On Tuesday of this week, Jayne and I were Ladies Who Lunch!  We went to a Restaurant at Alfreton in Derbyshire called “Pesto” which is an Italian Restaurant but they do things a little differently.  They have three menus each priced £1 more than the previous one.  If you go for the most expensive one you are able to pick dishes from all three menus but if you have the middle priced menu you can only pick from that or the cheaper one and if you have the cheapest then you can only have dishes from that one.  You then get to pick three dishes. 

There are many different authentic Italian dishes and the last time we went which was in February in the snow, I didn’t quite get the combination of dishes right!  However this time I did.  I had a small piece of lasagne, some rice balls with beef  and cheese in them and a house salad.  Jayne had the lasagne, pasta with smoked salmon and chicken wings and she shared my salad.  It was really good.

We had a lovely time and we caught up on all the news and also discussed our Book Club book which we read in August which was this :

It was my choice and something that I would not normally choose but it was a really good read.  Very easy to read and the story was great and I will definitely be getting Emily Henry’s other books.  This is what I love about Jayne’s and my book club, trying different styles of books.  So far, when we began in April, we have done really well with the books we have chosen.

The story is about Daphne who is going to marry Peter but just before the big day he calls the wedding off because he has realised that he actually loves his best friend since they were little Petra.  Not only is the wedding cancelled but Daphne has to move out of the home she was sharing with Peter as he owns that.  She bumps into Miles who was living with Petra and who is equally devastated at the betrayal and to help Daphne out offers her his tiny spare room which she takes.  After a drunken night drowning their sorrows they decide to put on social media that they are an item and take a loved up picture which has the desired effect on Peter and Petra, disbelief that their exes are together!  Slowly as the weeks go by Daphne and Miles become friends, however Peter & Petra are detemined to break them apart!  Can they get over the betrayal and make a new life for themselves?

As I say a really easy read but good fun and well written.  This is our book for September :

I obviously saw this book when it came out but was not too sure as to whether I would enjoy it but it is Jayne’s pick for this month and as I said it is all about trying new books that I would perhaps not normally pick for me. I will be starting it this weekend.

Tonight we are at Youngest’s and Fiancé’s home as DH is helping Youngest with his truck and I am with Fiancé and no doubt we will get a Takeaway for dinner, well it is Friday night. 

DH and I managed to get some jobs done in the garden in between showers and me doing the washing as well.  A Box bush that has been in the garden for about twenty years that we did put in when we first moved here has developed Box Blight which affects Box plants and is a fungal disease.  Once the plant has it you cannot get rid of it and just have to dig them up and replace it with something else.  It is in the front bed on the right and is quite big so we have decided to put mulch and compost down and perhas plant some spring bulbs in the area that has been left and then next spring re-do the area and put some new plants in then.  

Over the weekend it is due to be raining so it will be inside jobs to do and there is always plenty of them!  Hopefully Sunday is going to be okay and we can finish the garden.  Have a wonderful weekend whatever you lovely lot are up to and I will see you back here on Monday. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx