December visit home

We had good fun this week raiding Horsham and seeing friends and family. I think I may have had the most fun, as for Darren this was a business trip and he only had 2 and a half days off technically, but he still had a good time and enjoyed a taste of English life. Arriving late-ish on Tuesday evening, we stopped off at The Black Swan in Pease Pottage for drinkies with friends. Wednesday saw us go our seperate ways, D to Torquay for his launch of the new Siemens hearing aid for the NHS, and me to jolly old Isle of Wight for a glimpse of the sea and a day or two with my parents. Friday I came back to Horsham for a night with friends and a big craving for good old English food to satisfy... so where did we go? The curry house of course! Staple British diet! It was lovely too! Good old Chicken Tikka Masala!
Saturday, I enjoyed surprising Joy at her baby shower (that I had cunningly organised to be on this weekend so I could come) and Darren travelled back from his product launch. It was dinner at Mr Li's in the evening to celebrate Mark's birthday, great food, great company as always, all round a brilliant night. Sunday we went to church and had a great time seeing lots of friendly faces! Lunch in the Dog and Bacon with D's dad followed then orf to Hampshire (darlings) we went to visit Jon and Vicky and kids. We had an extremely Christmassy time with decorations, festive music, Christmas dinner and even Father Christmas and a reindeer turned up... talk about a job well done! Monday and Tuesday were a mix of seeing lots of people and some last minute shopping in Horsham before travelling home Tuesday night. We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing all our friends and family... thanks for being great company everyone!