What a day!

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! What a BRILLIANT day Baggy and Calum have had. Fat Club first and it was good news. Clever Bird had Baggy following the Slimming World rules, pretty much all week. She was determined that Baggy should lose the two pounds that she had put on in the previous two weeks. She did! Plus another one-and-a-half! Yep bloggees, three-and-a-half pounds gone. Yee-hah. So on the way to pick up her camper van she celebrated with a fry-up at the local café in the layby. Correct bloggees, she shouldn't have, but heh!

Sooooooooo excited to pick up Billy-Bob Jalopy! Quick blokey look at his innards - Baggy didn't bother and he was ready for the off.

As Baggy still hadn't driven him at this point, Calum drove him home.

But he is Baggy's baby really and she is very happy about it!

She even put her new trousers on for the first time in celebration. Mind you they drove her nuts, the number of times that she or Minty Mutt trod on them!

While Calum headed off for an appointment, Baggy packed Billy-Bob for their first trip away. Well, she tried anyway! Yesterday they had an immobiliser and an alarm fitted. Clearly Clever Bird hadn't actually paid enough attention to how the system worked, because if it went off once while she was packing stuff, it went off twenty times! She gave up and waited for Calum to get home and disarm it! Petrol required. Plus a new key, as Calum managed to break the original one the first time he used it. Sigh! Calum drove them to the local town. It was actually the first time that Baggy had sat in the front! Quick fish and chip supper - no bloggees, Baggy had salmon, new potatoes and fresh green veg. at the chippy! See she can be good. Clever Bird checked Baggy's e-mails on her phone, only to realise that Creative Clara has had another order from her little Etsy shop Realuv. This one is off to Milan, Italy - more international by the day bloggees!

Home via Cal's work place as they needed to ascertain where they could buy gas for the cooker. It's down a private road. So Clever Bird persuaded Baggy to drive for the first time. Once she'd figured out that the gear stick is on the "wrong" side and the gears take a bit of finding - oh and that the brakes are "interesting", she began to get the gist of it. No power-assisted anything, but then B.B. is nearly forty years old. Going round corners - well, there were a few arrrghhs, as the whole thing felt as though it was going to tip over, but being on the left wasn't an issue at all. Baggy felt confident enough to take Grotty Groom for an evening visit to see the horses. By the time she got to the yard along one of the windiest roads in the area, she had a very large grin. Baggy loves B.B.!

Grotty gave Wesley extra hay, as he'd eaten the lot and it was only 7.00pm. He was very grateful. It's all very well being on shavings now, but he can no longer munch his bed. Surprisingly, Joey still had some! He still got more though. It took a few moments for Clever Bird to realise that the horse that belongs to the people who have upset Baggy so much has left!!!!!!!!! Baggy, Grotty, Freda Fretter and Hormonal Hannah and Calum, will never have to tread-on-eggshells around them again. Instantly, Baggy's heart-rate dropped; no need to worry that they might turn up. Grotty can (and will) get back to looking after AND ENJOYING the Boys again. Yee-hah! In fact Baggy then felt so relaxed, that after Grotty had given both Boys a cuddle and treats, she decided to drive B.B. home along the single-track roads, in the sunset! By the time she got home, she was in love with his foibles!

Tomorrow, Calum, Minty Mutt and Baggy will be heading off - somewhere - on their first adventures. It really has been a jolly good day. Here's to lot more of them............