Splish, splash, splosh

It was very busy today on our afternoon walk in 'Hermitage of Braid'. It was like the whole of Edinburgh had decided to go out for a Sunday afternoon stroll with their designer pedigree dogs. And do you know what?......................... I didn't see one single other collie. Hermitage of Braid was full of labradors, retrievers, spaniels and poodle crossed doggies. Why is everything crossed with a poodle these days? And I'll tell you something else...................... I was the dirtiest, wettest little doggie on the walk!!! A lot of the other doggies were on their leads. Ann said it was because their owners were trying to keep them clean by not allowing them to go splish, splash, sploshing in the burn or rolling around on all the wet leaves.

I am such a lucky little collie because Ann lets me get as wet and muddy as I want. Her theory is; a happy doggie is a healthy, well behaved little doggie. Mmmmmm............ sometimes theories aren't correct I went ballistic at a number 23 bus on the way home but hey ho, I can't be perfect all the time.

We got home at 3.30pm and I asked Ann for early dinner. As those of you who read our Blips regularly will know; ever since we moved to Edinburgh I have been asking Ann for early dinner and am eating loads. Ann said, 'Molly, collies are supposed to be intelligent. Your dinner time is 5pm and that is when you will get your dinner.'

…...............But then Ann's friend, Linda, popped in for a cup of tea. Yes a cup of tea. No wine because Linda was picking up her car that she had left last night after consuming 6 bottles of wine with Ann and two other friends having a Chinese takeway and booking a girlie holiday to Italy next year! I sat right in front of Linda and gave her my appealing look and she said, 'Molly, what do you want?' Ann told her I wanted early dinner and Linda told me I wasn't getting early dinner. Boohoo!

And if anyone is interested in the 'Christmas Tree Saga' - See here......................... No we still haven't got our very tasteful, arty, farty, white twiggy type Christmas Tree that we ordered on Wednesday and which should have been delivered to a 'well known store' within 1-2 days. Grrrr................... Seriously not happy. Yes it's Christmas that's why we're buying a Christmas tree, yes we understand that demand at this time of year is high, and yes we realise that the store is 'experiencing a high level of on line orders'. BUT any idiot knows that the first rule of marketing is – 'under promise and over deliver'. We haven't even had an email or text or anything saying that our order is being delayed. We have 'tracked' our order online and apparently it's in the warehouse waiting to be dispatched??? Ann says if we haven't heard anything by the time the shop closes tomorrow she will be cancelling the order and taking to social media for some major ranting!!! 

I'm a bit worried about that?!  As far as I'm concerned.................. if Ann cancels our Christmas Tree.................... where do you think she is going to put all my presents??? My presents always go under the tree, so if we don't have a tree where will my presents be. #confused.com