I have nightmares about A&theC
Years ago ( it would've been 2009) my DC were 7 and 10.
DH and I had a Tradition. I went to Sainsburys in peace to do The Big Shop. He took the DC to the cinema (in the same building) then helped me load the car etc.
So, we were due to meet him. It was the week before Christmas, heavy snow started to fall,very pretty .We had driven, he was coming to the shopping centre by bus from work.
I bought the tickets the DC were excited.............
DH bus was (unknown to me) stuck in snow, he had to walk (about 4 miles)
My phone battery died so I couldn't contact him.
There was no option but to take them in and hope DH realised where we were .
After 30 minutes , maybe less, we all got evacuated from the cinema as there was a fire alarm.
DH was waiting, (inside the shopping centre) but frozen.
The traffic was going nowhere, so we went to Sainsburys as we couldn't drive anywhere. But it wasn't my relaxed shop, I had narky DH and DC.
We got our tickets refunded and I took DD in the new year, DS went with friends.
I couldn't face those squeaky voiced little rodents without commiting crimes 