets will occur neither will any child suffer as a result of burns and mindless pranks.........