phew, well C did very well - no wobbles at all. He has been going there since sept so all familiar and lovely but first day without big sis. (they will go together all day Tues and wed morn, then she will have all day Thurs alone) Must say that the loveliness of the staff made me wobble slightly about our move - my main objections. other than "do Nap deliver there?" and "where will I wear my outfits??" were about finding a nice nursery. Which we seem to have found, but there's nowhere as nice as this one. Which is why I tackle the half hour drive through school run traffic 4 mornings a week. New one is less than 10mins walk from new house. We'll see.
plum very relieved for you that ds is okay, what a wally receptionist to be so cloak and dagger. (had similar once when pg with dd, was beside myself)
am very jealous of all these bargain room rates but have had to go the full rate to allow me to cancel without loss - dh's job being what it is. So comes in at over £200. Hey ho.
um, news of W&A nature:
the OWW Breton was much admired (and I made sure that I wore my coat as little as possible so that it could be duly noted 
- totally know where you are coming from MB)
I like that VWA very much bloss and am also having mad sugar cravings (for brown sugar in my coffee) - poss cycle related. But am on Pure Protein week this week so no wavering!!
Went into Questionair bc it was, um, next door to shop where I was buying friend's pressie for tonight and bc L was asleep and bc I was with world's biggest enabler aka DD ... anyway, hells checked on the name those Goldsign jeans just in case I linked you to the wrong ones and the ones I have are called MISFIT (which made me smile, I must say, given your experience)
Also, those Rupert Sanderson shoes were there .. in my size .. and with a slight scuff (had been returned, they didn't have them in 41 when I was last there) .. so the lovely salespeople offered me a further discount on the sale price .. well, what would you have done??
so have almost exceeded Jan budget already 
but am doing rather well out of ebay on most recent listings so will consider it free money and a) return the Alice & olivia and b) not buy the Reiss gold tank (maybe) 
Luckily Dune studded boots & zara marantalike not in Jan budget as they were exchanges on dh's purchases, phew.
So just have Reiss dress, In wear top and RS shoes to feel guilty about consider.
could have been worse - left to dd I'd own the whole store by now, including duplicates of pieces I already own!!!
tracey fingers x'd for dry pants at pick up!