Great to hear you all had fun at the MU. Is the next one really going to be in Dublin??
Marsha love the sound of your bag, reminds me to take out a smaller bag. I used a lovely small red one last year, all I needed was wallet, keys, phone and lipstick. I find the bigger my bag, the more stuff I find to put in it (and never use)
red glad you sister is on the way home, it must be worrying for you.
Ollie sorry about your mum, hope you can get past it. I tend to let these things play on my mind, but wise words from pickled, put it down to her getting older. Maybe it's a blessing she doesn't live closer to you!
MiM thinking of you, hope everything goes well. I'm sure I've bored people here before with this story, but my ELCS with dd is one of the happiest experiences of my life, everyone in the theatre was lovely and there was a round of applause when the dr declared 'it's a girl' as we had been chatting about me having 2 boys already. I always well up when I think of it 
We spent the bank holiday weekend in various stages of a nasty cold, ds 1 and I are getting over it, dh and dd just starting. ds2 must have a good immune system! Urgh, I hate how such a minor illness makes you feel so grotty.
I managed to grab the last TS ponte blazer in white having scoured every TS in the city, rather pleased but must do a proper try on as it is a 12 and I think may be a bit big.