Mitchel and Rachel married yesterday and we were invited! Jon and Ben were pageboys with Jon also acting as ring bearer and got to carry the rings in and give them to the best man. The kids looked so cute in their suits!

Rachel looked stunning in her dress. They both gave a speech at dinner; Rachel’s was very emotional and I’m not sure that there was a dry eye in the house by the end of it. It was an excellent day and we wish Mitchell and Rachel the best in their new life together.

The new washing machine arrived today. It’s an LG and very electronic. Every time you touch any knob or button, it beeps or plays a tune!

Our AEG washer-dryer died last night. Rather spectacularly it blew all the fuses whilst I was on a conference call to America…

Today we’re buying a new LG. We went to the local retail parks to view washer-dryers at Currys, Comet and Apollo 2000, but they were so much more expensive than buying from dixons.co.uk. Hence, we came back home and bought over the Internet. I can see that over time, retail shops will become less and less relevant.