It was the Port's fault!

Well as you will have realised we missed another day of the blog, because we were partying until late, again! Last night was the monthly wine dinner I have started going to. I had to cancel my trainer (not telling him the reason of course!) and we went off to the dinner. The group were all excited to meet Stu as I have been keeping them updated on his arrival for the past couple of months.

The dinner is held at the same restaurant each month, Churrasco on Westheimer, but the menu is varied and so is obviously the wine. This month all the wines were from Chile, from a vineyard owned by it present owners for 50 years - so really not that long. They only had the distributor there representing/presenting the wine and he was a man of few words! Sometimes the winery puts a real effort in to describing the wines. The first wine we got, a Sauvignon Blanc, was my favourite and it wasn't even from the winery we were tasting - because they had run out of stock!!! The second wine was a very yellow looking Chardonnay and I kind of new it was not going to be my cup of tea, and it wasn't. Too my exceptionally well refined taste buds I think it had been aged in Sherry barrels!!! Next, we had two reds and finished off with a Port to accompany dessert - not something I would usually drink with a sweet pudding but it actually wasn't too bad. The food was very good as always.

It is sensible, but boring, to go home following the dinner but there was no way I was going to let that happen so we made a move to the usual pub down the road to drink some less posh wine - but too be honest the taste buds don't care by that stage. It must have been midnight when we left - time just flew. Once again my handbag was filled of the mints from the restaurant and the pub - hence the rather strange looking photo. When we arrived home and of course the keys were under all the sweets. Stuart, not very delicately, emptied my bag and contents at the back door! I have taken the supply to work and left them out for the gannets, but it could take them sometime to get through because there are hundreds of them!

As you can imagine this morning was a wee struggle, but I was at work for 0730 as usual. Although I was very jealous leaving Stuart in bed, who continued to snore right up until the time I woke him to say bye! Too much to do at work to sit around feeling sorry for myself so I just grinned and bared the headache, which eventually went away by lunchtime! - I blame the Port :)

Stuart managed to get out and about in the afternoon and went off to the Hong Kong Market in Bellaire - something discussed at dinner. He said Chinese supermarket was huge - it must have been so big that it put him off buying! Also following on from last nights conversation about the fruit, Dorian, yes the smelly one that apparently has flesh that tastes like heaven!, he managed to find it in the freezer section. Fortunately he did not bring it home - yet!!!

To make up for my naughtiness I said to Stu I was off to the gym and did he want to come too. I actually didn't feel like it, and neither did Stu. However, we did it, and I stayed on for Hot Yoga at 7pm. It was a really hard session and I sweated lots, however on the plus side I am managing to touch the ground without bending my legs! I am so amazed watching some of the other girls who can bend in phenomenal ways - maybe one day!

We have just had some of Mum and Dad's favourite dinner - Sushi and it will be off to bed soon!